Christmas, derby, bee, first steps, first b-day

Christmas was awesome, of course:

From 2010 December, Christmas

Rhys got plenty of candy:

From 2010 December, Christmas

We even had snow:

From 2010 December, Christmas
From 2010 December, Christmas

And we all squeezed into the traditional family picture in front of the tree:

From 2010 December, Christmas

Grady sang with his preschool in their Christmas chapel. He stared intently pretty much the whole time.

From 2011 Jan-Feb

In January, Collin did awesome representing his class in the school-wide spelling bee!

From 2011 Jan-Feb

We had a blast at the Pinewood Derby, where Collin took first place in the Webelos den and Owen did great for his first time!

From 2011 Jan-Feb
From 2011 Jan-Feb

Grandma and Grandpa Smailes came for a fun visit:

Rhys took his first steps:

Then came Rhys’ first birthday, and he is just too dang cute!

From 2011 Jan-Feb
From 2011 Jan-Feb
From 2011 Jan-Feb

This video is awesome, and make sure you watch to the end of the video. There is a fun clip after the credits 🙂

And here is Rhys dancing on the table:

OK, some more bonus videos from this winter:

Oh, and Aubrey learned to ride the RipStik. How cool is that?