Our family just went on the best mini-vacation ever! Scot has been super busy with school, but we were able to take two days and go to the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg. Here they have a huge indoor waterpark. We had an absolute blast and hated to leave.

They kept the water at 87 degrees and the temperature at 84 degrees and it was so great to play in our swimsuits in the middle of winter. Braxton and Michael had no fears and went on all the water slides. They loved all the tube rides with Mom and Dad. I thought they were pretty fast, but nothing scared those boys. They would even go backwards down some of them. They loved the wave pool and lazy river and were able to do everything with us. It really made for a fun vacation to be so involved with their activities. It did make us realize how out of shape we were though. It is impossible to keep up with two little boys who get out of the pool and are up the stairs to the top of the slide and you are barely half-way up, lugging a huge tube and completely out of breath. What a fun time to run all around with them and see their excitement with every slide and water toy.

The boys on a fun tube ride.

Mom on a tube ride.

Braxton and Michael went on every slide but one in the waterpark.

This was a huge bucket of water that would dump periodically. The water force was pretty strong, it would take the boys' swim trunks down.

So...what are we up to now? The boys are exhausting their play on all of their Christmas toys. They are back to being super silly, and both entertaining and wearing their mother out. We have put away all the Christmas, the fun visitors are all gone, chores are back in force, and poor Dad is consumed with studying for his boards. I think we need a vacation already.

I wish they would stay this way, it would be so much quieter. I swear they did this to themselves, I had nothing to do with it.

> I figure I had better get some of our Christmas photos up before I forget. We had a great Christmas. My sister and her family visited us from Indiana. We had so much fun playing together and opening presents. The boys were a joy to watch. It was a nice relaxing day. We did try to set up webcams so all our family could watch, it sort of worked. We hope you all had a great Christmas too.

WAY TO GO SCOT!!! Scot graduated on the 13th of December. We are all so proud of you. We also enjoyed a wonderful visit with Scot's parents during this time. We miss you.