Photos & Fun Night

The first two pictures are Andrew's photography debut.  I thought he did quite well at snapping some pics!  I did help him a bit.

 

Tonight we had a family fun night at Gabe's school.  We did a scavenger hunt then had pizza, pop, and cookies.  Here is a cute pic of Gabe and his BFF Hudsen.  They are so funny together!  And Andrew was happy that Hudsen's little brother was there.  I didn't get a picture of them together but those two were hugging and Kyzer tried to kiss Andrew.  Such funny kids!

Andrew.... and a fire (unrelated items)

Andrew LOVES the book 'The Gingerbread Man'.  His dad bought him a gingerbread man to eat and he thought it was great!  "run, run fast as you can......"

Love this face.  It is so him!  That smile we see so often....

And the fire.  Thursday afternoon about 4 there was an oil fire at the quarry behind our house.  The smoke was impressive!  Me, Aaron and one our neighbors were standing behind our house watching it for a while.

This silly boy and his mess of monster trucks.  He picked out his pajamas and was insistent on wearing them even though I told him he would be cold!  You could really see his bruised up legs!

Pics with Dad

Our boys like to have their pictures taken with dad.  Here Andrew was posing with dad because of how handsome he looked in his suit!

This morning these boys wore their Iron Man shirts to play practice at church.

Andrew did not want to be left out of the pics!

And on a somewhat unrelated note I feel I must mention that I bought a new CD the other day for the boys.  I knew they would like it but I didn't know how MUCH they would like it!  It is 'Party Like a Preschooler' by GoFish.  Love those guys!  And Andrew thinks it is so cool when I tell him when Andy is singing (in case you don't know we have met one of the singers in the group) because they have the same name...  So if you hear me humming 'John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt' or 'The Wheels on the Bus' you know why!

Pics with Mom

This is what we do (almost) every night before bed.  It lasts about 20 minutes and we take turns who picks the book.

I am a good mom and I never skip pages (honest).  Gabe is very interested in what the words are and can pick out a few words he can read himself.  Andrew sometimes just reads by himself.  See below.

First Snow of 2011

The boys were READY to go out in the snow.  I also joined them.

But I guess I didn't bring the camera outside with me.  We got about 6 inches on Saturday the 3rd of December.  We tried to sled outside but ended up playing on the swingset.  Then I wussed out and went inside!

A Flashback to the year 2001

Aaron was busy scanning in pictures from our wedding and honeymoon (love him!) so I picked out a few that caught my eye.

Mt. biking in Durango, CO.

Up by the college in Durango.

Slick Rock trail near Moab, Utah.

Me & Nathan.  Still kids.

My dear childhood friends!

Jessica & Jared.  Love.

Us with Devra and Todd at the farm.

'Tis the Season!

Gabe was so excited to put up the Christmas tree.  Both he and Andrew helped put on the decorations.

I was trying to get them to pose real nice and cute by the tree.  Pretending like they love each other.  The following 2 pics are the result:

Andrew checking out the tractor ornament.

And totally unrelated to the Christmas tree.... My superheros!  Well Gabe is a superhero and Andrew is a race car driver/ironman head.

Gobble

Our Thanksgiving was a nice quiet day at home!  Here's Gabe getting ready to eat.

S'mores cookie bars.  YUM!

Smoked turkey

Cheesy potatoes

Aaron, getting ready to dig in!

The master cook.

Andrew, let's eat!

600th Post!

I got some boxes of clothes out of the attic and Andrew was so excited to find all of the "new" things that fit.  The coat he has on is a hand-me-down from a gal I worked with in St. Louis.  We sure have put it to good use!

The empty boxes were fun to sit in!

I was trying to get some good pictures of the boys for our Christmas card.  This one is so cute but is a little blurry so it won't be on the card.

We had a VERY happy boy tonight when he got a package in the mail from the farm with a Captain America costume.  He is planning to wear the whole outfit to bed tonight. 

When I was taking pictures of Gabe Andrew was copying me and pretending to take pictures with Aaron's headlamp.

We are SO lucky!

I guess not lucky but blessed is a much better word.  Our boys are blessed because our family loves them so much!  And they have a Great Grandma, too.

Tuesday November 8th Aaron and his dad took the boys all the way to great Grandma Gena's house in North Dakota.  They got to check out a lot of fun things there including uncle's Larry & Jerry's HUGE wood pile.  And yes it's true, that is a picture of uncle Jerry!

Sitting down for lunch in great grandma's kitchen.

Gabe and Larry.  It looks like Larry's lunch is a plate full of doughnuts.  Lucky guy!

Great Grandma Gena and her first 2 great grand babies.

Andrew and great auntie Nancy

A nice hug for grandma!

What happens at the farm....

.... is always so much fun!  The boys (all 3 of them) went to the grents in Minnesota for some deer hunting and cousin bonding time.  Not to mention it was Grandma Mitzi's 33rd (according to Gabe) birthday!

Here baby Rhett is showing off how strong he is.

Sorting fish in the bathtub.

I think Rhett is doing his Elvis impression.

We are farm boys!

I have a sneaking suspicion this cute pic will be grandma and grandpa's Christmas card.

We love playing with our cousins!

Swinging at the farm.

Giddy up!

Driving home.  Mom couldn't wait to see her boys!