New Year, New Look

Celebrating the new year with a new look on my blog.  The pink font is in honor of baby sister.

A Very Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas with Grandma Debby, Gaga and Papa, and Aunt Hillary and Ashley.  The boys got everything they wished for a more! Who knew the most fought over toy would be Hunter's Monster Trucks from Mater's Tall Tales? (We have another set on it's way for Xavier's Birthday.)

Xavier's Thomas Trains were also a hit, as were the Playmobil Pirate Ships, Lego sets, basketball hoop, air hockey table, and scooters.  Now it's time for mommy to clean out and organize the play room. Here is a link to the Kodak Gallery pictures from Christmas as well as some snapshots below.

 

Candy Cane Cookies

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is making candy cane cookies with Grandma. Of course Hunter's favorite thing is to eat the dough! Grandma loves to sew aprons and we decided for next year she needs to make us all matching Christmas aprons.

Fall

Don't let anyone convince you that there aren't seasons in California.  We have a wonderful tree in our front yard that changes colors and drops it's leaves for tons of fall fun!

Halloween

Hunter was Super Grover 2.0 from Sesame Street for Halloween this year.  Xavier wanted to be Elmo, but when it came time to actually wear the Elmo costume, he changed his mind.  On Saturday, Xavier went as a Michigan football player to a party, and for trick-or-treating he wore his brother's Fireman Raincoat. Anyone need a 2T Elmo costume in perfect condition?

Facemask

Doyl was explaining to Hunter what it means to facemask in football.  He said, if you do it one time it is a personal foal, and if you do it again, you can get thrown out of the game.  To which Hunter replied, "in a canon?"

Pumpkin Patch

This was our third year visiting the Underwood Family Farm for their annual Fall Festival.  Hunter and Xavier had a wonderful time climbing on tractors and combines, playing games, and picking out pumpkins.  Doyl's favorite activity was shooting corn out of the corn canons.  Here are a few pictures from our day and a link to the full Kodakgallery Album.