Joshua strikes again!

My little Joshua is quite the mess maker. You can't help but love that kid. These pictures just make me laugh. I love the mischievous look on his face in the first picture.

Jacob's First Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Jacob, Happy Birthday to you!
Daddy helped blow out the candle.
Yum!
He was so cute, he started to clap his cute little hands.

Now that I look at this picture, I'm thinking why does he have that, he could put his eye out.

Finally, we let Joshua help him out much to his delight.
He loved opening his presents, he got lots of practice two days before on Christmas.
Look at that boy rip open those gifts.

Jacob was such a cute Birthday Boy! His birthday was December 27th, so I'm just over a month late posting these. He stood up and took his first step on Christmas Day two days before he turned one.

Eating the Candy House!

I love the disgusted look on Justin's face. He thinking, "is he seriously going to bite that of the top of the house getting his germs everywhere". I was actually surprised that he picked a few candies off and still ate them. They were all from around the bottom.

Christmas Day 2009!

We had a fantastic Christmas this year!!!

Christmas Eve 2009

My boys on Christmas Eve getting ready for our traditions.
First, they all opened homemade slippers from Grammy and Grampy.
Second, they opened matching pajamas from Mom and Dad.
Third, they opened a new family game.
We paused to take a picture of the boys in their new jammies.
And then a family picture.
Fourth, we played the game as a family.
Ryan was so excited when he got a piece out.
Justin thought it was a really cool game.
This is my favorite picture because I caught the pure emotion of the first collapse.

We went on to play it several times and all the kids loved it. Joshua just liked knocking it down on purpose and the baby giggled when it did. We put the two little ones down and played more with just the older kids.

Then it was off to bed with the kids. They were all so excited for Santa to come in the night. My parents , Jeff and I played a game of Pinochle until the children were fast asleep while visions of sugar plums danced in there heads. It took Santa until 2am to get everything all set up for Christmas morning.

Gingerbread Train Fun!

My five men sitting around the table doing a gingerbread train. I was there too of course, but the scrapbooker in me was talking all the pictures.
Jeff, Jacob, Ryan
Justin, Joshua, Jeff
Justin, Jeff, Ryan
Jeff decorating Jacob
Jeff feeding the extra frosting to Ryan
and Justin
Ryan
Joshua
Our family had a fabulous time doing the gingerbread train together. After the train was done, Jeff was feeding and decorating the boys with the extra stuff. The kids were all giggling and having a blast. I'm so glad he is such a fun dad. I wouldn't have thought to let the kids make a mess and eat all that sugar without him. Who would have thought that living with this much testosterone could be so fun :)