December Events (Continued)

The family making christmas cookies for Santa!

Spending some time with dad making Gingerbread Houses.

December Events

Eli's 6th Birthday Meal

For months Eli had been telling us that he wanted to go to El Charro for his birthday so he could have them smear ice cream on his face, so that's what we did! Avery on the other hand wanted to stay with Grandma in fear they may mistake him for eli. As you can see he warmed up to the festivities and actually wore the hat for a little while.

We went and visited Santa in Iola one evening. Eli sat on Santa's lap and told him all that he and Avery wanted for Christmas. Avery kept his distance from Santa and gave him a sweet smile from behind my leg; maybe next year he'll sit on Santa's lap for his little brother.

We were able to get our forms poured for our house the beginning of December when we had a few days of nice weather.

East end of house

West end of house

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.