Henry's First Birthday

We had a party for Henry at Chuck E Cheese for his 1st birthday. He had a really great time! He LOVED the pizza but didn't really like the cake (although he had fun smashing it). Here are two videos from the night.

Henry is ONE!!!!!

(I guess that I shouldn't have told him that he is getting tubes put in his ears and ruined his big day.)

Road Trip

Girls in front, boys in back,havin some fries.

Saturday we went

for a bike ride,,

Henry's 1st ride(he has his own horn)
then that night,,

we went in for some snacks by the fire,,

where Henry had lots of goldfish.

Today was the ..

Thanksgiving feast at pre-school,

and Chief Brown Bear invited mom to join him for a traditional meal of chicken nuggets and red jello.

This past weekend

was Evan's turn to bring home 'Hopper' the class pet.(Hopper is a plastic frog in a plastic box).[that's a good thing, because we weren't very careful with him and we lost him several times]. We took him on a bike ride,

and a "big" bike ride.
and a backhoe ride(we got stuck).

He had pizza for supper...

and Henry tried to have him for supper!!

For Christmas,,,,

the boys aren't getting toys,,just boxes.

Henry said"Dad,,does this box make my butt look big?"
Batman did not want to get out of the cave and go to bed.

I WON A BOAT!!!

About a month ago I bought a raffle ticket from a girls softball team for a boat. Natalie found the ticket and said"did you read the fine print? It says the boat is used." I said yes, I saw the boat, and it was very used. Anyway, the drawing was last night and the guy called me this morning and I won! I showed Evan the pic at lunch and he said"It's not as big as our other boat".

This morning when Henry...

went down for his nap, Evan and Dad went to town for breakfast. Well, we ended up at the Peabody to see the Ducks. Evan got to sit on the floor by the red carpet, it was pretty exciting!

Then we had lunch at a place where you make S'Mores at the table.

Sadie in the delta.

Don't watch Marley and Me with anybody that you don't want to see you cry.

Henry....

helping Evan help Dad in the shop.

Henry is getting

big enough to hang out with us "big boys" in the shop.

For a boy that's..

not walking, Henry gets around pretty good.

We put the boat

up for the winter....

and the boys helped.
Henry is excited about swimming next year.

Huggable Henry

Mom tried the other day...

to get some pics of the family for a Christmas card. We took 1,200 pics and these are the only 4 that we got.

Mom's glasses

Henry's eyes are

really starting to look like his Mom's(very pretty). Here he is in dad's favorite T-shirt.

Evan's been playing with the guitar this week...

here he is with a little bluegrass.

and then jamming out on Space Wrangler.

Henry will be one this month...

so it's close to legal to turn his car seat around. It was a little crazy at first.(I named this pic Hankster Lean)

Now he is really enjoying the view.

When you're dancin' with your your honey...

and your nose is kinda runny,,you think it's kinda funny ,,,but it's snot.

Captain America

As of this afternoon,

Evan may tell you that his life is complete. His best buddy Cal's dad Rob invited us over to ride a combine and pick some beans. Rob was great,,,

he let Evan drive,,
showed him what all the buttons do,,,,

and let him push the button that fills the trailer.

The look on his face the entire time was priceless. He is probably not going to be very excited about riding the mower with Dad anymore. I must say, it was pretty exciting for dad too. (I kinda wanted to get to push the button)

Evan got a Touch and Brush!!!!!

Saturday was Halloween,,

and Batman and Robin had a big time. Robin stayed at Grandma's while Batman took the tractor and trailer to town for another hayride to trick or treat.