4th of July

We had a very mellow 4th of July around here. Ken had been volunteering at Girl's Camp for our church all week and just got home that day. We did go out and set off a few very basic (think sparklers) fireworks. The kids enjoyed it and that night the fireworks didn't even wake them up!

 The kids were very interested in the matches and the fire. Much more interested in that than the snakes.

 Rex tripped and fell and was so sad. Sometimes I think his sad face is just so darn cute. 

 The sparklers were a big hit for Abraham and Rex, but Tyler wanted nothing to do with it. 

 He has those little exploding snaps in his hand. That is really all he wanted to do with any of it. Funny little boy. 

Tyler is 4!

Tyler turned 4 at the end of May. He really wanted a Rescue Bot Birthday (it is a Transformers cartoon on Netflix) so I worked hard to make it happen. There are 6 Rescue Bots. He already had two and each set of Grandparents bought him one. We bought him the 5th and after much searching realized the 6th was rare and hard to find. It cost $30 or more to buy it on ebay or Amazon and I just wasn't willing to go that far. So, he was just going to have to live with having 5 of the 6. His birthday was on a Saturday, so we celebrated and he opened all his presents. We didn't have his cake and ice cream until the next day, on Sunday. Saturday night I headed out to Wal-Mart to get some supplies I needed for his cake. They sell sets of very small Rescue Bots for $5 and I thought that I would buy one of those and put it on his cake instead of worrying how else to make a Rescue Bot cake. As I walked down the toy aisle, I was overjoyed to see, sitting randomly on a shelf, the elusive Blades...for $11!! I couldn't believe it and threw it into my cart like it was 5:00 AM on Black Friday. I was just as excited as he was to bring out a cake topped with Blades. I love these pictures that capture his excitement too! Happy Birthday Tyler!

 And...pretty much the cutest baby ever!!!

We're Back!

After a 7 month hiatus with no computer, we finally bought a new one for our anniversary! So, hooray I can blog again! I'm not going to attempt to catch everyone up on the last 7 months, but here are some of our favorite pictures.  Here's to blogging once again!!

Tyler Loves Halloween

I was in the middle of putting away the Halloween decorations when Tyler wandered upstairs. He immediately burst into tears. 

 He was so sad that I was putting it all away. In his own words, "I love them so much. I will miss them so much". 

 Is he his father's son or what? We finally came to an agreement, since I wasn't open to leaving the directions up all year. 

 We took pictures with his favorite things. Now he can enjoy Halloween all year long.

Halloween was Out of this World!

We had a Space theme for Halloween this year. Ken and I actually had a really good time spending our evenings together working on the costumes. 

 Our wonderful neighbors, the Crooks, came to the Trunk or Treat with us. I could just eat that baby alive, he's so cute.

 Rex found this barbell and was totally fascinated with it. He would have carried it around all night.

 Chili and cornbread dinner!

 This cute little boy picked up trunk or treating immediately. He clutched that bag so tightly and held it out for anyone and everyone to fill up for him.

 Halloween night was a few days later. We suited the boys up again to head out. Tyler the robot.

 Abraham the astronaut.

Rex the NASA commander. 

 The cutest boys around. 

 Ken and I decided that once as aliens was enough for us and took the boys out trick or treating, sans costumes.

Happy, Happy Halloween. Let the planning for next year begin!