What We've Learned From Our Boys.....

In thinking of all of the things that we have learned from the boys, despite their short lives thus far, even this one took us by surprise. There will be little commentary to this, as we feel the pictures speak volumes.

How to eat a banana.....by Zach

How to eat a banana....by Alex

Oh, the things we have yet to learn!!

Shopping, socks, clown makeup, and haircuts.

Yep, the title says it all!

Recently, Alex has begun wanting to ride in the cart when we go shopping, instead of walking alongside us. Fortunately, Sam's Club has a dual-ride cart. :)

Another night, on the way home, I looked in the backseat and Zach had the most interesting way to trying to take his socks off.......

Yep, it's in his teeth. He also enjoyed swinging his foot back and forth, with his mouth as the pivot point. Luckily, kids' socks are fairly resiliant. :)

Tonight, we had lasagna for supper. Instead of looking at the people in this picture, I'd like you to look at the dog and his position. Scooter knows where the goods are.......anywhere Zach is. :)

Here's Zach with his clown makeup for the night...aka lasagna sauce.....before his haircut!

Alex, also donning the clown makeup, also pre-haircut.

Daddy slicing away the curls from the back of Zach's head.

And now......drumroll please.......after haircuts and baths.....the TWO MOST HANDSOME MEN IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!!

Zach's close-up......

And Alex's......

Have a wonderful week! :)

Happy 2010!

Hello all!

It's been a busy Christmas season for us - so we apologize (again) for being so late with the posts. It is a resolution that we become more frequent with these posts....so we'll see! :)

Christmas weekend we went out to Colorado to Andy's folks. Because of the way that Christmas was on Friday, we were able to leave Thursday at noon (in between the two big storms that hit), and were able to spend some time there. We had a nice visit - and the boys came home with SO many new things! I think that we need a bigger house just to be able to hold it all!! :)

We did to go church on Christmas Eve - and the boys even made it through the service (which floored Andy and I!) We were able to snap this picture before the service.

Even when he's upside down, Alex STILL tries to attach Zach!!

The next night, Alex was just being goofy - and we were able to snap a shot of him at the hilt of his goofiness!

And then a bath, for two messy boys! LOTS of bubbles, and, as Alex calls it, "A BIIIIIG SLIDE!"

Then it was back home for a few days. It was great to have some time home with the boys.

The next Thursday, we left for Missouri. We were able to all get together - and Alex and Noah had a GREAT time playing together!! Here's a shot of them in Grandpa's DIRTY racecar....(it was bathtime after they got out....it was yucky!!)

And our first photo of 2010....all great smiles - just at the wrong cameras!! :)

We had a fantastic time in both Missouri and Colorado - we are SO blessed! We are happy that the holidays fell in line with the weekends so we were able to spend more time each place. :)

One of Alex's newest accomplishments is puzzles. Here he is after just finishing a 24-piece ALL BY HIMSELF!!! (Promise - Andy's seen it, too!)

And now for our most recent news - as of yesterday! We traded in our Trailblazer for a Traverse! The dealer was great at accepting the crappy old car (it's been a problem since Day 1, and we'd finally had enough, so called them on Monday and asked what we could do - it was a pretty great deal!)....and we got this new one - and it should last us for a VERY long time!! Here's the picture of the outside...

And a video of the inside.

We wish the best to all of you in 2010 - take care and God's blessings!! :)