Halloween

This year Paul was spiderman, Preston was a fireman, Peyton was pooh bear, and Toby was a fire dog! Paul said he couldn't breathe with his mask on, so Mommy painted his face for him and he was laughing so hard at himself in the mirror at first! He loved it! We went trick-or-treating in the neighborhood again, but this time Mommy dressed up with them, well, "dressed up" just a little by wearing pink hair and going for a "rocker" woman look! Paul said, "Mommy you look pretty with your pink hair. I like your pink hair." Preston said, "Mommy looks beautiful." How sweet is that!?! I love my boys! We had a great time and Paul was the one who was so shy to say anything, but Preston was so comfortable and so good this year about saying, "happy halloween," "thank you," and "trick-or-treat." It was cute! And, before we left to go trick-or-treat, Daddy carved a pumpkin with the boys and they LOVED it!

July 4

For July 4, we went to Jason's (a guy Paul works with) camp on the False river. We had a lot of fun! Peyton ate watermelon for the first time and absolutely loved it! The kids all went swimming in a baby pool, then Preston went with Daddy in the river. Paul was a little too scared to go in the river! Preston kept trying to swim away from Daddy and do it by himself! He had a life vest on, but Daddy got a good work out trying to keep Preston near him and hold onto him because of the waves! Daddy's friend Johnny (who was in our wedding) and his wife Robbie were there with their 3 boys so we had a good visit with them as well. Jason and his wife were so sweet and made us feel at home! Thanks for inviting us; we had a great time!After leaving their camp, we headed home to rest for awhile and then it was fireworks time! The boys had a great time shooting fireworks with Daddy, though Mommy always gets a bit nervous watching them do all this! We had a wonderful July 4!

Easter at Mimi's

This was our first easter that we spent the night at Mimi's house. The easter bunny was very good to all the boys! We spent the day with family and friends and Daddy boiled crawfish for everyone! Paul & Preston had their easter egg hunt there and they also dyed their eggs. We all had a wonderful time! Thank you Mimi and thanks Nanny for all your help once again!

Our Busy Friday

Paul's school took a field trip to our little town airport in the morning. We all went as a family and the boys were so excited to see all the little planes! They learned quite a bit about the planes, from what they could hear anyway! We all got to see them fly, see how they start the engine and propeller, see one land, and the boys were able to get a good look inside one of the airplanes they opened for them! We also got to go into the hanger where they keep all the airplanes and look around and touch them! I think Paul liked the one airplane they had that could land on water! The teachers served cookies and juice for a snack at the end of it all! Paul and Nicholas stayed close to one another, as usual, and we ate our snack with Nicholas and his family. It was a really fun field trip and I think we all enjoyed it!

Paul and his friends "listening" to airplane talk

Steve helping Paul with Preston and Peyton

The kids "flying"

Paul

Steve, Charmaine, & Nicholas having snack time with usOur family

After the field trip, we came home to pack and headed to Mimi's house just in time for the parade that night. The boys had a blast and so did all of us! The parade was great and the boys loaded up on plenty of beads, animals, and other toys, including a sphere! Peyton was not happy at the parade though; I think the music was so loud it scared him. I had to walk him toward the back and into the parking lot to feed him; poor thing was so scared, he wouldn't eat where all the music was playing! He did eventually smile a bit and even fell asleep once his little belly was full! Mimi and Nanny helped us out with the kids and Uncle Kyle walked down from where he was to visit with us for awhile. After the parade, we all headed back to Mimi's house to sleep; Paul and Preston fell asleep on the way there and slept all night! Thanks Mimi and Nanny, we had a great time!

Valentine's Day

On Saturday morning I woke up to breakfast in bed!!!! What a treat! Paul had made me eggs and toast and the kids gave me their cards they made for me! I also got a very sweet card from Paul. It was the best way to wake up in the morning and so sweet....thank you to my favorite man and little men!!!! After that, Paul watched the boys so I could go do some shopping on my own and when I got back, I rested and read a little, until a bigger surprise came...my mom! Paul had asked her to come up and spend the night to watch the kids so we could go do something together that night ALONE! It was very sweet! We went and saw Revolutionary Road, not much of a Valentine's Day movie, but it was good. It was our first movie out to see since Elf came out years ago...sad, I know! Anyway, despite it not being much of a Valentine's Day movie, it was a great night for both of us and we ended up having a wonderful time! We are both very appreciative of Mimi coming up to watch the boys! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Mom!!!

