Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Christmas with the Anders

We are so blessed that whenever we travel to Arizona we get to see both Ryan's family and mine too! Even though I grew up in Florida, my parents now live in Scottsdale, about 25 minutes from the Partridges.
We had fun over the week hanging out with the Anders. My brother Brantly was able to come over most of the time that we were there, which the 3 boys loved! Brantly is so good with kids and was so nice to play with them and be wild! Brantly shared some of his Twizzlers from his stocking with the kids, and then Nathan proceeded to help himself to almost all the rest of them! Here is Joshua having fun with them:
We went with Grandpa Anders to see "The Princess and the Frog" while Grandma babysat Elizabeth. I don't know which the boys enjoyed more: the cute movie, or the popcorn and soda that grandpa got for each of them :)
Nathan enjoyed playing "Life" with Grandma. He won fair and square each time he played!
He also learned some great new magic tricks from Grandpa.
Here is Benjamin chillin' on the couch playing a video game:
Joshua loved the Santa nesting dolls:
And Elizabeth was an angel as always. She is enjoying being on her tummy and playing with toys:
One of the great things about being in Arizona in December: Grandpa took the boys to the park to play!
My dad's birthday is about a week before Christmas, so my present to him this year was to take him out to dinner while I was in town. So one night Ryan stayed with the boys at his parents' house, and Elizabeth and I went to dinner with my parents. It was so enjoyable to get to visit with them one-on-one, without having to run kid interference! I have such wonderful parents, and it's so good to spend time with them!

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