Merry Christmas!

We hope you all had a great Christmas and that you have a great 2009! We miss you all and look forward to seeing you all sometime soon!

Here are some fun vidoes of the boys opening gifts

Sunday afternoon snacks

It's always fun to watch the boys eat. They both love their snacks! Isaac got a Spiderman ice cream treat from the ice cream truck that comes through the neighborhood. Caleb got a chocolate chip bar that Mom made. Oh, Caleb also got to be the "big boy" at the big table.

Ready or not...

here I come!

sorry about the cameraman's work!

Happy Birthday, Danae!

Friday was Danae's birthday. We tried to make it a fun week by giving her a present a day all week. Giving the presents was easy, keeping secret what we got for Mom was not! Isaac told Danae what we got for her within the first 5 minutes after we got home. Although I didn't find it that humorous, she loved asking what else she was getting and Isaac loved telling her!

Happy Birthday, Danae! We love you lots!




Danae got the cake and flowers from her youth group! The shirt was from the boys!

Haircut Day!

Now that we have returned from vacation, it is time for the family haircut! Danae is the only one in the house who actually needs to go anywhere for her haircut. We three boys on the other hand have a much easier solution--Mom does it right in the comfort of our living room. For Isaac and I, the haircut isn't anything too special--we've had it done before. But for Caleb it is his very first cutting. Break out the scrapbook, here come the locks!

I know that everybody loved Caleb's long, mullet like hair style. We left it like that just for you all to see while we were home. But, that style went out a few years ago and we thought we'd catch him up to modern day.

I admit it was kind of a shock to see our little boy transformed into a bigger boy!

So, without further comment...here is our all new boy!

Before:

After:

Together Isaac and Caleb

Just so you all know, this video shows that no child was harmed in any way during this haircut! :)

Caleb is 1!

Better late than never!
Our "little" one turned 1 on May 29!
We had a great day and big brother Issac couldn't wait to open, or help open, Caleb's gifts! We are pretty sure Isaac has played with the toys more than Caleb has!




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Happy 3rd Birthday!

Kinda hard to believe that Isaac turned the big 3 today! WOW!

After a rough sleeping night (both of us thinking we saw every after-midnight hour on the clock) Isaac was ready to celebrate his birthday! He was kinda confused by the banner his Mom made, complete with balloons, taped to the front door. He said, "What's that, Mom?" Once he realized what it was, he was very excited.

Next he saw his presents sitting there waiting to be opened. "Can I open it now, Mom?" was heard all day long.

The baseball and football birthday cakes were a bit "hit"! He thought they should be eaten for breakfast.

He loved talking to those who called to wish him a happy birthday. He may not have seemed interested to those who attempted to talk to him, but he was smiling on our end! He also loved the birthday cards he got in the mail. He ripped the envelopes open piece by piece and read each card. He then proudly displayed them on the piano.

When he was finally able to open the presents, after Dad came home, he insisted upon using his toy saw to cut open the paper. (The night before we were talking about opening presents and he rummaged around to find the saw so it was ready for the next day.) He had a great time opening and playing with his gifts, that was until his little brother scooted in to steal them!

Next we set off for Red Robin to eat. Isaac received his free kids meal coupon and couldn't wait to go use it. He got himself a hamburger, baby carrots sticks with ranch, and pop! The pop was his favorite! To top it off, the Red Robin workers came and sang, "Happy Birthday" to him and gave him a free ice cream sundae. It was quite the feast!

We came home and enjoyed some birthday cake with some of Isaac's adult friends. His friends are coming over Friday to party.

It was a good day. God has blessed us with a terrific 3 year old! We still see him as our little boy, but realize when he talks and reasons through things he not so little any more. He may only be three in our eyes, but to him he's going on 14. His new favorite phrase or answer is, "Huh?" Huh, wonder where he got that one...


Happy 3rd Birthday, Isaac! We love you!