Pokemon trading

 I don't understand it...

but's it's serious business around here!

Sleepover

 With Dax and Hugo. This was thee only time they were still enough

to snap a photo!!!

Fall is for Football

And post game celebratory photo-ops!!!

3rd grade swim sessions

for the last 2 weeks, they've been walking from their school to the pool at 8:10

in the morning for their 8:30 swim lesson. I say BRRRR. But they've been having a blast.

Frosty football mornings

Kingston and Daddy in their element, trying to kick butt while also keeping warm!

Lunch date with Barker

Barker the big 3rd grader hanging with 

Travis the big 4th grader. 

Aksel & Barker's camping trip

Since their football game was an hour away, Aksel's family decided to

make a camping/fishing trip out of the weekend and invited Barker along.

So much fun!

 Thank you Jonny, Mandi & Aksel for treating

Barker to such a great weekend!!!

Finally, captured on film!

or digitally...

Kingston has won the heart of Oliver after 7 long years

of not-so-patient patience.

And we have proof!

All the snuggles!

A weekend full of love with our favorite people and celebrating 

the birthday's of 2 very important girls!!!

4 stooges

Aksel, Barker, Nate & Travis

1

eenie, meenie, miney, MO!

You're it!

Lunch date with Kingston

King the big First Grader.

And Brody the big Second Grader.

1 serious, 1 silly

The only way we can talk them into taking pictures these days!

Atticus, Barker, Phinehas, Benaiah & Kingston

Sometimes it's hard

to tell all these football players apart.

They're all crazy!

Brody, Kingston, Broderick, Cohen & Barker

Yeeehaaaaww!

No matter how hard we try, we can't get this bronco to go...

at least it doesn't buck!

team TOGETHER!

Barker's football coach makes working together a big part of practice and 

game day. He has emphasized this from day 1, and does so in each sport he

coaches (we were lucky enough to have this coach for baseball too).

Here he has them all tied together with rope while the assistant coach 

directs them which way to move. They quickly realize that it will only work if they 

communicate and work TOGETHER. As he speeds up on switching direction,

they do pretty well...and then when 1 domino falls, they all fall!