Fun in the Snow and Family Fun

We are now home safe in NC. Our normally 8.5 hour drive became almost 12.5, thanks to all the holiday traffic, rain and sleet we encountered! Yesterday was our last full day of visiting family. We started out our day introducing the boys, finally, to snow! They had seen it all week, but this was their first chance to play in it! Luke adored it from the first moment! He just lit up and was a pure joy to watch!



Ben on the other hand wanted nothing to do with it! I can't blame him because he was not able to walk in all his snow gear and he fell face forward in the snow the first two times he tried. He just cried when we tried to put him on the sled, so for the most part he just stayed with Mom or Grandma. He did like throwing snowballs at Daddy though!


After our snow adventures we headed over to Gram and Grandpas for lunch, and another visit. Luke and Ben got to discover what all Shirey grandkids find fun....Grandmas tuperware drawer!!

Luke just loves babies, he just can't keep his hands off of them. He was beyond overjoyed with his twin cousins, Adele and Hannah. The only problem was that he was kept very busy constantly worried about them losing their pacifiers, every time they would spit it out, he would patiently pick it up and offer it back!

After visiting and having fun, we had to say goodbyes. Luke and Ben love their grandparents!


After we said goodbye to Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma, we headed over to visit our cousins Alex and Abby. Alex is four and Abby is one, and they have a wonderful play room. Luke and Ben had a blast. We are also so grateful to Jeff's cousins Mark and Andrea, because they always send us home with a bag of clothes that Alex has outgrown and they boys are soon to grow into!
After that visit we headed out to spend sometime with the Morgan side of the family. Luke and Ben had a blast playing with our cousins. These were the cousins we vacationed with in October, and the boys recognized them right away and had so much fun getting to play with them again. They helped try on some of their hunting gear as well!

Grandma introduced Luke to some Walmart adds with toys, Luke just kept saying, "WOW! WOW!" It was hillarious!

Luke and Ben had a chance to get to meet another Great-Grandma, this time on the Morgan side of the family!

So that is all for our PA holiday updates. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Love,
Jeff, Mer, Luke and Ben