Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a nice entrance to the New Year! We had a good evening with our friend's Dave & Nessa. We went down to the river behind us and had a nice, warm campfire, roasted weiners for hotdogs and made smore's. Then we came back home and did some fireworks and played Rook to watch the New Year in! I hope everyone has a wonderful 2011!!


Building the fire


Making S'mores


Bryce enjoying his S'more!


Cayden liked eating the marshmallows right off of the roasting stick!


Dylan fell asleep at the fire! I guess the warmth really relaxed him!

Happy Birthday, Dylan!!!

Today is Dylan's 7th birthday!! My, my our sweet little boy is growing up!! And, what a BOY he is.. a true boy!! He asked us to wake him up early - before the sun came up- to go hunting this morning! He is usually our one to sleep in a little, so it was hard to wake him up! But, he & Bryce got all dressed in their camo gear and came out to eat donut cake with Daddy before he headed to work. He opened his presents and was very excited to see that he got a B B Gun! Now, he can't wait to go hunting this weekend while Daddy's home for the long weekend!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DYLAN!!!


Dylan wanted a donut cake again this morning for his birthday. We all like that idea also! :)


Dylan with his new gun.

Fun at Papa & Nana's!

We always have a wonderful time at Papa & Nana's at the holidays! This year was no exception!


Papa checking the trot line with Bryce & Dylan on the pond in front of their house. They didn't have much luck catching the 'big one', but the memories cannot be replaced!


Nana always make a special plate of cookies for the kids! This year were some very yummy gingerbread cookies!


There has been a stray cat wander up to Papa & Nana's house. It was pretty skittish when we all got there, but after the boys hung around him awhile and played with him, he became very friendly to them! He even got a name- 'Vanilla'.


Dylan's birthday is the 30th, so we had a little birthday celebration for him with these cupcakes and of course presents from Papa & Nana and Aunt Nene & family and Aunt 'T' & Uncle Charlus.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at Papa & Nana's is always with tradition that is fun for the kids!


Hanging the stockings


Stockings for the 5 grandkids


This year Cayden's class made Reindeer Food. It was raining, so we decided that the reindeer may like to eat under the porch! :) He was very serious about this job!! Cute!!


The boys after they put the milk & cookies out for 'Santa'

Photo Moments

The boys LOVE their cousins, Brooke & Blaire!


Bryce with Brooke


Cayden with Brooke


Cayden with Blaire


The boys all suited up in their camo gear to go 'hunting' on Papa's property

Hunters!

I just had to get some pictures this morning before the boys went out on their 'hunting trip'. They love prowling our 6 acres- I told them now that they actually have a bow and a 'real' gun, I will cry when they bring their first dead bird or cute little squirrel home!


Bryce


Dylan


Cayden (no, this isn't a 'real' gun, for any who are wondering!)

Birthday Party!!!

The boys had an absolute blast this weekend at their birthday party! Bryce's was the 11th and Dylan's is the 30th, so they had a joint party at a gym here near us. There was a huge foam pit with a rope swing over it so they could swing and land in the pit. The kids loved the bunji swing there also- Dylan almost touched the ceiling... and did flips while he was high in the air! There were 2 very bouncy trampolines that they all enjoyed. And they played some fun games also. We parents enjoyed it just as much!!


They had a 'camo theme' this year, so Bryce's cookie cake had a fishing scene on it.


Dylan's cake had a hunting scene on it.


The boys with all their buddies! Girls: Alayne, Mary Kate. Boys: Jake, Benjamin, Bryce, Cayden, Dylan, Kade, Camryn, Brock, Boone. Missing: Brent


Here Bryce is swinging on the swing over the foam pit.


Dylan doing his flips! He had quite the cheering section while he was doing his acrobatics!