Christmas Merriment

And since I've been on a picture posting rampage on this blog as of late, I'll continue with a few shots from Christmas Day. Nathan's big Santa present this year was a Nintendo DS, while Sharon got an Mp3 player (and a snuggie!). I got some gift cards from my favorite places, several DVDs and a Transformer I'd been wanting. Nathan, of course, had no shortage of Transformers, Legos, Bakugan, and other toys as well. It was a great year, although, for the first time in many years, we actually spent all of Christmas Day at our house in Mooresville instead of doing any traveling to Kings Mountain. We missed seeing some folks, but it was nice not having to run around that day. We, as always also spent some time at Sharon's moms the week before.

Transforming into six

Here are a few pics from the little guy's sixth birthday party, also earlier this year.

Little Pilgrim

I'm a little late posting these, but the little guy had a couple of programs at school that were very good. In fact, he was offered a lead part, but he turned it down (Ah, the humility! or probably just apathy) Still the outfits were really cool, so I thought I would post them here.

Seagull Snacks

Just a quick video from the fun and frivolity of the outing to the beach today.

Making our mark

During what is becoming our annual trip to the "Propitious Niche" Condo at the Sanctuary a False Cape resort during the winter, we decided to "make our mark" by writing our name on the beach so we could see it from our unit. We also fed the seagulls today and had some general fun on the beach.

Last night we were able to visit with our former Pastor, David Slayton and his family in Chesapeake. We had a great time laughing and catching up.

Tonight we're meeting with our friends the Johnsons and going to supposedly a very good Mexican place they've discovered. We're also going to try to catch a movie.

Big Pig

Nathan and the big pig at Hendrix BBQ in Salisbury.

The Real Deal

Tonight, against my will, the little guy drug me to McDonalds while Sharon was away. I'm now glad I went. In addition to the vastly superior Happy Meal toys they always have, there was a celebrity guest: that's right the big guy himself....NO NOT ME. Santa. The jolly old elf was sitting across the restaurant from us. Now I've heard rumors of this "Mooresville Santa" and have seen him at Gail's (my fav restaurant in town) before. This is apparantly more than just a guy with a beard. Both times I've saw him, he's had red pants on. I mean, what kind of self-respecting guy wears red pants and red suspenders for no apparant reason? (Okay other than maybe Adam Lambert) A few kids laughed and pointed, and he gave Nathan a little wave. Nathan was beside himself with a quiet excitement. Nathan even went up to another child in the restaurant and loudly proclaimed, "There's Santa over there." After Santa finished his sandwich of choice (wish I could have saw what it was, after all if it's good enough for Santa...), he put a finger to the side of his nose (okay, he didn't do that), spoke to a few children and left. After he left, I told Nathan to go over to where he was sitting and look for reindeer dust. He did and proclaimed "I found some. It's black!" It must be the real deal, because who else could it have been? We then scampered out to the parking lot and checked the skies for signs of Rudolph, but alas it was too cloudy. Never would have pictured Santa as a McDonalds guy...