Life at Pullen Central: January 2010

Nickelodeon Universe!

We ended our winter break with a visit to Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America! We joined Chuck, Teri, Sam, Joey and KP and had a great time!

Look who got to meet SpongeBob!

Sam and Ben and their first ride.

Ben on the Blue's Clues ride!

Teri and Sam on the same ride

Claire and me, too!

Ben takes after his Dad and LOVES rides! Here he is riding the Power Tower ride for the second time. The ride pulls you up to the top of the tower and then drops you. He loved it!!

Happy Birthday, Olivia!!

When we visitied our family in Indiana the weekend before Christmas, we helped our niece, Olivia, celebrate her first birthday!

Is that the cutest birthday hat you've ever seen?

Happy birthday to you, Olivia!

"Not sure what I'm supposed to do with this....."

Such a cutie!

Yum!

"Can't get enough of that chocolate frosting!"

Happy Birthday, Sweet Girl!

Happy 2010! It's hard to believe the 2009 holidays are now memories. Here at Pullen Central, we had a wonderful holiday season filled with fun, family and great food! We are so blessed. Here's a recap in pictures.

Here are Dave and Claire listening to a kids' singing group perform at our annual "Supper with Santa" gathering.

Ben was all on board to sit on Santa's lap. Claire didn't want anything to do with him!

Deep conversation about Ben's wish list.

They picked out a great tree!

It looks even better all decorated!

Silly little elf!

He LOVED his new MINNESOTA Santa hat!

Ho, Ho, Ho!!

We traveled to Indiana the weekend prior to Christmas to celebrate with Christa's family. Here's Grandma with all 5 grandkids. (From L to R, Claire (2.5), Ben (5.5), Olivia (1), Vivian (3.5) and Mia (8). We all had a great time!

The Hart girls digging into their loot!

Mia getting into her loot!

"Thanks for the Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Uncle Brian and Aunt Kristy!"

Check out Mia's new dress!

The kids had a blast handing out the adults' gifts!

"This one is really heavy!"

Attempt #2 was a bit more successful...at least she sat on his lap. She still talks about how she cried on Santa's lap. When we ask her, "Why?" she just says, "because!"

Time to make the cookies for the big guy!

All set for Christmas Eve services and a casual gathering at Pullen South!

Claire and Pepper

Cookies? Check! Milk? Check! Carrots for the reindeer? Check! All set for the big guy's visit!

Annual family PJ shot on Christmas Eve!

Christmas morning....he came!!!

Tearing in!

Check out the saucer sled that Ben gave to Claire! We got a TON of snow on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, so she was able to try it out right away!

Ben digging into his loot!

Santa listened! He brought Ben a bowling arcade game!!

Family Shot at KP's house, Christmas afternoon

Ben and Sam "modeling" their Minnesota blankets that Granny made for them..."Thanks, Granny!"

Claire's pushing her new baby, Lou, in the baby swing.

Did I mention we got dumped on? Here was the view out our living room window at our neighbors' house across the street.

Frosty in the making

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and wish you peace, happiness and prosperity in 2010!

Fun, Fun, Fun!

It's catch up day for our blog! Now that the holidays are over, I found some time to get caught up! Here are some pics of some of the fun things we've been up to.