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Almost 3

In one week, our little Piercey will be turning 3!

Zoo Pass

A SUPER exciting gift we received on Christmas morning was a zoo membership from Grandpa and Grandma.  So the day after Christmas we headed to the zoo.

 

It was a chilly morning, so we bundled up.

 This hat cracks me up!  So does this kid! :)

 While we were there we were able to see the River Otters feeding.

 Mommy and Grandma

 These three had a great time!

 If you ask the boys what their favorite part of the zoo was, they will tell you the Pygmy Goats.

 Beckett loved brushing them!

 Grandpa and Piercey

 What an awesome gift that will last the whole year!  The boys are already asking when we are going to go back!

Christmas 2014

 The very first thing the boys did on Christmas morning was put Baby Jesus in our nativity.  They had been waiting all month to do this.

 Pierce was so cute when I woke him up.  I told him it was Christmas morning.  He jumped out of bed and ran to the window, while asking if it was snowing.  I think we might have read too many snow books this month.

 We were super excited to have Grandpa and Grandma here on Christmas morning.  And even more excited to see their festive jammies.

 This was Sterling's 1st Christmas.

 The boys opened their stockings first.

 Sterling's Ornament

 The boys received some stocking stuffers that were things Daddy and Mommy played with as kids.  Remember Wooly Willy and the Bingo car game???

 So many fun things!  And they had not even opened the gifts under the tree!

 Pure Joy

 Santa

 Santa and His Helpers

 Beckett was excited to open the Christmas bag

 that had a big boy booster seat in it.

 Grandma

 Daddy and Grandpa got matching shoes!

 Mommy and Sterling

 The big gift of morning was the costume closet.  Mommy and Daddy took an old entertainment center they found on Craigslist and turned it into a costume closet.  The boys got several new costumes for it, but of course they were excited to see some of their old costumes too.

 Auntie sent the boys these cute masks!  A perfect addition to the costume closet.

 

 Another fun gift the boys' received was on the computer.  Papa and Mimi signed them up for a Magic School Bus Science Club.  Each month the boys will receive a science kit in the mail. 

 One of our favorite traditions is the Pickle Game.  Last year Pierce found the pickle, so this year he got to hide it on the tree.

 Everyone searched the tree for it.

 Grandpa found it!  Pierce brought out the present he had gotten for the gift. 

 A Popcorn Machine

 Grandpa was sweet enough to leave the popcorn machine at our house, so the boys could use it.  It makes the best popcorn!

 In the afternoon we headed over to Nana's house for more Christmas fun!  The boys were in heaven when they saw the sled under the tree!

 So Many Gifts

 Nana and Sterling

 Uncle Eric

 Great Grandpa Frank and Grandma Naomi

 Power Tools

 Sweet Cousins

 What a great day with family!

December 24

Today was the last day of our advent stockings.  The boys pulled the 24th stocking,

 which said to open Christmas jammies.

 Santa's Little Helpers

 The Lunde Family

 The boys opened their last picture book.

 We even opened a few awesome gifts from far away family.

 Lego Star Wars!

 Afterwards we sprinkled our reindeer food on the lawn.  We drew a little attention from the neighbors.  It might have been the ridiculous jammies.

 Christmas Eve Fun

 The boys pulled the last scripture chain

 and read all about the wise men coming to see Baby Jesus. 

 Grandma and Sterling

 This kid is cruising along the furniture these days. 

 Our Pretty Tree

 Merry Christmas Eve from the Lundes!