So we did one of those family pictures with the timer, and it turned out pretty good, right? Both the boys are actually looking at the camera! Well, we found this rock to put the camera on. We piled all of our stuff there, including our video camera. Yep, you guessed it! We picked up the camera and our stuff and left the video camera. The worst part was that we didn't even realize it until we got home! So, some family came home that day with a new video camera, with some funny videos of Aidan sledding. Such a bummer! So we will have to rely on the memories from our still camera and the memories in our minds...my mushy mom brain. Good luck with that.

Aren't my boys cute?

Hawaii, yes, Finally!

I can't believe it's taken me so long to get this on here. But once a certain amount of time went by, I just procrastinated more. Hawaii was so fun. The boys loved going to the beach and exploring and playing with their cousin Sam and great Uncle Pete. It was a very special Christmas with memories we will not soon forget!

Loves of my life

The boys outside our room. Do they ever smile at the same time? Totally depicts their personalities, though. Mr. fun and Mr. serious. They're so cute. Love em so much!!

We made it!

After several hours of travel time, we made it to the big island of Hawaii! When we got on the plane, both the boys were glued to the window. They just sat and watched all the stuff going on at the airport. It was really cute to see them discover stuff they had never seen before. When we were getting ready to take off, I explained to Aidan what was going to happen, hoping to calm any fears. He thought it was so great. After just a minute or two, he turned away from the window and said : "Mommy, this is so fun!" I guess I had nothing to worry about. Cruz had a perplexed look on his face, but it left after some reasurrance from daddy. They got bored pretty quickly, so we took out the DVD player, and the battery was dead! Even so, they did great. It wasn't until we were landing that they were done and wanting out of their carseats. Everyone around us kept telling us what great kids we have and how well behaved they were. Music to my ears!

No winners

Our feeble attempt at a christmas picture. The ones we didn't include are the ones with Hank- completeley impossible. So we will try again- you will all have a christmas card from us-eventually!

The Very Hungry Aidan

So you probably know this about my oldest son. He is super cute, super talkative, super smart and SUPER curious! His mind does not stop going. I don't just say this because I'm his mom. I have had several people tell me this exact thing about him- "Wow, his mind just does not stop!" So the other day (ok maybe a few weeks ago, I'm behind on my blogging) I came into his room. He had gone down stairs and, one by one, snuck apples up to his room. They were lined up on his toy chest just like this picture. Can you tell what book he was trying to bring to life? Aidan is my very hungry caterpillar!

45th time's the charm

Does anyone else have this problem? I CANNOT get a good picture of the boys if I am the only parent there. It's impossible! Some that didn't make it past the editing room...