The Farm!

One fine day this Fall the kids didn't have school and it was gorgeous! So off we went to the farm. They loved it. Of course :)

                                               Cuz who doesn't love feeding goats?

 

Or feeding ducks?

Or riding little weird oil-drum-turned-into-an-animal train thing? ;)

  

Or climbing into a chicken coop? ;)

Yay for farms!! :)

Luke Football, Joey Soccer

This Fall Joey played soccer and Luke played football. Both completely loved it by the end of the season, but it took a little encouragement at first. The following is also a prime example of my inconsistency of picture taking. Joey had a few more pictures than Luke....oops. There are two clear explanations for this. First, it was Joey's first time playing a sport! So it was extra cute ;) Second, I was just so into the excitement of Luke's games that I forgot to take more pictures!! ;)

Anyway, cute Joe all ready for a game:

This is the face Joey makes when you tell him to pose for a picture lately. It's just Joey being Joe. :)

One of the cutest spectators around ;)

Just chillin' on the sidelines with his team:

And there is Luke!! He's the one in the blue shorts. Way to go Luke! :)

Luke's first tooth

After much anguish about all his friends losing teeth for the last year, Luke finally lost his first tooth  on Sept 17, 2014. Wa hoo!! :)

First Day of School

Mikey and Luke starting 3rd Grade and 1st Grade. How time flies!

Luke meeting up with his girl-buddies from our neighborhood in his class.  

Mikey waiting in line to get into class.

Joey started his second year of pre-school the next week. Elise wanted to be a part of the first-day photo shoot. How can I say no to that cute little face straight out of bed. 

These two kill me. They are such cute little buddies :)

Screaming "cheese" with the wind blowing in their faces :)

 Always bitter-sweet sending them off to school. I need them to stop growing! (But it is nice to be able to run some errands and get a few things done in the house :)

Summertime Friends

Our best friends came from Cali for a little visit. It's our favorite :)

These two little polar opposites....

I kind of love seeing the pictures BEFORE we get them to actually smile. 

Cuz they're awesome ;)

And cuz then they get there and it's so cute :)

These two little (future) love birds....

Who are such great besties right now ;)

And these two little crazies....

We always forget to take more pictures of us actually doing stuff! Next time.... ;)

10 Years!

That's right, folks. We made it 10 years! We wanted to take a big trip, but we couldn't decide on Paris, Rome, or NYC...so we decided to do them all! Vegas is so perfect that way ;)

This post is kind of boring. Welcome to our massive collection of selfies. 

We were there on July 4th and staying a Caesar's Palace. They did not disappoint with the show! (Even though we are quite disappointing with this up-the-nose shot. You're welcome.)

 Jersey Boys in Paris

Lying by the pool in Rome

The pools at Caesar's are GORGEOUS!

 We also saw Cirque du Soleil "One" (The Michael Jackson show.) It was amazing. Especially awesome was 20 minutes before it was over when I looked at my phone and saw like 11 missed calls from home, including one message. Lance slipped out to call home to see what the emergency was. It was Mikey. He had figured out how to change the time on his watch. The message left on my phone was 3 minutes long detailing this process. At least he still wants to talk to us about his life, right? ;)

Shopping for the kids at Excalibur

See? New York City ;)

Can't go to Vegas without seeing the fountains!

Caesar's Palace was awesome! Here's to the next 10! (And 10 more after that. And 10 more after that. And 10 more after that....you get the picture ;)