Building Site-Ground has been Broken!!!

Last week Tony began clearing the land for our future home. The next step is to start digging out the basement.....

More pictures to follow as we move along.

Butterhorn Rolls

Here is a picture of some yummy butterhorn rolls Avery and I made last week. Avery did a great job shaping the rolls and needed little direction from me, quite the little baker!!!

Summer FUN!!!

The boys have fallen in love with Tony's boyhood hobby of building rockets and launching them. The boys were so grown up and safe when going through the process of launching the rockets. This was our first of many launches!!!

This year at the Allen County Fair both boys rode sheep (Mutton Bustin') and "almost" made it out of the gates still atop the sheep. Mom wasn't quick enough to snap the pics "in action" so here are the boys after the event... all smiles and no tears.

This summer Tony and I coached Eli's (& Avery's-he was actually too young for sign-up, but got to play anyways) T-ball team. Unfortunately, we didn't have much time to take pictures so here is the one of Avery running to first.

Eli's First Day of Kindergarten & Avery's First Day of Preschool

Avery on his first day of preschool, he was very excited!!! He had a great time and can't wait to go back.

Eli and Avery on Eli's first day of Kindergarten.

Eli "all smiles" on his first day of Kindergarten.

Bun in the Oven

There's a bun in the oven!!!!!

That's right were having a baby!!! Anticipated arrival is February 10, 2011.

Take me out to the ball game...

We took the boys to their first Royals game last weekend. They didn't win, but we didn't care!!! Hope to do it again soon, we all enjoyed ourselves.

St. Louis Science Museum

On our last stretch of driving home from Ohio we decided to stop in St. Louis at one of the boys' very places- The Science Center. Once again it was a big hit and nice break for all of us during our long drive home from buying our Armada.

Tony and the boys putting together a dinosaur fossil puzzle.

Tony and the boys building a bridge

Eli and Avery pretending they are on the moon in a "space car"

The museum has an observation bridge that goes over a road. Along the way they have glass openings where you can watch cars drive underneath you.

Ohio Trip

So about a month ago as family we traveled to Ohio to pick up our new Armada that we had bought through Ebay. We drove straight through on our way, but decided to take it slower on the way home and ended up stopping at one of best children's museums in Cincinnati. The boys loved it, especially the tree house play area. One other activity they enjoyed was building their very own rocket and then knocking it down!!!

Preschool Field trip to the Zoo

As their final field trip together, Eli's preschool class went to the Independence Zoo. I was lucky enough to have the day off from work, so I got to join in on the fun too. Below are some pictures (in reverse order) of a few of the memorable experiences. Eli was a very sweet brother and wanted Avery to come along, so he got to enjoy the zoo too.

Eli enjoying some ice cream @ DQ

Eli & Avery riding the carousel

Avery & Eli waiting for the train ride

Eli and some of his classmates (& Avery) take a break for pictures

Easter Pics

Below are some pictures Tony took of the boys on Easter

March Snow Storm

The boys playing in the snow fort we made during a snow storm in March.

Decorating Easter Eggs

We all had a fun time decorating easter eggs (& our hands :)

Eli showing off his green fingers

Avery & Tony coloring easter eggs.

Avery showing off one of his colored eggs.

Eli concentrating hard on coloring his eggs.

Crown Center Trip

On one of my days off in February I decided to take the boys to Union Station & Crown Center for the day. Here are a few pictures of all the fun things we did there.

Avery stirring the porridge in the "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" playhouse.

Eli posing in a knight board @ the Crown Center playhouse.

Eli & Avery playing at Science Center

Eli and Avery posing in the "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears house"

Eli patiently waiting for our food to be delivered on a train at Fitz's

Eli and Avery pretending to fly a rocket-ship at Science Center