Believe it or not, Ryder has never been in snow!! So this weekend my mom, sister, aunt, cousin, and the "boys" (Ryder & Jordan) took the 2.5 hour drive up to Flagstaff and got a hotel room. Here is the amazing part: We arrive in Flag and I get Ryder out of the car. Snow is piled EVERYWHERE and he immediatly says "Momma Snow, SNOW Mama". Now this kid has NEVER seen snow, how on earth did he know what it was?? The only thing I could think of was the cartoons on TV this time of year feature snow and Christmas-y stuff and he had to have learned it from cartoons!!
With the Nish family living next door and me too lazy to put up a tree this year (don't shoot me!) we wrote Santa a letter and asked if he could deliver our gifts to the Nish household so we could do Christmas together. He must have gotten the letter! Sheri & Adam's living room was full of presents. To top it off we had to set our alarms for 6:30 and do Christmas unwrapping that early as poor Jandi had to work at 7:30! We got up, woke the kids and it was still dark outside. ALL the Munns' children (6 of them) plus their significant others and three kids. It was a full house. Again, the kiddos made out!! :ater on we all took naps after that very early morning start. 
This is a picture of Kasey breaking into our house! About 8am after all the presents were unwrapped and it appeared that Christmas had thrown up in Sheri's living room, we head home only to realize we were locked out. Mindy's boyfriend Matt didn't understand our lock apparently and locked us out. With no way in since all our keys and such were inside. Luckily, Gerald recalled not locking the balcony door after plugging in Christmas lights the night before. So we borrowed a ladder and Kasey was brave enough to go up. Thankfully the door was unlocked. The one time I am happy Gerald didn't lock the door! Ha Ha
Nana (aka Kasey's mom Jeri) got the three kiddos matching "pimp" jammies as we like to call them. Their little silk button up jammies were very festive and they all looked so cute wearing them. Kasey called Ryder "Baby Hef" all night in honor of Hugh Hefner. Too funny! Well we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope you wake up to lots of goodies tomorrow! 
Thanks to my friend Liz, we are now addicted to the zoo and proud Phoenix Zoo Members. Ryder and I tend to visit the zoo about once a week and we try to drag what friends and family we can along with us. But when no one wants to join us, we have just as much fun by ourselves. Ryder loves the freedom of running through the zoo (yes, running, why walk when you can run everywhere? must be nice to be a 2 year old). He also loves to climb up all the fences and exhibit barriers he can. The other day he actually freaked me out a bit when he climbed up the wire fence around the lions and got pretty high. I actually had to reach over my head, on my tippy toes to pull him down. He is really a monkey and belongs right at home at the zoo. Ha Ha! His favorite exhibits are the amazon fish tank (probably because he can reach his hands into the water) and petting the goats (which I find very GROSS). There are also lots of pigeons around the zoo, and he spents a good amount of time chasing them. Guess we didn't need to buy a membership, you can chase pigeons on any Phoenix street!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! I didn't get many pictures but here are a couple of Ryder, Reni, and Jordan at the 'kiddie' table. There is one benefit to having kids... you are no longer obligated to be sitting at the kiddie table. Your kids now get too! My parents, sister, and nephew Jordan came over to my house along with all of Kasey's siblings and his mom for Thanksgiving. I am thankful I get to spend so much time with my loved ones. It is a blessing to be living so close and having kids close in age. I hope these three little ones grow up the best of friends!
