Matt turned 31! But, he's still just a big kid!

Matt got a new skateboard for his birthday from his buddies' company...Ashland Skateboards. It's pretty sweet isn't it. You can also see him doing a rail slide on the quarter pipe he built for the boys for Christmas. If you believe that he built it for them, I have some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you. Hee hee

December Fun

Well, it takes about 5-6 different pictures to get a good one of each of them.

Storm Trooper

So...Joshua requested a storm trooper on his toaster struddel. I think Matt did a pretty darn good job. I, however, can only manage to do the letters of his name when he requests those.

TERRIFIC TWO'S HERE WE COME!!

I must say that having celebrated 6 birthdays with Caleb, 4 with Joshua, and now 2 with Joey...the 2nd birthday is by far my favorite. They are just so darn cute at this age!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY JOEY!!! And, as you would say "HHHH IIIIIII"

Joey's almost 2!!

Joshua gets some snuggles with Levi before heading to preschool. So...there I was in the office thinking "wow, sure is quiet in the house right now. I wonder what Joey is getting in to." 2 seconds later he walks in looking like this. He crawled up on the island and found the camo paint from Halloween and decided to camo himself up. I think he did a pretty good job.

More Halloween...

We trick or treated at a local high school the night before Halloween. It was super fun, plus Joshie got to wear yet another costume : ) Here the big three are getting ready to go out and trick or treat.

Joey, Tigger, poses with Levi, Pooh. Caleb and Joshua wore these costumes when they were these ages too.

Mom and her two babies.

Caleb looks over his loot.

Student Ambassador

Caleb was chosen by his teacher to be the student ambassador for their class for the month of October. Supposedly it's a BIG deal to be the first one chosen to be ambassador. They choose kids for Oct - May. Here he is with his award. They had a ceremony for the kids and parents that was pretty darn cute. His teacher Mrs. Kohls said that she has never had a child who wants to learn and challenge himself so much. Go Caleb! I guess his ultra-competitiveness is good for something.

Happy Halloween!

Joey was an adorable Tigger. Somehow he collected twice as much as each of his brothers.
I guess it was the grin. Levi in a fun Halloween outfit from his Grammy.

Caleb was a Pirate for the costume parade at his school.

Joshua was Superman, Spiderman, Army guy, and a Stormtrooper all for this Halloween.
The kid LOVES costumes.

We had a ridiculously warm Halloween. It was so much fun to Trick or Treat without freezing.

Enjoying the season!

Levi Smiles

I can't believe Levi is already 7 weeks old and smiling the sweetest smile. He is also holding on to those blue eyes. I am crossing my fingers that they don't change. One of my boys needs to have my blue eyes, don't ya think?
Joshua sported an AF jersey with his daddy's old number and a blue mohawk for the AF vs Navy football game. He went to the game and was disappointed in the loss. But, he loved watching the Falcon mascot, from a distance. He did get the courage up to give him a high five but that was about it.

Some shots with our family!

Matt's grandma turned 80 last week and we hosted a party for her at our house. She is the most energetic and spunky 80 year old I've ever met. She makes Joey look like he's standing still. Ok, not quite, but we know who he takes after ; ) Here she is holding her great-grandson : )
Some of the adults at the party, I use that term loosely.
Some more of the adults, again I use that term loosely, especially at this table.
Where the real action was... the kiddie table. I guess I put all my boys in orange unintentionally. Or maybe, it's because some days I feel like a prison ward and I am constantly trying to keep them in line. As you can see in the picture, I'm not doing so well.

Aunt Brittnie lovin' on Levi. Oh no! Watch out folks, crazy guy behind the wheel. So, Joey has figured out how to push the pedal but doesn't quite understand the whole steering thing. Interesting! As you can see, he's not loving the helmet either.
I stole some snuggles from Joey who doesn't normall sit still long enough for even a quick hug.
This is Matt's Uncle Kipp holding Levi Kipp Rillos.
Matt and our brother-in-law Brian. Pretty sure there are more pictures of Matt making this face than there are of him smiling normal. Gotta love the goofball don't ya?

Just two shots of Levi with two of his biggest fans...

Mom and Levi get some snuggles in. I don't know how many times I've heard "can I hold him?" come from Joshua's mouth in the last 2 weeks. He's such a proud and loving big brother.