Happy New Year 2009

This year for the New Year we celebrated with our friends Steve, Charmaine, and their two boys. All the boys had a great time popping fireworks with the dads. It seemed like that was all they wanted to do. Both Nicholas and Paul continued saying they wanted to pop more fireworks for the next couple of days. It was very nice to have some company this year because we usually sit around and pop fireworks with the boys and pray that we actually make it until 12:00! Thank you so much for coming over....we really enjoyed the company and we had a really good time with all of you!

Paul & Preston with sparklers

Charmaine handing out poppers to the boys

Peyton's first New Year
Steve & Paul with Preston, Joshua, Paul, & Nicholas

Christmas Day

Paw Paw & Maw Maw came over around 6:30 am Christmas morning to watch the boys open their gifts from Santa. Little Paul almost always wakes up at this time, but he decided to sleep another half hour this morning.....go figure! After he got up, he went straight to the tree, but we told him to wait for Preston. He woke Preston up and they got started opening Santa's gifts. Paul went first and started getting some presents for himself and Preston soon followed. Preston got his own power wheels 4 wheeler and Paul got a kid tough digital camera and some skates like Preston's. They also got a gas pump, V-motion, activity trays, several movies, their own silverware sets with their names engraved on them (even Peyton got some), new car comforters, computers, and several other things. I guess Santa thought they were extra good this year! Even Toby got some tennis balls and treat snacks! Mommy & Daddy gave them framed posters of themselves in race car outfits to match their room! Peyton slept through most of this, but we did open his presents with him once he woke up a bit later! He also got some really good presents!!! Thanks Paw Paw and Maw Maw for coming and for bringing them donuts and chocolate milk!After all of that, we noticed that Santa left them something else outside! I have never put a video on here, so I am trying it out; I hope it works! Preston was so cute because he didn't see the house right away! Here it is:

Peyton woke up in the middle of all this....Merry 1st Christmas Peyton!

After that, we all got dressed and headed to Mimi's house in Slidell. We ate our traditional Christmas dinner and got to visit a lot of our family and friends. The boys got several more presents and the adults played the elephant game again; it was a lot of fun for all of us! Santa even dropped by for a visit!!! Preston didn't seem to mind and Peyton didn't really care, but Paul would not go by him until the very end for this picture pretty much!!! Grandpa talked him into sitting by him to take a picture! Thanks Santa, that was so sweet of you to get all dressed and visit the boys!!!!

The family minus the kids

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we went to Paw Paw and Maw Maw's house. We saw Aunt Nicole, Uncle Cory, Aunt Angelle, her boyfriend and his son, and of course Paw Paw and Maw Maw. We had a great time together and the boys and Mommy & Daddy got wonderful gifts!!! Thank you for everything, including all the yummy food! They even gave us the cookies to set out for Santa!!! After that, everyone except Nicole and Cory, went to see the bonfires. Paul & Preston LOVED it out there. Paul was having a blast throwing the rocks into the water from the top of the levee. They were amazed at the fires, but they especially liked Paw Paw and Maw Maw running down the levee with them and pulling them on the cardboard boxes!!! It wore me out just watching, so thank you for doing that.....they had so much fun!

Decorating Our Christmas Tree

We decorated our Christmas tree together on Wednesday night when Daddy got home from work. The boys had a lot of fun hanging the ornaments, pretty much in the same spots on the tree! Daddy had to keep moving them around while Mommy supplied them with ornaments ONE-AT-A-TIME!!! Peyton fell asleep for awhile to the Christmas music, but managed to wake up just in time to see the finishing touches being put on our tree.

This year it was Preston's turn to put the Angel on the top...we remembered that Paul had done it last year. Although Daddy had to help quite a bit, he did a great job! Our boys decorated a beautiful tree for us this year!!!