The Aden's

Monday, May 25, 2009

2 posts in one day!?

We had Jackson's birthday party. It was a Harry Potter Party. We had a sorting hat, every-flavor jelly beans, and we played Quiditch. I put a few pictures of the party and a few from the Great Wolf Lodge and a couple from Zach's singing show.

If only everyday was like vacation...

This past week was really great. I had the week off work and school (which is VERY rare). We started the week by getting family pictures taken at our favorite park. Then we went to see our good friends (the Turley's) at Duke. We went to a river and swam in a really pretty part where there were rocks for the kids to climb on and little pools for the younger ones to splash in. That night they had arranged for a sitter and we all got to go out for a fancy dinner. We even ordered appetizers and desert. When we left their house we went to the Great Wolf Lodge. Its a hotel with a big indoor water park. Jackson had a great time playing a Wizard game where you wave a special wand at different objects all around the hotel and earn special items and quests. He could have played for several more days. Zach loved the big slides. He started going down with dad but soon was doing it all by himself. He fell off his tube once and went down backwards all the way to the bottom. It didn't slow him down. When I got to the bottom he was already half way up the stairs to go again. Dawson and Zoe played in the waves and fountains. We got home on Wednesday and Janis and I decided to tackle the house. We went through every room and purged a bunch of things. By Saturday we had a van full of old toys, clothes, etc for good will. I felt really good to go through and get rid of so much stuff. It should make packing up to move (next year) a little easier. Today (Memorial Day) I had to go into work for a couple hours but I'm home now and we're planning on going to a pool and BBQ with some friends later (if I don't get called back to work).
It was wonderful to be able to focus on just being a dad and husband. This past week was a little glimpse of what "regular" life could be like, and we liked it! I guess if every day was vacation then vacation wouldn't be as special... What am I saying! that's craziness! BRING ON THE VACATION!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Oct, Nov, Dec

Its been a LONG time since we updated our blog. So, here's a bunch of pictures of the past few months (not including Christmas morning pics, those will have to come later... maybe by Easter).