A few fun pictures....

The boys put on their warm outerwear to help take down xmas lights!

Bryan got attacked by a moose!! Of course I didn't help him, I ran for my camera instead.

Cooking with mommy!

First Hospital (ER) Visit

Drew woke up Christmas morning all excited about his new presents...mostly the Wii that he wanted so badly. We kept noticing that Drew couldn't move his neck very well, he looked stiff. He tried to play Wii, but mostly just layed on the couch and watched his brothers. He told us he didn't feel good and took a little nap. He hardly ate all day and just wasn't himself. That night he went to bed and kept waking up every 20-30 minutes crying and completely out of it. Around 1:00 am we noticed his lymph node on his left side was extremely swollen so off to Scottish Rite Children's hospital. One doctor told us he had a horrible case of strep throat another doctor told us he didn't know what the infection was. Drew was so tired, out of it, and uncomfortable....one of the doctors gave him an ice pop and Drew finally smiled! Drew is now 100%...it took a couple of weeks for whatever infection he had to finally give up. Drew says he would rather go to the hospital than his regular pediatrician because the hospital gives out ice pops instead of stickers!

On a side note, we are so lucky to have an incredible children's hospital in Atlanta - they were amazing. Chad and I feel very blessed to have three healthy children. I can't imagine celebrating Christmas in the Hospital, like so many families had to do. This is the third Christmas that we have donated a red wagon to Scottish Rite in the boy's name - and we will continue to do so. The red wagons are used as wheel chairs for the children that are going into surgery, rehab, ect. It makes life a little better riding in a wagon!

Christmas 2009 was amazing...

Drew's gingerbread house he made ALL BY HIMSELF in school!

The boys left milk, cookies, and carrots for Santa and Rudolph.

The boys were so EXCITED Santa left them the Wii.

The boys (and us) had a great Christmas! We enjoyed dinner on Christmas Eve - ham, potatoes and all the fixin's! We decided that is going to be our new tradition. It was so nice Christmas morning to get up, open gifts and then just play. We didn't have to worry about cooking. Okay, who am I kidding, I didn't have to worry about cooking and cleaning, not we. :o)

The boy's Christmas present to Chad, Grandma Marie, and I was letting us sleep till 7:00 am...it was so nice. They woke us up and we headed downstairs to see if Santa was there. Sure enough, the big man in the red suit had climbed down the chimney and left us presents!

We played with our gifts all day...then around 4pm we headed over to our neighbor's (and very close friends) house and enjoyed a fried turkey dinner! We hope all our friends and family had as great of a Christmas as we did. We love and miss you all!

We hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving!

Polar Express

It is our annual trip every Holiday Season - a ride on the Polar Express! This year Nana got to join us again on this special tradition. We departed the train station at 7:30 pm and headed up the mountain on the way to the North Pole. Once we arrived at Santa's Toy Shop he decided to hop on the train with us. He sat down with the boys and asked them each what they wanted for Christmas. Drew asked for a Wii; Bryan asked for anything with wheels; and Tyler asked for a choo choo. He then gave each of the boys their own sleigh bell.

Thanksgiving - Kindergarten Style

Drew's class put on the cutest "Thanksgiving Show" for the parents! They did a little skit and sang many songs about saving the Turkey's and eating at KFC. It was pretty funny! It must not have effected Drew too much because he not only helped me cook Thanksgiving Dinner he ate A LOT of turkey!

After the kids sang songs they had "brunch" ready for us to eat as a family - then we got to all go outside and play on the playground.

Trick or Treat Village

Captain Hook and Peter Pan!
He makes the cutest Mickey Mouse!!

Cheese!

We had so much fun on Saturday, October 24 - we went to the Trick or Treat Village! It was held at a park close to our home and Paulding Country turned it into a village! Everyone was dressed up, there was LOTS of CANDY to be given out, games and even a hayride thru a a "haunted kid friendly" forest!!

Drew is a true Griz Fan!
Buddies....

They have MANY toys but give 'em a box and they play all day in it!!!

They love each other!

Bry-Bry loves mommy's shoes!

The boys made funny pumpkins - aren't they cute!?!
Scary pumpkins.....EEK!!

Farmer Bryan...he is too cute!

Sliding down the moon walk!

Jump D-man!

Pumpkins, Corn Mazes and Fall Fun

Tyler jumping on the "moon walk"!
The boys LOVE pumpkins!

"Lost in the corn maze"!

They are ready to work!

We sure had a fun time at Cagle's Dairy Farm! We got "lost" in two corn mazes, played on the moon walks, enjoyed hot apple cider, and looked at all the pumpkins! It was a COLD and WINDY day but we always seem to manage to have fun. Drew kept saying that if Montana is colder he doesn't ever want to live there. Our boys couldn't handle Montana winters - they are spoiled!