Late Christmas in Hooper

Saturday night we all made it to Hooper safely. Aaron by car with Kelly, and Lincoln and I by airplane. My mom and Kerry had saved all of our Christmas gifts so we could unwrap them when we got there. They had made Lincoln an adorable wooden rocking horse. I was really impressed with how well it turned out. They used a mop for the hair, and even some vinyl lettering to spell Swan on the bottom of the rocker.


Lincoln loved the horse. Even though he's not tall enough yet to get on and off by himself. I'd put him on it, and then after a while ask him if he wanted to get down and he'd say "NO!" and start rocking harder.


While we were in Washington, Aaron and Kelly divided up their 5,000 piece set of K'nex. Of course we brought ours home with us. Aaron was (unadmittingly) desperate to play with them, and so was thrilled when Tanner wanted to play to. Lincoln even got in on the action! Who said you have to be 11 to play with these things?

.JPG" border=0>I was surprised how long the K'nex held Lincoln's attention. And he didn't even make a mess out off all the small pieces like I thought he would. Aaron built him a lawn mower, which he pushed around and around the house all day.

This is a great video of Lincoln making building sound effects and then falling down and saying "Ah-oh" one of his favorite words. He's a pretty silly little boy, but we love him.

We weren't sure we'd be able to get all our stuff home in one load. We had all our luggage that we took to Washington, plus all the Christmas presents from there, plus all the Christmas presents from Hooper. But my husband just so happens to be the master packer, and we fit in everything except the bookcase Mom and Kerry made for us, which we knew wouldn't fit in our car in the first place. Here is a picture of it all jammed into our car. The trunk is full too. We even had room for all three of us to ride home comfortably. Way to go Aaron!