Our 3 Valentines...

We all had a good night...made a nice dinner, drank red Kool-aid out of wine glasses, gave each other Valentines, and then ended the night with a heart shaped cake!

INDOOR SPORTS

Caleb has been keeping busy this winter playing INDOOR sports...

He did a Basketball camp through his school on Saturday mornings.

He also has been playing Indoor Soccer. This is Caleb's second year of playing on a team with a bunch of friends from school...go White Lightning!!

Kevin helped coach the team with some other parents as well. It sure is a great group of boys!

We have really enjoyed watching Caleb play and it keeps all of us on the go during these long, cold, and snowy days! However we are all looking forward to Spring when we can play Basketball and Soccer OUTSIDE!!

SNOWDAY!!

3 year check-up...

Levi went in today for his 3 year check-up.

As always when we get home I love to look up what

Caleb's and Ethan's weight and height were at 3 years...

Levi: 39.6lbs. and 40 1/2 inches tall

Caleb: 40.5lbs. and 39 1/2 inches tall

Ethan: 32.6lbs. and 39 inches tall

Last month we were in to see the doctor for Levi's final check-up for his

broken arm. The nurse said today that Levi grew 1 1/4 inches since then, wow!!

We sure are thankful for each of our healthy growing boys!!

January 2011

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Happy 3rd Birthday Levi!!

mickeymouse.laughter.fruitsnacks.call names.lovies.mia moo.

juice.firetrucks.joy.diapers.dimple.blueberries.stuck.balloons.

bunkbed.boys.fearless.horses.silly.playdough.my room.

sorry.starwars.no.balls.my friends.love you.pockable.

stairs.bike.broken arm.

WE LOVE YOU BUDDY...WE MEAN LEVI KEVIN HART!!

Pretzel time...

Caleb, Ethan, and Levi all love to help out in the kitchen.

One of their favorite things to make is Pretzels!

It's always fun to roll huge, long "snakes".

The hardest part is waiting...

but before you know it they are ready to eat!

The recipe makes a bunch, so if ever you want a pretzel come on over!

"you called names"

Right now Levi is real big into letting us know if he hears someone say something "naughty". Yet at the same time he himself is real quick to say something "naughty" to someone (his brothers) if they make him mad. When I say "naughty" some of the words are...Poop, Meanie, Dumb, Butt, etc.. Nothing too major, yet words we are trying to discourage Levi from saying. When Levi does say one of those "naughty" words to someone we tell him he can't call people names. So now whenever he hears someone say a "naughty" word he says, "you called names".

Yesterday Ethan, Levi, and I are in the grocery store. I don't even remember how it all exactly happened, however I said something like this to Ethan..."but we are going to get this one instead..." Right away Levi starts saying "you called names...you called names". So I say I did not and he says..."you said butt!"

Lovely. Yes, how do you even begin to explain the differences between but and butt to an almost 3 year old? Meanwhile Ethan is just laughing and giggling away!! :)

December 2010

Wow! Where do we even begin...December flew bye and here we are in January!! We had a wonderful Holiday season. We always love the extra time with family and friends. The boys kept busy over Christmas break building Legos, shooting hoops, and playing with their new Nerf guns! Kevin was able to take some time off and I was able to go along with my sister and mom to do wedding stuff. As always we were sad to take our tree down, but it really needed to go! This year was by far the worst year for pine needles. We had a great time ringing in the New Year with friends and family. We are truly looking forward to this coming year. We already have so many exciting things planned...my sister's Wedding in August, special Anniversaries and Birthdays, Vacations, Soccer Games, School Activities, and the list goes on! But before we start posting all the exciting things of 2011,
enjoy some pictures of what we were up to last month...

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SNOW FUN!

Last week Wednesday was our boys best day....

SNOW

They have been outside every day sincesliding, snowboarding, making snowmen, and shoveling!!They just love it and can't wait for more snow to come!!

November 2010

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Celebrating

...with (Betsey's sister) Kate and Josh on their Engagement!!
We love you guys and we are SO excited for you!!

Levi's Broken Arm

So how does a 2 1/2 year old break their arm?

Try riding a bike down a flight of stairs...

October 2010

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Sharing...

Today we were at the Children's Museum and Levi was doing a great job with sharing toys. Each time he would share something with another child he would then walk up to me and say...
"That's my friend!"

Our Fall Family Getaway

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Giggling

A loud flock of geese fly bye and Ethan says to Caleb...

"Hey Caleb, you hear all those Geese giggling? They are saying we are going to Florida!"

Caleb's new smile...

Sunday night he lost the one on the bottom and last night he lost the one on the top! Caleb actually pulled the top tooth out all by himself and was quite proud!! He has lost 4 teeth total now, however his other top tooth is super wiggly so I am thinking it will be 5 soon! All of this happened just in time for school pictures today! What a great 2nd grade smile! :)

ARTPRIZE

This "Penny" was made up of more than 84,000 pennies. This was one of Caleb's and Ethan's favorite!

This was done by some people from Mars Hill...go Waterprize!!

This was their other favorite...the longer you looked the more animals you found!

Levi finally woke up...he had napped in the stroller while we walked around ArtPrize all afternoon.

Nate & Rachelle's Wedding

This past weekend my brother Nate got married to Rachelle. We had a special weekend celebrating with them and spending time with family! Here are some pictures from their Wedding Reception...

...our boys had SO much fun out on the dance floor!!