Luke and Cal

Brothers vs brothers.

 

brain workouts

Both kiddos are getting better and better at chess and becoming hard to beat!

 

Basketball is in full swing

Kingston with his team.

 

sledding at flat top

It wasn't much snow, and it was raining but we didn't let that stop us from having a blast!

Family drive

Sometimes the best memories can come from being together in the car!

 

Friends-giving with Christmas tree hunting!

Courtney, Jaclyn, Matt, Ettie, Carter and Harrisen came to spend Thanksgiving weekend with us,

and boy did we do all the things!!!

Lily & Cole came for a visit!

It's great spending time with friends that feel like family!

 

basketball boys

all my boys doing their thing. be still my heart!

 

Rake, rake, rake

If you ask the boys, they'll say it seems like that's all we ever do anymore!

Jumping in the piles has even lost it's luster!!

35 bags is what we were up to by this point...still lots to go.

 

Dinner with friends

Anisen, Koder and Jansen. 

They are the kiddos of Steve and Molly that we met through Jake working at SDS. Their kiddos are similar ages and have similar interests as ours so we all have a blast when we get together! (Though they don't stay still for long, hence the blurry photos)!

 

Wild Friday nights

I think a new hobby has just been born!

 

Garage pool sharks

 

Rock climbing with Tabor and Nash

Sadly Nash isn't in the photo and none of the kids are on a rock wall, but they only slowed down for about 0.5 second for a quick water break and were never in the same spot for a photo-op at any other time!

They sure had fun tho!

 

Cosmic lights

We took our friend Elliott bowling and by the time we were done with the second game, he kicked all our butts!

 

this is what loves looks like

 

Tetherball lessons

Our neighbor Hannah came over to play and hadn't ever played tetherball before.

Kingston being the expert gentleman and avid tetherball-er kindly gave her a tutorial and then surprisingly let her win all the games. This is something I'd never in my life think I'd see him do as he takes the game very seriously and typically can be a bit of a sore-loser. What a guy!

 

working on holiday crafts

Barker always the character!

 

Dice skills

Kingston was amazed he poured the dice out of the Yahtzee cup with the dice balanced like this...of course we had to take a picture!

 

Creative process

When it rains for an infinite amount of days in a row and is dark early, you hit up the recycle bin and see where the world takes you!

 

They sure love their pups!

 

Actual Halloween 2021

This year the boys were each invited out with separate groups of friends.

Jake and Barker went with Koa. Kingston and I went with Hudson, Norah, Elijah and Lincoln.

Here they are before heading out...

Turns out it hard to buckle up a turkey!

Jake and I for our Murder Mystery party the night before.

The theme was Great Gatsby.

King out with his crew...

King within the first moment of arriving back home and stripping off the turkey suit!