just love these boys

i just love these boys so much. they make all my dreams come true. they made my number one dream in life come true to be a mom! i am so proud of them. . .

they are full of enthusiasm and energy every second! never a dull moment!

celebrating keagan's highlight of his year. . a real three point buzzer beater!

they are all about football these days it has taken over as their go to sport to play in the yard!

celebrating kinkade's highlight of the year his miracle teeth!

oh christmas tree!

it has become tradition to go the day after thanksgiving to cut down our christmas tree. so we pack up with hot chocolate with tons of marshmallow and dad makes a special christmas music cd for that year and head off to camden ranch to find that perfect tree!

i pull out my work boots from my granola days in college once a year and this year i added leg warmers. a few of my friends have made fun of me for buying leg warmers at H&M but i know they are CUTE! i stole the idea from my stylish friend heidi who rocks leg warmers and looks darling! but then again heidi would look darling if she put a grocery bag on her leg!

about 20 minutes into decorating the tree guess who dissapears and then sprints in nakey again! this kid is always naked!

the tree! my favorite time of the year sitting on the couch at night reading christmas books and snuggling by the tree! it doesn't get much better than that!

brown eyed girl

cupcake tree and sparkles

i always have one new favorite christmas decoration. .. . that i usually purchase the year before after christmas at half price! the girls cupcake ornaments, retro tinsel trees, sparkle light up tree. . . take the cake this year! the girls love having their own tree and it turned out so cute!

yes, the boys have a tree also and lights in their room. . just not as sparkly and cute but just as fun . . wait they do have a sparkle light up tree and love it!

gobble gobble 2011

we take a huge sigh of relief when we get to thanksgiving. .. after a crazy busy fall full of all the things we love that keep us on the run . . thanksgiving comes and we finally rest and just be together! here are a few pictures from the day. . .

grampy, grammy, and uncle bryan came for a big dinner. of course we ended the day with "Elf" our favorite Christmas movie! let the holidays begin. . .

everyone all bundled up ready to head down to the ultimate football turkey bowl.

my new favorite spice. . it smells so delish and is so cute the best part it makes the best mulled wine!

we started the day with our favorite pumpkin pancakes.

santa barbara - megs is pregnant!

sun, no kids, great friends, a sweet baby shower, tons of fabulous food, shopping, sleeping in, a gorgeous home - one night we sat for six hours by the fire drinking wine . . . eating take out . . looking at the ocean. . . . laughing it was the perfect evening! we love you megan and jeffrey - we can't wait to meet this baby girl. we had such a fun weekend!

celebrating the boys

we feel like we have been celebrating the boys for the entire month! they chose to have a tres leches cake and chocolate truffle cupcakes. their friends party was a blast at sky high sports. the perfect place for 12 energetic nine year old boys. here they are blowing out the candles. nine years old is the silly year!

cute silly boys. . .

we had a family birthday dinner with pat and patty, janny and ryan, uncle bryan, grampy and grammy and mel. the boys chose golden corral (long story and a good one) but it was veterans eat free night and a 2 hour wait, so we made a game time decision and tried mckensie river pizza.

grammy made home made lolly-pops and cake pops for the boys to bring to school.

the actual night of their birthday they had basketball practice - so we hit bruchis with tyson and then had cupcakes after practice with the team!

kinkade and riley!