The 4th of July

We had fun with our cousins getting our faces painted.  

The boys loved the parade!!.
We spent the rest of the day swimming with the cousins and sliding on the slip-n-slide.  We roasted hot dogs and smores, and Luke made the favorite Peppermint Ice Cream.  The home fireworks were really fun!!  The biggest firework was created by the neighbors who started the hillside on fire.  The boys enjoyed watching fire trucks in action, and luckily no real damage was done.

Christmas

The boys were so much fun at Christmas. As you can see everything seemed to revolve around cars!! We shared Christmas morning with my parents, my sister Kara, and Polly's family. It was fun to be home for Christmas.



This is Alec and my sister Kara that we are living with. She is really easy to live with and a sweetheart for sharing her home. The boys already ask where she is when she isn't around. I hope she doesn't get sick of us too fast.

Happy Halloween

We had a great time this year with lots of fun Halloween parties, decorating pumpkins and trick or treating. Watching the boys trick-or-treat was hillarious. They were true boys (or just like their mom) all they could focus on was getting more candy. Alec would not let his pumpkin full of candy out of his grasp and was also saying "next house mom" "more candy mom" They were adorable and had a great time with their friends.

Fourth of July

We had a great Fourth of July this year. The boys went crazy at the parade. Ben espcially loved the fire trucks and Alec didn't know quite what to think of it all. We later joined some friends for a fantastic BBQ with lots of fun company and good food. Luke made the traditional Peppermint Ice Cream--it was delicious!! Thanks to his family for starting that wonderful tradition. The Dublin Fireworks afterwards were a blast. We had a great view from our church lawn and enjoyed playing bubbles, glow sticks and ball. Alec and Ben kept saying "WOW" throughout the fireworks so needless to say they were a hit!!