Branson Trip

A few months ago the boys and I took a LONG road trip to Branson Missouri to meet our good friends the Sneddons. We had so much fun, staying in a cabin, making smores, playing in the hot tub and doing a "Ride the Ducks" boat/road tour. It was so heart breaking to say goodbye to our friends, wow we miss them! I wish that I could have taken a picture of Ethan and his girlfriend Kate with her head on his shoulder, holding hands, watching a movie together. It was cute, he adores her, and swears she is the only girl for him. She is wonderful and beautiful, and has the greatest parents on the planet, so I am on board!

Linc.

Linc. is a sweet, easy going little lover. For a long time he just had one little tooth, it was so cute, he now has another right next to it and it seems a lot more soon to come.

We call him the puppy because he likes to lick everything. We have been told that the muscle under Kade's tongue is too short so it causes him to struggle with some words. Somehow I don't think Linc. will have that problem.

Happy National Wacky Hat Day!!

So, a while ago it was National Wacky Hat Day. The boys thought that would be a great time for Mom to show how creative she is. Those who know me know that I am painfully un-crafty, but I was pretty proud of myself with Kade's rabbit hat and Ethan's crazy graduation hat. Obviously, I ran out of steam by the time it came to Lincoln, the poor little man got a plastic cup tied to his head and Ethan taped a sign on top of it which read "kiss me naw" (kiss me now). The boys wanted to parade all around town wearing their hats for about a week straight, until tragedy struck and Kade's was sat on and Ethan's eaten by the dog.

My cute boys

The boys have been begging to ride this train since we moved here. It rides under an over pass and through a kind of ghetto park in downtown, so I kept evading their requests, but I finally gave in. It was actually fun... I like seeing people warm their hands over a fire in a trash can how about you?

Wow I am stupid! or... The Boys Christmas Present

Something is wrong with me. This November I asked the boys to write a Christmas list, and both boys returned with only one thing on both lists. A dog. So, I tried for weeks to show them ads and commercials to get them interested in anything else, but to no avail. Ethan has been putting money in a piggy bank for about two years now and saving for a dog- since we used the expense as our excuse for not getting one. I realized after I saw their lists that I was done for, so we drove out to a farm and picked up this cute little lab. Her name is Cali and she is a good dog, but I am still the world's biggest idiot, not only am I changing diapers, but I am also cleaning up after a dog and trying to stop her from destroying our fairly new house. I'm a sucker, what can I say.

Lincoln

This is what our sweet little Linc looks like all the time. He is the easiest, smiliest little person on the planet. He loves going to movies with us, he'll just sit in his car seat or on my lap and watch quietly, and always with that perfect little smile on his face.

I know that we are doomed, since we have the world's easiest babies doesn't that mean we have to have trouble from these kids sometime? Maybe the teenage years?!?

Big Damage

So, I had to post this up because this picture is just so classic of what happens in our house on a daily basis.

Ethan is so sweet and sensitive, always trying to love his brothers, and Kade, well...

Kaden has been aptly named "Big Damage" by Uncle Mark.

When we told Ethan that we were pregnant with Linc he said "oh great, another one to beat up on me". Yep, Big Damage sure does live up to his name.