First Night Chatham

Tonight we celebrated the end of 2016.  We spent the day and evening in Chatham.  The kids got their faces painted, did craft projects, raced cars, played miniature golf, watched some performances (including the circus) and we ended the night with the noise parade and fireworks.  It was a great way to celebrate the end to a great year.

Maine Ski Trip

We drove to Sunday River on Christmas and skied the following 3 days.  The weather was good but we left before the storm hit, which was unfortunate since the mountain got a lot of snow after we left.  The kids did great and love skiing with Uncle Ryan.

Christmas 2016

Today we were able to celebrate Christmas in our house!  We weren't sure enough construction would get done in order to make it happen but, luckily it did.  We spent the morning opening gifts and the afternoon playing with toys.  After a late lunch we, including uncle Ryan, got in the car and drove to Maine to ski for the next 3 days.

Getting ready for Christmas!

On Thursday, we were able to put up the Christmas tree and decorate it tonight.  The kids had a great time putting the tree together.

On Friday Mat and I were able to go out for a nice pre-holiday dinner at a very nice restaurant in Boston. 

On Christmas Eve, we all got to decorate Christmas cookies and use our new kitchen for the first time! The kids also got to go see Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas.

Snow and movies

We finally got a good snow so after playing outside we decided to go to the movies.  For the rest of the weekend we were unpacking, moving into our new living spaces and getting ready for Christmas next week. 

Swim and ski

On Saturday Elan had a swim meet and then we hopped in the car to drive to Vermont for our first ski trip.  We stopped half way for dinner and the onto the mountain.

The kids had a great day.  It only took a few runs before they started skiing like champs.  We ended up going to Okemo, which was a really nice resort.  We will have to try to get back again sometime this winter.