December 2012

The real reason I can't get anything done...

I seriously love my little people - they are such a joy and a treasure!

But sometimes I just want to go from the sink to the fridge by myself.

They went through a little phase of G reading to J. 

Easily the sweetest interaction for us to watch!

They were so proud of how they got all of their pirates and playmobil people set up on the ship.

You know... just a shirtless pirate... in December.

(side note - G NEVER wears a shirt - even in winter.)

The Silhouette Man came to our city. 

I'm absolutely in love with these. He captured my sweet boys perfectly!

We still have a cat.

Silly Mable.

Christmas morning prep. Matt took setting up J's computer very seriously.

I think Legos are going to be big.

He did these by himself. 

Like, he followed the instructions and then brought me the finished product.

This present was a big hit. 

Best gifts ever! They live in these...

(seriously, I'm blogging in August 2013 and G wears his hat almost every day.)

We got snow. The boys (big and little) had a blast!

November 2012

This is one cool dude.

We spent many many many an hour in this play room. 

I love seeing a pile of puzzles and two quiet little boys!

We went to the zoo and rode the carousel. We are big zoo fans... when it's nice, cool weather. 

We're also big fans of the free carousel for the first hour they're open!

One minute of sweetness. I love how close they are and pray they stay the best of little friends!

Thanksgiving!

I'm so very thankful for my family. Yes, we are a crowd (especially with all the little people now!) but I love all of the fun memories we share and the laughter that comes along with them!

Love you momma and daddy!

J loves him some veggie tales. Both boys actually... They're such cheesy little shows but I love the scripture and sweet lessons that they teach.

We set up the Christmas tree - they boys love their ornaments for this year!

April 2012

 I found him like that - he got himself up in the chair with that blanket and piled it up. Love him.

 I know this picture is weird... I only included it because I had a pretty major ear clog that took up like a week of our life. I seriously feel for the hearing impaired - it was miserable. Even Matt was tired of me talking (complaining) about it. I was advised to try "ear candling" by several professionals and we did (see above.) Even after several candles I ended up at the doctor for it to be flushed. Such a weird experience for sure.

 Easter Egg hunt!

 We celebrated Easter Sunday with some friends at my parents' house. It was so much fun! And look at that face... just melts my heart.

 Sweet Will. Such a cutie.

 Look at these two. Sweet friends. I think this captures their personalities perfectly, ha!

 We played outside a lot this spring. I got the boys some buckets to just transfer water and/or dirt around in. Big hit. And also doubles as hats which is a bonus.

 Jackson loves him some books.

(And also I discovered Instagram. Be ready for more phone pictures.)

We love Chick-fil-A! That's the face of a child who just fell in love with lemonade.

December 2011

Oh dear blog.  One day we'll be all caught up...

Until then, lets take a little trip down memory lane.  All the way back to last December.

 We were sick.  It was super sad.

 We played with the nativity. And made sure Mr. Policeman got to participate.

 We read a lot of books.

 We were silly with phone pictures...

 There were many sweet moments!

 There were traffic jams. Darn holiday traffic.

 We celebrated Christmas with my family.

 We love playing dress up!

 We celebrated with Matt's family on Christmas day and were blessed with beautiful weather!

A trip to the park after breakfast was a MUST.

And thank goodness we found some new policemen... they're best buds.
(The original little policeman was lost during a trip to the mall for some Christmas shopping.
It was devastating.)

Thanksgiving 2011

Happy last Thanksgiving y'all!

I'm so prompt right?

We celebrated as one gigantic family. It was awesome! We even managed to get family pictures of everyone happy.

That is one large family miracle.

 Yes, this is my favorite of us. G always being the center of attention and J always watching.

This is easily my favorite picture of all time. I mean, check out Matt. My mom is thrilled. Ron is growling? And Jackson... stone faced as usual.

Apple Picking

We did our usual apple picking on Labor Day weekend. Our sites were set on the Honey Crisp but those darn apples ripen so fast that we missed them. 

Picking apples is fun, but not something I'd suffer through one hundred degrees to do. 

We definitely enjoyed our much much cooler temperatures.

And how fun to be able to visit the goats!

Boys and sticks.  G always finds the only big, dangerous stick around.

We loved spending our morning at Eckerts with Mimi and Papa!

And who doesn't love 20 pounds of apples, right?