Joy to the World

Three Boy Burrito

The boy to lap ratio is getting out of hand!

All smiles at breakfast today. You might get one of these great fake ones on your Christmas card this year!

Being a serious sort of guy, Peter typically looks like the picture above. Once in awhile he breaks out the smiles and giggles, especially for Joel.

Baby, it's cold outside.

A rare moment of affection.

We start training them young around here to watch TV. Peter is getting good at it already.

I've started cooking again!

After Peter's birth, we were given many meals and some for the freezer too. Now that those are gone, we're back to reality....hence, tonight's conversation just now:

Me: Put that pan outside and hope that the possums eat it.
Joel: There's no way possums would eat this.

Too bad I can't remember what the boys said when I tried to force them to eat it ("It" was stinky bean soup that burned on the bottom and yet the beans were uncooked). They said something pretty complicated like "yuck". Joel later told me that when he walked in the door after work he thought it smelled like I was draining an abscess somewhere in the house.

A recent slumber party

Not even trying to pose, here is our perfect little angel.

A picture under a huge ginkgo tree, the night after it lost all of its leaves.

Smilage

Goodbye Coffee Grandma

My (Shontel) Mom's Mother, "Coffee Grandma"

This picture was taken one week ago today with 10 of her great grandchildren. After bravely dealing with Squamous cell skin cancer for 9 months, my Grandma passed away on Friday the 12th. Last Sunday was our final "coffee" at her house, a tradition we had every Sunday since I was a child. We will certainly miss Coffee Grandma.

All Hallows eve

The three thunder lizards.

This little peanut had had enough.

We carved it up with our peeps.

Happy Halloween

The night that Nathan and Daniel wore their dinosaur suits and made mischief of one kind and another, their mother called them "WILD THING!".

Roar.

Superlative Nathan

Silly Daniel

Sweet Peter

So sleepy that he slept through a bath!

Today was a beautiful fall day and the men of the house got some work done outside.

My cookie monster "helping" to make cookies.

What we do every day

Peter sleeps. And then takes a nap.

He gets a bath.

PJ's on...ready to go to bed.

A rare moment.

Meeting the Family

The 3 boys and I took a road trip to introduce Peter to the family.

Getting filthy dirty with cousins, Caleb and Josie.

Kari, stop pinching him!

Breakfast at Great Grandma Coffee's house.

Aunt Kristin finally got to kiss those lips!!

Daniel just loved those cute cheeks!

Whoa, Aunt Elise!!! It's only green eggs and ham!

Picking punkins with Gram.

Peter got his first ride on the golf cart.

The pleasant part of the ride home.