A peaceful ending to 2010....

We ended the year with continued family fun.  Our pup, Kobe, still has to go out for walks even in the snow, so we all went out and incorporated a snow ball fight with his walk.  The kids attempted snow angels.  Olivia felt she should shovel snow.  Nonnie will laugh at this one... seeing we barely had enough snow for a dusting.  Hey, it was still coming down at this point.
With the hustle and bustle of the rest of the year, it was so nice to have this holiday to sit back and relax.  We didn't travel or go to the lake this holiday....we never even packed a bag!  Dave especially soaked up this 'home' time. But never fear, we have lots of travel plans for 2011.  It starts with Daytona (24 Hours of Daytona) late January, skiing in Idaho late February, and many other potential plans in the horizon.  It's going to be a fun year for travel.....oh, my favorite!
We coaxed Karen, Mike and Gavin to spend the night with us to watch the Falcons game.  The next day, we pulled everyone out of the house for a nice long walk at the Polo Fields.  Kobe needed to get out....well, we all did.  The walk was a well needed one :-)  Gavin and Zach decided to do a little rock climbing.

Karen and the boys - this is Gavin's latest pose for pictures.....

Some days we stayed in pj's all day long, other days we ventured out.  I was longing to go ice skating, so off we went Wednesday night and much to our surprise, Olivia loves ice skating! Park Tavern has a heated tent just for the occasion.  It was so heated, we had to remove all outerwear and we were still sweating!  Zach tended to do tricks on the ice (aka one leg skating as mom holds him up, kicking one leg in the air while he jerks our arm off, etc.)  Needless to say, Dave and I were both sore the following days.  Olivia truly enjoyed herself and asked, "does this place stay open all year long?" and "Can we come again in the morning?"  We are going again Sunday morning, just because she likes it so much :-)

To celebrate New Year's Eve, we went to the Wild Animal Safari in Pine Moutain, GA.  This was our second time around.  Olivia loved it so much last year, she has begged for an entire year to go again.  Dave and I (and the kids) get such a laugh out of this place.  It is one of the most entertaining places around.  Bizarre animals (that really don't belong in Georgia), mixed species (that may possibly belong in Georgia...he he), slobber, tongues sticking in your van windows, huge beast that are quite mannerly (and some that are not).  It's all there!  Here is a taste of our New Year's Eve....

Yes, Zach is driving the van.  He is very serious, can you tell?!  Watch out for that Buffalo!

We ended the evening with a little R/C race car action in the pool parking lot with Garrett and then a firework display in front of the Berry's house.  Happy 2011 to everyone and hopes for a wonderful year!