Better late than never

Its only been half a year since my last posting.  I am going with we have been very busy excuse vs. lazy!!!  New family pictures to post, we had an absolute blast taking them.  The boys were in true form laughing and carrying on like they ran the place.  Nevin actually tried to tell the photographer how to take pictures, not sure what she thought about that but of course we laughed.  They are getting very big as you can see from the pictures.  Noah is almost wearing the same size as his brother and there is 22 months between them.  He is all legs like his dad.  Nevin knows how to read now, well at least memorize his favorite books.  Nevin is loving school and doing very well.  He will be ready for Kindergarten next year and then Noah will slide into his spot in the Preschool class.  Noah is all boy and loving making the most out of the terrible two's phrase.  We went to Nevin's Christmas program at church last night and had so much fun.  He smiled through the whole thing and he thought he was pretty cool standing up in front of everyone else.  I of course had a death grip on Noah so he would not run up on the alter :)  I will post the video of the program as soon as I get the DVD.  Hope all is well with everyone and can't wait to see you over the holidays.

Noah's best shot of Noah being Noah

Best picture of Nevin showing off what a very happy kid he is...love that grin!!!

First week as "Stay At Home Mom"

Well its 5:45pm on Friday and I made it through my first week staying home with the boys.  I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!!  Instead of worrying about sales and payroll, the biggest dilemma was what to make for lunch :)

We went to see great grandma then swimming at Bugga's one day...

Went to the county fair once daddy got home...

Nevin's favorite ride

Nevin went airborne about half way down.



Look mom no hands :)

Taken before Noah started screaming

 

Next day we went to story time at the library.  I could not believe it, I had the best behaved kids there but it was also their first time.  Nevin borrowed a Star Wars book with a Batman video (surprise surprise) and Noah a Playhouse Disney book with Dora/Diego/Blue Clues video.

And one day, we just stayed in our pj's all day long and laughed about anything and everything.

Like I said, I loved every minute of it!!!!



Independence Weekend

What an absolutely perfect weekend; beautiful weather, family and friends.  After spending the day in the pool with Bugga on Friday, we had dinner with Great Grandma before driving down to the Gundy's.  Saturday afternoon was filled with lots of laughs courtesy of our homemade water sprinkler slide that Grandpa helped us build.  Ryan was having just as much fun as the boys as you can see from the pictures below...

It is so much fun watching the boys grow up.  Noah will always be my baby but as you can see he is no small toddler anymore.  He can keep up with his brother Nevin just fine now.

Nevin is the perfect big brother always teaching his little brother new things...

Saturday night was spent with friends and Sunday was another sun filled day at the public pool and the Treemendous Playground.  The 4th started with lots of excitement as the boys tried to guess how much candy they were going to catch at the St Peter parade.  Hand and hand, Grandpa showed them the National Guard tanks and all the fire trucks. 

We surprised Nevin and Noah with a trip to Chuck e Cheese (needed a break from the sun for a couple of hours) and then one last visit to Great Grandmas before coming home.  I can't imagine a more perfect weekend!  Happy Birthday USA!!!

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