More Christmas Pics...

 Concentrating hard on his first model airplane.

Dad's a good helper.

Happy boy!

Happy Gracie!

Christmas 2011

Whew!  We're finally settling down here after a whirlwind Christmas and New Year.

Blake is back in school and is doing great!  We're also incredibly proud of Josh, as he just got a promotion with JP Morgan.  Woo hoo!  He will now be in the Banker position and we have no doubt he'll knock it out of the park with this role just as he did his last position.  We're definitely excited to see what the year brings!

I knew I couldn't wait much longer to share pictures from our Christmas, so here are my favorites...

Snuggling with Dad before bed

Hot chocolate on Christmas morning

Opening his Red Rider BB Gun! 

He loves music and stuffed animals, so his sing-a-ma-jig was a big hit!

Daddy gives great guitar lessons!

My turn dad!

That's all for now, but I have a lot more to upload soon!

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!