December Crafts

Since it has been too cold and wet to play outside in the mornings, I've been trying to do lots of crafts and activities with the boys. There are endless craft possibilities with the holidays so that helps since I'm not the most creative person. I let the boys help me cut snowflakes and then tell me where to hang them around the house.

They made these snowmen out of cotton balls, glue, construction paper and pretzel sticks. Even Jarin could do this craft easily!

We used popcicle sticks, paint, glue & beads to decorate these Christmas trees. I got this idea from a magazine.

Dress-up Time!

A friend of mine gave me a great idea recently about using old Halloween costumes for dress-up play for your kids. I was happy to find a way to get more use out of all the adorable costumes we've collected over the years. The boys have really been enjoying it.Jarin the frog

Mr. Frog and Brady the turtle

Family Picture

We took a family picture this week while visiting my grandparents in Arizona for Thanksgiving. It was extremely difficult for my brother-in-law to keep everyone smiling. Jarin fell right before this picture and was in no mood to smile. So here is the best we could do:

My sister Hannah and her husband Anthony and their two kids McKinlee (5) and Vida (1)

Soccer

We signed Brady up to do a soccer league put together by some friends of ours. They made the uniforms and organized game days. It was very casual which was good for us because Brady would go but then never want to practice or play. We went to a little over half of the 6 games but Brady never actually played. I still had fun taking pictures and the team and individual photos came out so cute, I couldn't resist putting them on here. So even though Brady never officially contributed to the team in any way, here are some adorable pictures of him in his uniform. Jarin actually wanted to play more than Brady so he got to be in the team photo:)

Good Morning God

Halloween

The Man in the Yellow Hat and Curious George

While they are little like this, I can't resist dressing them up in pairs. Last year they were Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss. This year I did the characters from some of their favorite books. They also love the new tv show. They loved their costumes!

Harvest Fun Fest at church

With Grammie who is all dressed up for the Hill Billy band. Grandpa and Grammie are so silly!

The boys with their cousins Mick (football player) and Vida (cheerleader).

Brady enjoying the blow-up slide.

Pumpkin Patch #2

We went to Cobb's Ranch the night before Halloween with daddy. The boys mainly enjoyed jumping in the bounce house. It's the first year they can do most of the same activities together.

I front of the animals. It was dark by the time we got there.

Pumpkin Patch #1

Here are some pictures from our annual trip to Hillcrest Pumpkin Patch with the mom's group from church.

I have to explain this picture: While we were waiting around to go on our little "nature walk", Brady found a stick, held it over his head. Then he started shouting, "LET MY PEOPLE GO!" I asked him what he was talking about and he told me, "You know, like what Moses says". My mom and I were laughing so hard. I don't know where the kid gets this stuff!

I really tried to get a cute pumpkin picture with both boys again like last year but I just couldn't get them to look at the camera at the same time:)

The boys with their buddy, Bailey.

Michigan Trip 2009

Michigan

Click on the picture above to view the entire album of pictures from our Michigan trip. It was such a great visit!

Bedtime

Getting ready for bed can be an interesting time!
Jarin- AKA "slick"

Two little buddies

Crazy Man J

Matt enjoys fluffing J's hair after his bath. He calls him "Bay Einstein"
There are no words for the silliness expressed in this picture! He is such a clown.

4th of July 2009

I forgot about these pictures from our 4th of July. We spent it at home with Joe & Lindsay and my other brother Dan. The boys enjoyed their first real involvement with sparklers. It was a nice, simple evening together:)

I love the excitement and on the boys' faces!

Beach Day Sep. '09

Our little family got away to Avila and Pismo beach for the day during the Labor Day weekend. It was such a blessing to enjoy the beautiful weather and to have a relaxing and enjoyable day together.

Ray Charles

Sunblock hair!

Beach Day

Enter Sandman!

Jarin being silly

Making friends

I'll admit, we weren't the ones to create this sand castle masterpiece!

Brady with a fish tail that daddy made.