Christmas

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas's (on and before Christnas day)...

Truitt sleeping in front of the tree

My budding artist

Immediately after decorating he wanted to eat it, not just the candy but the house itself!

Both boys having fun drawing

They LOVE tractors

Santa

Well no real smiles but still cute. I did pictures this year at Celebrations and so the boys came up for their turn :)

The Christmas card was better, I got smiles out of both of them and was lucky to catch it!

Boys...

A few weeks ago we had soem of Braden's friends over to play. We painted trains, played at the park and in the yard - they had a good time and got along real well together.

2 and 5

We celebrated the boys birthdays together this year at Clay's. They both had a blast :)

Halloween

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween...

Puppy dog and skunk

Braden with Zoe and Lilly

Truitt - double time with the cookies

My little skunk

Trick or treating with cousins Camryn and Cole

Halloween Playdate

Truitt and I went to Amy's house today to play - it was fun to see our friends. We dressed the kids up, for our entertainment of course :) Here are some cute pictures...

My little puppy dog...

Sydney

Ava

Margot

Julia

My Boys at the Pumpkin Patch

Braden Box: "When I grow up I don't want to get married, I already have a Mom"

Little Laughs

I came outside today to check on Braden and I found him sporting his beanie in summer weather, looking a bit "thugish". Later I snapped this picture of him singing "This is the Day" but looking like he was throwing gang signs. Just thought these were humerous!

Rough week

Well we've been accident prone this week. At the zoo Monday Truitt shut his finger in a hinged door and it looks like the fingernail will eventually fall off - ick! At first he was very aware he was hurt but now he seems back to his normal crazy self. He likes his bandaids :)

Today Braden fell while riding his bike and somehow landed on his face. He has a scrape, fat lip and his front 3 teeth look a bit out of place. After some crying, consoling and a popsicle he was back on his bike and off looking for toads. I have a feeling that with 3 boys this is just the beginning!

So BIG

Each day I look at Braden and I feel he is growing so big so fast! During the last few days the kids have been off school so Braden has had his playmates around during the day. He has been in and out playing with the "big" kids and in my eyes, becoming one. He seems so independant although he of course leans on me for all the essentials - juice, snack, dinner, back scrathes etc. Yesterday he came through the door and announced he wanted to be a paper boy and asked me how he could do it on his bike :) He is a great big brother (when he's not aggravating) and often refers to himself in the 3rd person as "Bo Bo" which is what Truitt calls him these days ("come see Bo Bo Truey"). He is excited about his new little brother and wants me to take pictures of him holding the baby (in specific places, it's funny). Lastly one of his new sayings is "Mom, it's been a day" quietly I think he's just taken the words right out of my mouth! I look at him and feel happy he is growing into a sweet, loving little "big" boy.

After the Storm

Well we made it through the storm without any damage to our home, thank you Lord! We had some fallen branches and were missing a few shingles (6 to be exact). Of course my husband (who never sits still) had our yard cleaned and cleared by Sunday afternoon. We lost power at about 6:30pm Friday and didn't get it back until Tuesday afternoon. We did have a generator which made things much easier as we were able to run the fridge, fans and tv and with the AWESOME weather we didn't even miss the a/c (well, a little but not much). Here are a few pictures from our weekend.

Kurt took the fort and slide down to prepare for the storm. The power is out as are we...the calm before the storm, great sunset.

The clean up...and a mud pit which the boys throughly enjoyed!

More fun outside Braden helping to clean up the leaves

First Day of School...

Braden had his first day preschool today, this is the first day of his last year at preschool :)

Time for school

We're getting ready for school and Braden got a well needed haircut. He fell asleep (DEAD asleep) in the chair and I held his head upright the last 8 minutes he was getting his haircut....so funny! Here's the before and after shots.

Love and Sex

Braden...in love with lizards.

Truitt...in love with shoes (of any kind).

Mommy...in love with her boys.

Too Cute!

More from our vacation

View at sunset from our lodge in Olympic National Park . House of Parliment buildings in Victoria (Vancouver Island).
Craigdarroch Castle - this was a neat tour.
Fisgard Lighthouse - Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge - Vancouver

My PawPaw

My grandfather, PawPaw, passed away last Wednesday at the age of 83. He was a sweet, wonderful man who loved the Lord, his family and his friends. I will always remember his sweet voice, his silly jokes and his gentle touch. I am thankful I had 30 years to know and love him, I will miss him dearly.