Are we in Kansas?

The weather around here has been fabulous.  If this is global warming, I'm all for it.  We headed to the park on Saturday to burn off some energy (the boys, not mine) and had a great time. Here are pictures to prove it.

Dad's 60th Birthday Celebration

Yesterday, Mom had us all over to celebrate Dad's 60th birthday.  It was a beautiful, sunny day, so we took the opportunity to take some pictures BEFORE we ate the cake.  The boys did pretty good sitting still and smiling for the camera.  Aaron helped get the smiles from the boys by talking about boogers and picking his nose.  Hey-whatever works.  Aaron is so good with my boys.  He always carries them around upside down threatening to throw them in the sink or trash can.  They love it.  Adler wasn't as thrilled, but give him a couple years, and he will be.  We enjoyed some cake and ice cream then headed down to the "man cave" to watch football on Dad's new 50" plasma Tv and play pool. It was Dad's birthday after all.  Happy Birthday Dad!

A Day at Wonderscope

Trying to cuddle with Adler, he resisted after 5 seconds.
Adler will NOT look at the camera, unless he can touch it...

Yo, what up?  Wonderscope's the bomb!
Adler learning about gravity.
Sam and Trey inside the lego submarine.
Trey exploring the air tubes.

Captain Adler steering the vessel.

Sam and Trey exploring the new H2O exhibit, which was lame-o.  A few rubber ducks and water... my bathtub is more fun.

Trey's gymnastics class.

I enrolled Trey in a gymnastic class over the winter.  He had a great time.  There was only four little kids and two teachers.  They had a great time jumping on the trampoline, learning to do somersaults, working the balance beams, and doing headstands.  The pictures aren't that great, but you get the idea.

Christmas 2008

My mom with Adler.
Sam and me.
Trey with his new movie.
The boys with their loot.
A moment before the chaos.

We celebrated Xmas this year at our home, which is just how I think it should be.  Trey woke us up at 4:00 a.m. "just to take a peek", but we convinced him to go back to bed until about 5:30 when Adler decided it was time to rise and shine.  I had received an early xmas present of influenza- the gift that keeps on giving!  So it was a pretty low key day.  The boys received too many toys and were in heaven.  We had a wonderful day with my parents who came over in the morning then headed to my brother's for the afternoon.

Cousins

Kaitlyn, Aaron's daughter, joined us last Saturday for some playtime.

Aunt Kelly and Kaitlyn.
Adler and KAitlyn. (notice the shirt pulled over her hand.  Adler was very drooly that day and she was protecting herself!!!)

Kaitlyn and the boys spent last Saturday together.  We headed to an indoor playground in the morning to burn off some energy, then went to the mall to visit Santa.  All the kids loved telling Santa their wishes for this year.  Then we headed home for lunch, naps, and more play time.

Heroe's Family Get-Together

Justin enjoying a Bloody Mary.

Jayden- 2 yrs old- enjoying some chicken with her ranch dressing.  (Nikki's daughter)
Hunter enjoying some snacks. (Angela's son)
Angela, me and Nikki.
Nikki with her son, Parker -6months.
Hunter and Jayden posing for some pictures.
Angela with Jayden.
Justin, Nikki, Jeremy, and Zack.

A bunch of us got together at Heroe's for lunch on Saturday.  There were many more kids and people there than I photographed, but the kids weren't interested in sitting still for pictures and I was on my own with three kids, so I was a little distracted.  It was fun to get all the Heroe's offspring together.  We have some darn cute kids!!!