Safety 1st...

This is what I saw when I walked downstairs. Not sure why he needed a helmet to watch "Cars" with his turtles, but apparently he did! Safety 1st I guess!

KyLeR's 1st PiNeWoOd DeRbY

Kyler had his first pinewood derby last night. Stan helped him make his wicked awesome car.
He called it "the dark bolt."

All the boys recieved a giant Symphony bar with an award for their car. Kyler's award was for the "shiniest paint job!" (Which was fitting, since it was painted in the paint booth at the shop with the same equipment that paints all the real cars!)
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa H. for coming out to watch with us! It was a fun night!

Oh How They Grow...

What a difference 2 1/2 years makes...

Oh How They Grow!

Family Photo Sesh

We had Geri at Orchid Photograpy take our family pics this winter for us.

She really did a great job capturing the moments that make us who we are...

and the ones that make it seem like we have it all together!

*We may not have it all together,

but together we have it all!*

Here are a few pics for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks so much Geri!

You did an amazing job!

Stair Sliding

This is the one of the boys' favorite things to do!

STAIR SLIDING!!

Why do we ever buy them toys?!

Who doesn't?

You all know YOU've done it!

Who doesn't LOVE to eat Oreos for breakfast!!

catch up pics

We went to my Grandma O.'s house this past Thanksgiving.

Well,... my Dad LOVES trains...

and since his birthday was the day after Thanksgiving,

I had my friend Annette make this steam engine cake for him.

See her amazing cake blog HERE.
She did an amazing job!
It looked great and tasted great too!
His favorite flavor is caramel so she made a caramel frosting and put it between the layers- SO GOOD!
I think we really surprised him! :)

A couple of weeks before Christmas I was able to watch my brother, Jefferey's son Jack while he worked in town and his wife, Victoria had her finals.

We had so much fun!
He is such a cutie and such a good baby.
They moved about 4 hours away last March so we don't get to see them very often.
It was really nice to be able to visit and hang out.

Love this little cutie!

He got stuck dancing with a boy!

(You will need to scroll down and pause my playlist music if you don't want it playing over the music in this video.)

This is from Corden's Christmas program last year. I couldn't find out where the video was at on my computer- so sad, but... I finally found it, today! So here it is for you to see. There weren't enough girls, so Corden and his friend Ty had to dance together. I don't think he cared, in fact he was probably happier dancing with his friend so he didn't have to dance with A GIRL!! The theme for the program was The Nutcracker. Corden is on the far right.

Sledding in the New Year

I can't believe it's already 2010! Hope everyone had a great time ringing in the New Year! We were sledding in the New Year! It snowed all morning long and the conditions were perfect! So we called Trace and MacKelle to see if they wanted to go with us. We tied the sleds behind the four wheeler and off we went. The kids had so much fun! Left sled front- Trace

Left sled back- Corden

Right sled front- Ryker

Right sled middle- MacKelle

Right sled back- Kyler

Happy 2010 everyone!!!