Early Bird

My dad and I both LOVE turkey day, truely almost more then Christmas. Its all the good stuff without the worry of "did I get the right size" or "will they like it??" Just great food and great company. This year with us leaving to Nebraska for Turkey day, we decided to have an early bird day. Just ment we got to start counting our blessing early! Truely so much to be grateful for!

Cousin Zoey playing with logan (she adores him)

The master bird chef and his beutiful assistant

Logan, just being Logan

Ethan and cousin Johnny playing. Binki buddies.

Big kids in an intense game of Monopooly before dinner. Like I said lots of fun, and family and no one disapointed that they didnt get batteries with it. Happy early bird day!

Papas Hot Rod

I decided to take our christmas pictures this year out at nana and papas house with the Hot Rod. The boys LOVE it when papa picks them up in the hotrods from school and hanging our in papas shop-I thought this would make the whole christmas picture thing way more fun! And (of course) I was right!

This is the one I choose for our cards. Of course its the one they did on their own, with out me posing them. I just love how genuinely affectionate they are for each other-a sweet moment with ethan showing off his latest find.

Coach Matt

This year Logans soccer team needed a coach, so with a little encouragement Matt stepped up. He didnt know much about the game at first and had to have Noah be his assistant for the first few practices, but then every thing feel into place. Coach Doug became assistant, Noah became ball boy and the boys (and Matt) began to learn the game!

Way to go Raptors!!!

Fall Pictures

I love fall its truely one of my most favoite times of the year. Its so beutiful with the leaves changing and thanksgiving just around the corner-you can't help but love this time of year! This year we had a friend take some family shots at our park near our home that was full of fall color-I think they turned out great!

more halloween!

I know everyone is decorating for Christmas and making thier wish lists, but I just couldn't move on till the last of the Halloween pictures had been posted! Seems I just cant get ahead!

Nija, Yoda and motercycle rider-All soo cute! Ethan loved the hat but wanted nothing to do with the rest of his outfit! Got to love toddlers!

Pumkin time! Fun for mom this year because I got to just watch and toast pumkin seeds!

Eeeeww! Pumkin guts!!

Double eeewwww!

Noah at our church Halloween party-they went all out! Slides, games, dinner (and of course CANDY!) -all soo fun for the kids!

How can you resist Santa baby??

Two ninja! beware! The white is Logan and the black nija is his friend Davis. We had a great Halloween. The chuch party was on thursday and halloween on friday, so the kids had more candy then they knew what to do with! (of course I had a few ideas...)

Pumkins

Im such a sucker for a pumkin patch. I just cant go to the store and buy a pumkin, it has to be a whole production. This year we were soo busy we didn't make it to our favorite pumkin patch, so we had to find a new spot to pick out our pumkins. Matt saw this place-the kids loved it. It was pumkin patch/carnival. It was a big hit. It may be hard to sell them on my cute pumkin patch next year!

The perfect pumkin

How much for that super cute long one on the left?

The mega slide...

Our littlest pumkin :)

I love fall and all the tradions and colors it brings to our home. This time of year reminds me I have soo much to be grateful for. I love being mom to these amazing boys, and wife to my husband who is such a good expample to us all. For all our family and friends who help us in so many ways make all the ends meet and keep our family happy and strong. I am so grateful!

Papas House

This last weekend was a four day weekend for the kiddos. The teachers claim its "conference day" and "buy back day", but really we all know they just dont want 30 kids hyped up on halloween candy (really I cant blame them). So, on these long weekends when we grownups still have to work, the boys go out to nana and papas house (almost as much fun as disneyland in their eyes). They get to "help" in papas garage, ride quads and motercycles, build forts and play outside. Yes, nana and papa land is a very happy place indeed!


Noahs big quad...the more mud the better

anything with wheels is fun in the dirt

Ethan in his hot rod

All the boys on their quads, even Ethan loves to ride at 18 mo. !

The beginning of the fort. What cute boys I have!!