Christmas, 2012

On Thanksgiving day we began decorating for Christmas....

 These might go down as my most favorite pictures ever!!!!!  3 boys decorating the Christmas tree in their underwear--Priceless!

Wyatt and I spent Dec 1 at Crown Center celebrating Auntie B's 35th Birthday with lots of buddies!  Isaac and Micah were sick so Joe had to stay back with them.  Boo.  But it was a perfectly beautiful night to be out on the town!!!!!

 

Isaac and Micah weren't so sure about getting too close to Santa this year.  Wyatt just wanted to take the pic so he could move on to the train stop (his most favorite store at the mall!)!

Christmas concert at Harvest!

 Constructing, decorating, and eating a gingerbread house!

Concentration.

The finished product! 

 Every night finishes with some wrestling!

 The weekend before Christmas we went to IA to celebrate with the McCulley clan.  Here's Grandma and Papa with all of their grands.

It was a perfect weekend for sledding

 Wyatt's got the snowboard-cool-dude look going on here. 

Isaac took a roll and wasn't too happy about being cold and wet!

 One of my  favorite memories of this Christmas actually happened about 3 weeks prior.  Wyatt had $18 in his money jar so he agreed to split it two ways for he and Isaac to buy gifts for one another.  So we loaded up and headed to Walmart--the best place to stretch the dollar, you know. Joe took Wyatt to pick a gift for Isaac and I took Isaac and Micah to pick a gift for Wyatt.  Guess what they both purchased?  GUNS, of course and GUM!  They kept it a secret until Christmas Eve morning when they finally got to exchange......  they were more excited to GIVE the gift they had picked out for their brother than to receive.  It was absolutely precious!!!!!!!!!

We went to the Christmas Eve service at our church then met Mimi and Poppy at Applebee's for dinner!  On Christmas morning, we ate a yummy breakfast then Daddy read the Christmas story to our boys....

 We talked about the GIFT of Jesus and the reasons for the presents under the tree....

and we began to tear into some gifts!  Here's Wyatt  Spiderman.

 Micah got some new playdough which made him the happiest little boy alive!

Then we waited for the rest of the crew to join us for lunch and gift giving!

 We had a fabulous day and topped it off with a birthday cake for Jesus!!!!!

Merry Christmas!



A Snapshot of Micah at 20 Months

 

Best buddies.... Micah in Isaac's lap while big bro 'reads' to little bro!

 

Best buddies....  Micah getting drug by the feet across the carpet by Micah.  Thankfully it ended with laughter and not rug burn! :)

Micah LOVES hot chocolate

 

He loves being a big boy.  Goodbye sippy cups, hello chocolate mustache!

Micah Jay, 19 Months Old!

Fall, 2012

I had the privilege of helping a sweet friend take some fall family photos so I decided to snap a few of our little fellas while we were at.....

 

 

Can't get enough of this boy's smile, dimples, and laugh....  Wyatt has the BEST laugh I've ever heard and it's completely contagious!

Wyatt and Isaac got to attend an 8-week program at a church where Wyatt's preschool buddy attends! The theme of the night was 'dress-up'....not sure what Bible lesson it tied into but the boys sure had fun....

 

...and got some super-duper-impossible-to-wash-off face paint! :)

Movies.....Doesn't matter the season, these boys love movie nights with popcorn!

 Nature walks.....  Give little boys a brown paper bag and the freedom to explore and discover and they are totally in their element!

 

Reminiscing of summertime when the pool was full and they were splashing.

 Watching an airplane overhead

 

 Building some muscle

 

 Trash.  What is it with boys and trash?  I don't get it but they sure dig it.

3 boys in a truck....  right now I'm envisioning them in high school together cruising around, probably not sitting quite so close or wearing helmets...... but all the same, I hope they are always best buddies!

 Basketball.  Our neighbor has this super cool hoop that lowers to about 4 feet, perfect for these superstars.

 

 

 Just 1 guy shy of our own team!

Oh yeah, raking leaves.....  I attempted this with the boys while Joe was at work, hoping to save him some time when he got home.  We managed to get a couple of bags full then really spread out the rest of his work for him! :)

Trick-or-treating...... 

 Mostly just celebrating the treats!

We didn't see much of Micah's face as it was under the cowboy hat and buried in the candy basket all night!

 Our neighbors were so awesome to let us jump on their band wagon that dropped the kids off in each cul-se-sac for candy.  So fun! 

Most cul-de-sacs in the neighborhood have their 'own' trailer which is pretty cute

 Here's Micah and buddy Shiloh at the Harvest Festival

Micah has quite the network of friends....Here's he and his other buddy, Brody.

 Wy guy and the Dylanator! :)

 

Did I mention that I LOVE fall and all of the sweet blessings it provides?! :)  Thank you, Lord, for the gift of precious memories to cherish in these ordinary days....