Seeing Santa

The other night we took the kids to see Santa in downtown Mooresville during their Christmas festivities.  After a LONG wait to see him, we were able to take this short video.  Afterwards, Ginny was super-excited to try to  take a carriage ride, but they closed that part down early because the horses had gotten tired.  We didn't hear the end of that for the rest of the night!  "Horsey! Horsey!  Horsey" Horsey!"  Still, Santa has quickly became a rock-star to Ginny.  She gets excited at the mention of His name.

Nate is Eight.

It's hard to believe that Nate (Well, we never call him Nate) is eight.  Time flies.  He had a Pokemon themed birthday party at our church this year.  

Princess & Ninja

Here is a pic of our family at our church's Fall Festival.  Nathan went as a ninja this year, and Ginny went as Snow White on her first Halloween with us.

Uh, I have no idea who this is or how this picture got on my blog.  I'm sorry if this disturbs anyone....

The Olan Mills collection 2011

Our church is using Olan Mills for its picture directory this year (which I'm helping to oversee), and this gave us a good reason to have our first family picture since adding Ginny.  Here is the set of pics they took.  (And yes, we have permission to post these - I checked!)

Best of Nathan 2011

I was doing some organizing of pictures today, and after gathering some good ones of Nathan, I decided to experiment with a video collage feature in Picasa, and here's what I came up with...

Tater head

Ginny's Picaso-like Potato head creation.

Thrill Seeker

Yesterday, Nathan and I were invited to Carowinds by a friend.  We didn't have a full day there, but it was still a blast.  Most significant about this visit was that this was the first time that Nathan has been big enough to ride any of the "adult" coasters in the park.  I had thought he would be quite skiddish, but that wasn't the case at all. We entered into the park at the south entrance, and after riding a smaller ride first, we walked by Thunder Road.  Nathan points at it and says "I want to do that one!"  Nervously I consented, but my parental worries were soon stilled when after getting off, Nathan was laughing hysterically and begging to ride it again.  Which, we did.  He also rode his first steel upside-down coaster, The Carolina Cyclone, which he says is his current favorite.  He also tackled the Gold-rusher and Carolina Cobra as well too.  So, I guess I have a thrill-seeker on my hands....

Nathan after conquering the Carolina Cyclone