On New Year's Eve (December 31st) we headed to Kirtland, OH. Denisse wanted to take Brielle and Braden on the tour of the historic sites.
There is something so beautiful and reverencing about the Kirtland area. I am glad that we have had the opportunity to live here and to see what a wonderful area this is.
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| Kids in front of the Newel K. Whitney Store (Brielle, Christopher, Braden, and Nathanial) |
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| If you're happy and you know it... |
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| It's a barrel of monkeys! |
Inside the store...
Christopher was NOT being good so I took him outside while everyone else finished looking around and taking the tour.
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| What an imp! |
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| Brielle, Christopher, Nathanial, Braden |
We tried for a picture of our family, but the more you add the harder it is to get everyone looking at the camera and smiling
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| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! |
We decided to start the tradition of fondue for New Year's Eve. After several failed attempts at making a good cheese sauce Ryan was able to perfect it (or at least come pretty darn close). We made the spinach artichoke dip from the Melting Pot.
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| Yum! |
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| Pure delight (our boys LOVE fondue!) |
The second course was a broth where we cooked shrimp, lobster, chicken, and beef.
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| SO GOOD!! |
Later that night Nathanial lost his 2nd tooth! He is growing up so fast! I was the one who was able to pull it out. After trying to use floss I gave up and just grabbed the tooth and yanked it out.
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| Missing his 2 front teeth |
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| Looking at his tooth |
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| Smile |
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| The tooth fairy came and brought him another gold dollar! |
After we sent the kids to bed we were planning on making a chocolate fondue dip for the adults but we were still full from dinner so it never happened. Also on New Year's Eve Ryan went to the airport to pick up some friends. Their plane came in at midnight so he left just after 11, so I missed my new years kiss :(
Scott and Denisse left on the 1st after Church to head home.
