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.