Car Converstaion

Sometimes the conversations with the boys can be so entertaining!

We were driving to Bloomington yesterday and passed by some land that is owned by a woman I used to work with.

Me: It looks like Joni is living there now.

Will:  Oh yeah, Joni.  She cuts your hair.

Me: No, that's Natalie.

Dane: Yeah, Joni's the one who makes jam.

Me: No, that's Leslie.

Will:  Oh, I remember!  Joni is the one who has the horses and we went riding at her house with Aunt Terri.

Me: (laughing) Nope! That was Carolyn.

Dane: Ok so who's Joni??


Love them to pieces!

Creation Time

The boys being creative tonight. 

Bath Time

Homework Fun

During homework tonight Dane came across the word "any".  We were talking about it - and Will chimes in: Yeah! Like I have an any/outie. 

😂

Halloween 2016

Will was a vampire this year.  I pretty much begged him to be, and thank goodness he obliged.  I really wanted to do his makeup!  I think it ended up pretty good - you can't really see his blood streak out of the side of his mouth, but it's there.  

Dane was a ninja - you can barely see him to the right.  

Again this year, we upheld our annual tradition of having dinner with the Dunscombes and then trick or treating with them.  I love our tradition!  (the dads stayed at our house to watch football - Luke's broken leg was the perfect excuse! :)

Grand Canyon 2017

We are reserved, locked, and loaded to hike the Grand Canyon with Nana and Grandpa in October of 2017!  We will be hiking rim to rim, which is a bit different than when my mom and I hiked it when I was in college.  She and I hiked down the south rim, camped at the bottom along the Colorado River for one night, and then hiked out a different trail on the same side of the canyon.
Next year we plan to take a shuttle to the north rim, hike down that side, stay at the bottom for two nights (giving us a full day to explore and rest) and then hike out the south rim.

We took a training hike and these boys were so super cute.  They each had their packs (Dane's complete with his stopwatch around his neck) packed with supplies: water bottles, snacks, etc.

It went well!  We all had fun.  

.......Then the next weekend Luke broke his leg!  No kidding.  He was coaching Will's football team and they were warming up and running plays.  Luke planted his foot and turned, heard a snap, and it progressively got worse over the next couple of days to the point where he couldn't walk on it or bend it much at all.  Went to the Dr. who thought it was his ACL (as did I) but we were surprised to learn that he fractured the top of his tibia.  He wasn't supposed to put any weight on it for a couple of weeks (although he did) -he used his crutches mostly and was cleared JUST IN TIME to go on his annual bird hunting trip to South Dakota (where he is now) hiking about 10 miles per day.  He's hurting, but nursing it with Advil and whiskey.  haha!  

A date with my little loves.

Lost 2nd Tooth!

.....and cowlick 2016 in full effect.

Fall Break 2016

We had a great fall break this year!  I didn't plan it to be that way, but it ended up being busy!

Monday we went to AppleWorks - an orchard about 40 minutes away.  My mom and Laura and Landon and Payton came with us.  It was a perfect day!

Tuesday I took the boys to SkyZone.  They had free jumping passes so we went and used those.  Then we went to the Halloween store and they got their Halloween costumes.  We took Landon and Payton with us so the boys all got some quality cousin time. :)

Wednesday we went to the Big Cat Rescue center.  We went with Jamie, Jude, and Aslyn.  It was amazing as always and I was so happy to support such a wonderful cause.  We had packed our lunches and saw signs for a "castle" so on our way back home we stopped by this castle and ate our lunches.  It was a little bit random, but quite interesting! 

Thursday the boys hung out with Aunt Sandy.  They went to the mall to pet some doggies. :). Then Uncle TonTon took them on a tour of his office building aka: Assembly Hall.  

Then Aunt Sandy took them to WonderLab which is always so much fun.  Because Aunt Sandy hung out with the boys, that allowed me to travel to OSU with my mom and Chuck for her every 8 week scan and it all looked great!  What great news!

Friday we had a "down day" which included running many errands and things around the house.  The boys were super cute making up their own games like this one - they made obstacle courses and had to go certain places while they timed each other.  

Love these boys so much and I was so grateful to have the week off with them. 

On Saturday we decided to all go on a hike to begin our official training for our Grand Canyon hike in less than a year. The boys were super cute - Will had his pack on, Dane had his stopwatch around his neck.  They packed water bottles and snacks and were asking what else they could put in their packs. Will included a raincoat and other miscellaneous supplies.  :) 

On Sunday we had a day at home and it was SO nice.  The boys carved their pumpkins.  Luke and I helped cut off the tops and get their stencils on but they both did almost all of their carving.