So the 3 boys got an early Christmas present.
They are going to be Big BROTHERS AGAIN!
(Tripp for the first time)
Yep, we are having another cute baby
come to our family in JULY!

Be SURE TO CLICK BELOW TO VIEW B-DAY PICS!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

So we started to decorate our home for Christmas!
Here is the cute tree the boys did in their room...
...the tree in our room...

... and the tree in the living room. We decided to put it up on the window seat to keep Tripp from un-decorating it!

Tripp, our little Burn Victim!

So we have experienced our share of sickness. Luke and Tripp were both really sick a few weeks ago. Luke had actually been sick for 2 1/2 weeks before he went to the doctor. He was told that he had Swine Flu but that it waws bassically gone and had morphed into a really raunchy sinus infection. Tripp was diagnosed with a terrrible ear infection. They both get meds and supposibly started on the road to recovery. Luke still took what seemed like forever to gett some energy and feel halfway normal. Tripp perked up for a few days but then started his new routine of waking up every 15 mins ALL NIGHT LONG! No Joke! We figured that it could not bee his ears since he had just finished his meds. Also he has 6 teeth all trying to come though at the same time. So we suffered through it for a week and a half till I got fed up and took him into out-patients again. Sure enough a terrible ear infection. So now we are done round two of meds and he is raunchy again. Plus to make things more exciting Tripp touched our wood stove on tues and burned his hand pretty bad. Luckily I had already made an appiontment for this week with his doctor to find out if his ears are still infected . We will get him all better soon I hope. Grrrrrrrrr! We all need SLEEP!

Getting Firewood

So it looks as though we played more than worked but I just could not take as many pictures when we were doing the hard stuff. We are so proud of how hard the two boys worked. Yesterday we told the boys if they worked really hard we would take them for a treat. We held out ALL day, keeping the boys in suspense. We took them to 7-11 and let them pick out 2 treats! They thought they were in heaven . We sat in the van and ate our treats. Then we told them it was time for another treat. They got super excited! We told them that we would go on a little walk first. We crossed the street and walked in from of the theater. Thayne ran towards the posters and freaked when he saw the "wild things " poster. I then asked them where they were going and proceeded to open the door to the theater. They both had totally shocked faces and were truly SURPRISED! ( They had been wanting to see this movie for a long time. We very rarely go to the theater so this was a BIG TREAT!)


Our Mighty Woodsman!

We are so lucky to have our Handsome Strong Kayleb to help lift the big logs.

Thayne, What a BIG Helper!
Our little Family went and cut firewood twice this week. The boys had fun playing in the ice covered puddles while we were waiting for Luke to get some wood ready to load into the truck and trailer.

Wow, its over already? Halloween was a blast. Carving Pumpkins as a Family, School Parties, Pizza with Friends, Trunk or Treat, Trick or Treating, and The Pumpkin Walk Followed by Fireworks. Good thing we got an extra hour of sleep this morning. (Time Change)

Happy Halloween!

Awesome Strong Start Class

Tripp's cute festive shirt reads, "I'm Skin and Bones, Need more Candy" Love it!

Thayne carves a pumpkin for the Pumpkin Walk at Strong start.

Monster Limbo. Kayleb and Thayne enjoy Halloween activities at school.

Pumpkin Doghnut on a String.

Thayne gets the prize.

Our Zoo! Kayleb the Kangaroo, Thayne the Elephant and Tripp the Lion.

Thayne takes a break to have a bite.

Little Miss Charity missed out on the group picture. What a cute Kitty

Cousins at Trunk or Treat.

Doing some "Real" Trick or Treating before the Pumpkin Walk.

Thayne finds the pumpkin that he had designed and carved at Strong Start.

Entrance to the Pumpkin Walk. A fun family tradition for Halloween.

Watching the Amazing Fireworks display at the park with our friends the Mueller's