Going pro...

Braden had his first day of peewee basketball on Saturday. He loved it! They practiced shooting, dribbling and rebounding. He was really into it and listened so well. We were so proud of him. We are expecting him to go pro anyday now....

Oh, he almost made it....

It's going in this time...

I got it!

Preschool Christmas Program (rescheduled)

We had sooooo much snow over the holidays that Braden's Christmas program from preschool had to be rescheduled for January. He was an angel (which his teacher pointed out for the boys that angels were warriors).

As you can see our little angel can groove.....

And he has the rhythm......

But he never forgets his loyal fans in the audience (mom, dad, Conner, and grandparents) with a big wave when he finally sees us out there.

Look Who's Two!

Conner turned 2 on January 3 (yes, mom's a bit of a slacker with the posts).

You can see he had a great time! He had two parties with the two families and got lots of presents. He likes to open the first present and then play with that toy. The other presents would then become forgotten as he played with the toy lucky enough to be opened first.

Cars were very popular!


As you can see it is very tiring opening present after present.....
Oh, wait that's right I have more presents to open! Awesome.....

Then it was time for cake. Homemade (boxed) cake with cars on the top. I'm pretty sure my cake put all Laura's delicious homemade blog foods to shame. Ok, well, maybe not but the cars were sure cute and did I mention they were surrounded by M&M's? Those were tasty as well.....

Happy Birthday Conner!

Decorating fun

The boys really enjoyed decorating the tree and preparing for Christmas this year. They really loved picking out the Christmas tree at the tree farm.

The tree farm we went to had "reindeer" and hot apple cider and a sleigh for fabulous picture opportunities

When the tree finally got home the boys were very serious about decorating, especially Conner......

They have both enjoyed opening their advent calendars from Grandma and Papa ( I mean who wouldn't enjoy chocolate every day!) and decorating gingerbread houses and of course decorating cookies!

Now just a few more days until Christmas!

Snow!!!!

We cannot believe all this snow we have been having! Braden loves it!

He especially loves riding the quad around in the snow. (yes, he has a grownup with him except when posing for awesome pictures)

Conner is interested and tolerated a few sled rides with mom but mostly wanted to be held.

We have had some fun days away from school!

Santa Breakfast

This weekend we went to the Santa breakfast here in Anacortes. Braden and Conner got to go with Grandma and Papa Acuff and Grandma and Grandpa Thomas and of course mom and dad. We had a great pancake breakfast although Conner mainly played with balloons.

We decorated cookies...

and really, really enjoyed eating them (yes, even after a non breakfast of balloon playing)

It was a good day of family bonding! Merry Christmas!

Simple Pleasures

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Braden and Conner enjoyed a celebration with each side of the family so they had their fill of turkey and fun! Now December is definitely here with the cold weather. Here is a picture of the boys gearing up for the cold (thanks for the Wilder cap Kim!)

These hats gave Braden and Conner a good 30 minutes of entertainment. Oh the simple things......
Yes, it is fuzzy because they were jumping up and down for a good half an hour throwing and catching their hats. It was quite funny......