Happy New Year!

2015 was a good year (technically it's the only year I know...) but I'm looking forward to what 2016 will bring Owen and I!  Bringing in the new year called for a celebration!

Part of the celebration included cheering on Clemson to a win in the championship playoff game!  Of course we wore our Clemson shirts to school! 

Davis and Ollie came over and there was a wrestling match (there usually is)!  I got in on the action and held my own!

After I went to bed, the boys got to stay up a little later.  Owen and Ollie would have stayed up even longer, but Mom and Dad made them turn off the iPads.  Davis and Ollie spent the night (and so did their Mom and Dad) so we got to continue the party in the morning!

Mom and Dad stayed up even longer with their friends!

Back Home!

We had a fun time in Iowa, but eventually had to head home...

We left Grandma and Grandpa's house a little early to avoid the big storm. We didn't miss it completely though!

Since we got the airport early and there were no earlier flights available, we had lots of time to play at the airport! 

Finally it was time to get on our plane!

We got home late, but I was a good big brother and helped push Clara while Mom and Dad handled the suitcases.

Here's a video of the fun Clara and I got to have while we hung out at the airport!

Another Birthday Celebration!

On my actual birthday, I got to celebrate with my family in Iowa! 

Grandma and Aunt Christy made me my very own race car cake!

I shared my birthday celebration with Aunt Christy since her birthday is two days after mine!

I'm really good at opening presents now!  I got more fun things!

Clara and I definitely had our choice of toys to play with!

Christmas in Iowa!

Bobby the Elf somehow managed to follow us to Iowa - he showed up the first morning we were there.  But then he went back to the North Pole and we'll see him again next December!

Santa found us and I guess Clara and I were on the good list!

I finished off Santa's cookies in the morning and then opened up my gift.  It was a tractor trailer truck!  Just like I asked for (well, technically I asked for a Publix tractor trailer, but this was close enough)!  Mom and Dad made sure we had enough room to get it home in the suitcase because I loved it so much! 

I don't think Clara would make a good Santa's helper - she wouldn't be able to make it through the night - even though she is pretty cute!

Clara and I had fun with all of our presents!  I got some legos and we both got new chairs to use at the Clemson tailgates!

Clara figured out pretty quickly how the whole wrapping paper thing worked!

Opening presents can be hard work! Sometimes you just have to take a rest!

Clara got a new tricycle.  She wanted to help Dad hurry up and get it ready for her to ride!

Clara was just a little bit too small to make the tricycle go, so I helped push her around on it.  Then we both had bikes to ride around in the house!   

We were getting ready to race...

For Christmas dinner, Clara wanted to show off her new outfit from Santa!

Our Iowa Family!

We all got to fly to Iowa for Christmas!  At first Mom and Dad weren't excited about sitting in the bulk head on the plane but they changed their mind pretty quickly when they realized it meant extra space for us!

When we got to Minneapolis I tried to get my shoes shined!

Once we got to Iowa, we got to hang out with lots of family!  We missed having our cousins Josh and Jake with us, but everyone else was there.  And next year, Clara and I will have a new cousin thanks to Uncle Dan and Aunt Laura!

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Of course we both spend lots of time with Grandma Pam!  She let me help her make my birthday cake!

It even snowed while we were in Iowa!  It was pretty cold so we didn't spend too much time in the snow though...

Clara got to wear my old snow suit - it did the job for the 10 minutes we were outside!

Aunt Laura helped me use my snow spray toy!  We made some "O's" in the snow!

Clara did her usual thing and snuggled with everyone! 

We had lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa during our trip!

We had to make sure to get a group hug in with them!

We had time to hang out with our cousins!  Clara is with Lauren and I'm with Hunter!