Christmas Parties

The boys had their Christmas parties today at school. I literally spent all day 'partying', but it was fun!


Here is Bryce & Cayden during the snack time! Bryce's 2nd grade class made snowmen out of marshmallows, but I didn't get a picture before it was demolished!


Dylan's kinder class decorated gingerbread cookies. Cayden had fun making some also.




Cayden goes to a Mother's Day Out 2 days a week. His school did a program where the kids were dressed up as the 'characters' at the birth of Jesus. I know I'm his Mom, but this little shepherd boy was absolutely adorable! Cayden didn't do much singing in the program, but he loved shaking his bell for "Jingle Bells".

Happy Birthday, Bryce!!

Happy Birthday, Bryce! 8 years ago today, you made me MOM! And, I love it! :)




Bryce wanted a pumpkin pie for his birthday this year!



Dylan's birthday is the 30th,so they are having a sleepover with their buddies next weekend to celebrate both of their birthdays. Where do the years go??

Thanksgiving at the Beach!

This year we decided to do something a little different for Thanksgiving. So, we spent a week on the Florida beach! Ft. Lauderdale is awesome this time of year- warm enough for perfect days on the beach, and cools off to perfect temperatures in the evening. We had an absolute wonderful time!

This sandcastle was actually in the lobby of the hotel.


The view off of our hotel balcony- what a way to wake up!!


When you take 3 little boys for a walk on the beach, they look for all kinds of treasure! No sand dollars or pretty shells, but coconuts!! Of course, we're in Florida, so the coconuts are floating everywhere!


More 'treasure'- pieces of beautiful blue jellyfish!!


Dylan loved collecting all of the beans from the seaweed! After this walk on the beach, there were no more places left on him to tuck in a bean!

Beach Fun!

One day, Dave took Bryce & Dylan kayaking in the ocean. They loved it!


Dylan is our sandcastle boy! We all had fun building one each day, but Dylan has the most interest in it.

Everglades Airboat Ride

One afternoon we went to the Everglades and took the airboat ride out into the swamp. We saw 2 very large iguana, a raccoon and lots of species of birds. But what we really wanted to see was an alligator! And we did!



Up close and personal! It swam right around our boat- we could've reached out and touched him if we wanted to!

...more fun in Florida

We had one rainy day while we were there, so we went to the museum, which was very hands-on for the kids! The boys got to touch a few things they had never touched- like a snake!


The beach had a good playground which we all enjoyed! Our boys love to swing!


Bryce and Dylan on the tire swing.


Feeding the seagulls is always a favorite!


The hotel had a climbing rope out on the beach. This morning had a chilly wind, so a jacket felt great to Dave & I. Of course, the boys had no idea it was cool!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

After a full day at the beach, we are off to eat our Thanksgiving dinner. We had reservations at a seafood restaurant on the water. They made a really good turkey feast, even though seafood was their specialty! Bryce loves pumpkin pipe, so he was happy to see that as one of the dessert choices!