Thursday, November 7, 2013

 
Happy Birthday Aaaron! Aaron turned 8! We celebrated at Pietros with lasar tag and friends! I love the picture below of Eric, He is giving his "I'm bad" face.
We have spent a lot of time with Football kids the last 3 months! These are a few that we had for a sleep over...it was nuts! Love these kids though, and they love their Coach Bill...i will occasionally get a "coach Lael" takes me back to a time when i could do that! 

 Eric and his buddies at church! Yay for doughnuts!
 Cameron a few days ago! Man this weather is great!
 This is Geoff! HE leads our small group, which is crazy! There are 30ish of us! 6 families with kids! Chaotic but fun. bill and i look forward to sundays!
 Happy Halloween! The little girls is Quinn. She is the daughter of our good friends Tim and Kori! Love the time we get to spend with them!


Thursday, May 9, 2013

UPDATE!

The boys love football, it makes me a bit nervous in the house, but it's a lot of fun to watch....til someone gets hurt!

Cameron loves hats & helmets!

This was when we went to Christmas tree. Cam refused to smile, it was super cold!

 Eric's year to choose the tree!

 Dad and Sandy took us and the Inversos on a horse drawn carriage ride. We had a fun time, except for one of the horses having terrible gas! Spike and Major were their names...Major, for Major gas!
 Cameron usually has a fast bath, this was one where he got to play a little with dad. I love this picture!
 WE were able to get away for a few nights in February to enjoy the winter. Bill tried Cross country skiing for the first time, and was eager to try down hill after he found out he LOVED CC.
 Happy Birthday Eric!!!!
 We celebrated Eric's birthday with his first official party! He loved having all the kids over, the dads helped all the activities go great, kids had a ball!
 I asked Eric what kind of cake he wanted....he was (fortunately not anymore) obsessed with Angry Birds, hence the theme of the party! Making cakes is my favorite part in preparing for the party!
 Oh sweet Abigail! She was waiting patiently to show eric 'just how this bike bell worked' with  the chaos I didn't notice her, until Angie her mom 'helped me' :) Thank goodness for friends to help us parent when we're distracted!
 Dad and Sandy were helping us watch Cameron in and amongst the activity. He climbed up on the bench and before they even notice Cameron had his hands  in the cake. Notice my dad "bailing" before he got frosted!

 He's lovin it!
 The boys loved shooting a real bow. This was the back up plan to another game that didn't work out!
 So thankful for the Birthdays I have the privilege of planning and attending. Thank you Lord for blessings in our lives!
 Cameron loves his hats....helmets...
 Tis the season for baseball! Eric loves the social part of game, snack time is his favorite time of the game!  Aaron is starting to really understand the game. I'm that mom who yells with excitement at the littlest of successes!
I posted this picture because this is the last known where about of the right boot shown in this picture.  If any of you have seen it or know anything about it, please contact me! It's probably in the same place as this snack trap!

I am relishing in the fact that I can dress Cameron in whatever I want, and he wont complain. A stark contrast to Aaron who will not wear a particular color of blue jean for fear someone will laugh at him. Whaaat?! oh, the particular blue changes on a weekly basis!

Cameron loves to be measured on the growth chart...if im picking up socks in that general area he waddles over and leans up against it! 

 Love this spring weather and one on one time with Eric. He doesn't get nearly enough of it!
Bill's coworkers played donkey basketball agains Salem PD. We were able to go and take one of Aaron's friend Gabe. If you ask anyone of them "what was your favorite part?" they will answer "when the donkey took a dump all over the floor" yeah, boy humor....getting used to it, but still don't like it!

The boys are loving this business of riding on the gator! In the back is Nolan. He is the youngest of three boys, and loves being the 'big kid' to our boys! We enjoy having him around, he is a great help and always smiling!

Easter 2013! The boys were good sports about getting their pictures taken, below is the picture 20 minutes later, where they have changed into their comfy clothes...notice Eric's "new" digs...he loves this camo shirt and his 1980s jean shorts....


Eric loves his job of cutting olives for dad's homemade pizza!

Boys weekend! They had a ball with dad staying up til 11pm! I was grateful for the time to get away for the weekend!

 Grammy loves her buddy
This is classic! Big and Middle are out for the count...Little is messing with their cheeks while they sleep. Love these boys!

 







Wednesday, November 28, 2012

a little catching up to do!

Aaron caught his first fish with Bill on the 4th of July!


The boys and I went up to Tacoma to spend a week with the Inversos! We had lots of fun which included a trip to a family fun park in Carnation Washington. The kids had a blast! They rode on ponies, kiddie rides, antique cars, and mini trains. The pictures are just a few of the activities.


This is Eric's "smile"

This is Eric's "hold still and smile"
We had a lot of fun in July including fireworks and potluck with our neighbors.
This was our trip to the beach. I just love this smile on Aaron! Knowing him he probably was talking about farting!

Daddy and his boys!