April-ish Actvities

 We went rock climbing at the local gym.  The kids did great.  They even got their mom to try it (sorry these pics are dark,  you will have to enlarge to see).

 Syd

 Looking STRAIGHT up...

 Syd really high up

 Dad and Syd

 Wes, showin off his moves

 Landon and Colton did a lot of this

 For Easter, we went to Aunt Carrie and Uncle Tyler's house.  Got to see grandma and grandpa and the happy couple (who are getting married soon!)

 Coco and Kelsi

 Uncle D, cracking toes

 Tractor rides

 Easter egg hunt

 Movie time

 Coco and Lila are cute little buddies!  They make me crack up.

My boys!!!

Happy 7th Wes!

Wes had another Birthday! We had a mini party here with some friends the Sharps. Do you think he is happy he got a basketball?

Water bottle for the boy!


We went to Roller Valley (skating rink) to celebrate. It was QUITE comical watching 10 little boys "trying" to roller skate. We got a good laugh. I think everyone had a great time despite all the falls and biffs.

Syd and her friend trying to help teach how to skate.

Some of the crew...good buddies!

Have you ever seen a happier boy?

Pizza time!

Present time!

Cake pig out time!!!

Happy Birthday sweet Wes! We love your charming personallity and your thoughtfulness!!

Teeth and Snow

Wes FINALLY lost his 1st tooth last week. I think it was only loose for a week or two and he bit into a corn dog stick and jolted it loose even more. Then dad saved the day and pulled it out!

We haven't had a ton of snow this season, so when it does snow, the kids take advantage. Syd and Wes built this *almost* by themselves (dad helped a bit).

Syd's 9th

It's been a while since Syd was able to have a friend party, so this was the year. She invited 13 friends, and 13 of those friends showed up! Talk about a mad house! It sure was fun though. Aaron took all the boys and went to a friends house for the night (well until 10:00). So that was nice to not have to try and tame the boys with all the screaming girls.

For the party we ate pizza, played games, opened presents, ate dirt and worms (oreos and pudding) and watched girl movies. During the movie, we had a hair station and a nail painting station. Every girl got her hair braided as well as their nails painted. I think it was a smashing success. I couldn't have pulled it off without my BFF Emily b/c she helped me execute the WHOLE thing. She was in charge of the hair, and went on a braiding frenzy. She rocks. And Happy Birthday to my sweet 9-year-old!!!! Double digits next year girl!

Happy New Year!

Before Christmas one of my BFF's and I had a baking day. The goodies were delicious!

Christmas Eve, we went to that same BFF's house and made gingerbread houses (out of real gingerbread that we made!) It was quite the process but SO much fun.

The same night we had a delicious dinner of what Mary and Joseph would have eaten. Dried fruit, nuts, pitas, beef jerky, grape juice etc. It was very good and memorable!

The kids had a white elephant gift exchange. That was a hit.

The diva

Christmas Morning

LOVE Wes's face as they ran into the room. He got a skateboard!

For Grandma B. They are IN LOVE with their Pillow Pets...

Coco face

Throwing poppers NYE.