why was 2011 the best year ever?

Two reasons...

 Reason #1

His earnest way of ambushing every drop of wisdom from the world around him, his sensitive heart and invincible spirit, his gentle yet courageous soul that ever stands on the threshold of adulthood, and his maddeningly witty nature - made this year the best ever.

 Reason #2

His blazing smile and enormous laughter, his busy intentions and stampeding pleasures, his tender embraces and sympathetic nuzzles, his invigorating certainty and dazzling dances - made this the best year ever.

To our boys, you light up our life with a million stars of hope and happiness.  Thank you for making 2011 the best year ever!

A Great Day...

Merry Christmas!  As you can see, we had lots of fun around our house!

There will be more pics to come, but I just had to share this one of Blake opening his Red Rider BB Gun.  I think we scored some points with that one!

Tree Shopping!

We got our Christmas tree last weekend!

As you can see, the boys had so much fun finding the perfect tree and decorating it.  Well, Luke didn't decorate it as much as he undecorated it!  We now have a tree that's only decorated on the top half, but it's beautiful nonetheless!

Halloween!

Amazingly, for once I have more pictures of Blake than Luke.  Blake was happy posing as a ninja warrior, but Luke was so excited about his garden gnome costume he wouldn't stand still!  

They were both the handsomest costumes of all!

showing off his ninja moves

"I am a ninja warrior."

I don't think ninja warriors usually have such handsome eyes!

Luke only lasted about 30 minutes before having a major meltdown, but he was cute while it lasted!

Happy Halloween!

Lately...

I'm eating an acorn in this picture!

The Face of a Stinker...

Do you see that glimmer in his eye?  It's usually the same look I get right before he does something he knows he's not supposed to do...like climb on the fireplace.  I've put up all sorts of barricades, but somehow this little stinker still manages to get up there, shaking his head "no" the entire time (and laughing!)

He might be a stinker, but he's the most adorable stinker I know!

Our football hero!

We're so proud of Blake for scoring his first touchdown in his flag football game Saturday!

He ran a kickoff back about 30 yards and sailed right into the end zone!  I had my camera in my hand, but was too excited to remember to take a picture :).

I did take this one of Coach Josh and his star player-

Blake's having so much fun playing football and, to us, that's all that matters!

The weather has been perfect here (finally) so we also took a family trip to the park this weekend...

My little sweeties posed like pros for me!

As always, Luke's favorite part was playing in the dirt!

Have I mentioned how much I love these boys?  All three of them!