Then it was 2012!

Well Christams came just as quickly as it left

we had a fantastic, magical Christmas

We hope 2012 brings you happiness

NFL GAME

We ended our Cali trip with a Sunday night football game
We may have been at the Chargers stadium but we were there
for the RAVENS !

Haydn's cousins flew in for the game

when they saw this truck they had to have a picture

Boys will be boys :)

Zoie's favorite part, Santa was on the field

I thought this was so cool

The Ravens may have lost but we still had a BLAST !

Beach Fun!

Who doesn't love a day at the beach,

who cares that it was only 60 degrees

we had a BLAST!

 

 Birds attacked out lunch...

Zoie is telling them

 sham a sham that was my lunch

 Zoie found this magical crystal rock

Man, does Bonnie ever smile?

 

Sea World

Happy Holidays

(if i was one to send Christmas cards this could be the one)

Zoie wanted nothing to do with Shamu

FREAKED out!

Bonnie loved him

Sesame Street Bay of Play:

I love that my girls will go on all rides

FREEDOM!

One Ocean:

(the Shamu show)

so excited

(i wasn't sure how she would do after the freak out over the fake Shamu)

Blue Horizons:

this was Zoie's favorite show

it features a princess, a dolphin prince

along with some other mythical creatures

Bonnie was such a good sport,

just chilled like this for all of the shows

It wouldn't be us if we didn't throw in some crazy face pictures 

How cute is this face,

she loved seeing the polar bears

Our own polar bear

coming from a state full of snow all winter,

it's easy to forget that's it's something kids are so fascinated with

We go all the way to Seaworld and my girls pick

sesame street souvenirs...

Traditions

 A few Christmas Traditions
that you will find around the Thompson home

Advent calendar

I made this the first year we were married I have always enjoyed it

but watching Zoie's excitment choosing the daily ornament is one of my favorite
 moments in the morning

 

 I’m not a fancy tree girl in this house you will find a tree full of diverse ornaments.

Every year we all choose our own, I’m sure you can guess what ornament belongs to the man of the household

Elf on a Shelf

We received this gift from a very close family friend

it is quickly becoming a FAVORITE!