Bath time fun

We gave Austin and Riley their first bath together a few weeks ago. They both love the dual bath thing! Here are a couple pictures.

I will post more snow and Christmas pic's in the next few days as I find the time. :)

Uncle Joel is home!!!!

We had a nice reunion with Uncle Joel (Jodi's little brother) last night. He goes to school in Las Vegas and is home for the holidays. It had been 7 months since we'd seen him so he pretty much had to reintroduce himself to the kids. Austin warmed up quick and put him to work right away drawing trains on the chalkboard.

We love and miss you Uncle Joel and want you to move back home where you belong! :)

I am blessed

Jodi is a wonderful wife and mother. On top of running our household, working PT and taking care of the boys, she has time to blog!

Bless her heart!

Loving Husband!

CHRISTMAS lights and SNOW

Definately not a sight we see often around here. This is our house decorated in the midst of falling snow!

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

As I'm writing this the snow is coming down in buckets! It is so beautiful to watch. This morning Shawn, Austin and I went outside to play and go sledding--it was so fun. Little Riley was inside taking a nap so he missed all the action this time. It's a good thing though because despite what I wrote in the last post about the kids finally being healthy.....well, that same day they both came down with bad colds AGAIN. Argh. We just can't win, can we?

Here are some fun pictures of our snow adventures so far.....I see more sledding in the near future!

The cute little girls on the sled with Austin are our neighbors Anna and Julia.

Tis the season!

Hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season so far. We sure are! Thought I'd post some pictures from the last couple weeks of us doing "Christmasy" stuff. The kids are finally NOT sick which has been wonderful. Seriously, the past 2 1/2 months have been crazy with at least one of the kids having a cold. They kept passing those yucky germs back and forth to each other but I think we are FINALLY on the mend. Blessings to you all!

More Cuteness!

Finding the perfect one...

Christmas tree that is! We searched long and far, high and low, through the thick forest of trees and rugged terrain. Actually I might be stretching the truth just a bit, but it was still an adventure going to a tree farm in Puyallup! We went with my sister and her family and a good time was had by all.

Yummy Thanksgiving

This year we went to my parents house for Thanksgiving. It was very fun and a bit chaotic with five little boys ages 3 and under running around (my sisters 3 plus our 2). I'm scared to ask if we are all invited again next year after the way their house looked by the end of the night! :)

Thank you mom and dad, we had a wonderful time!!

Preschool Thanksgiving

Austin's preschool class had a "family gathering" last week that was so fun. Shawn and I went and Austin showed us around his classroom like he owned the place. He was pointing out all his friends, saying "that's Parker, and that's Jackalinn" etc. etc. It was very cute. Here are a few pic's.

Cutie Pie

Here are some recent pic's of Riley. He's growing like a weed!

My little boy is growing up

Riley started clapping his hands today. Oh what fun! All I have to say is "Riley, clap your hands!" and off he goes.... clapping like there's no tomorrow--it is adorable! Then Austin gets into it too and it's a true clap fest around here! :) I love how something so simple to us is so huge to the little ones. Riley smiles huge with pride as I praise him, then I get all warm and fuzzy and realize that being a mom is my greatest accomplishment.
I got some video today but I'm still trying to figure out how to post it. More to come!

10 years ago today..

my wonderful hubby got down on one knee and popped the big question. It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since that day, but what a great 10 years it's been. I am truly blessed and know I am the luckiest girl alive.

I love you honey!

Fun Halloween!

As you can see Austin was a Fireman (and because he was a fireman, he thought everyone else in costume was a fireman too :) and Riley was a Bumblebee. We took the kids to the grandparents houses and then trick or treating. It's too bad Austin doesn't eat candy yet....I guess Shawn and I will have to help him out this year....darn!

Our Trip to the Ocean

We spent 4 days in Cannon Beach, OR a couple weekends ago and had a great time. We rented a house and we were so blessed with the weather..it was sunny and beautiful most of the time we were there. Another added bonus was Grandma and Grandpa Bell came too!

Austin loved the beach and water and literally jumped right in. Yes, he got soaking wet within the first 5 minutes....good times!