Oct. ~ 2008

Here are a couple more good pictures of the boys in Oct.
Anytime I tell the boys that I want to take a good picture of them, they ask if we can take a "goofy" picture first. Here's their goofy picture...
...and here's the good one!

Brock and Ryan go to Community Bible Study (CBS) with me each week. The Children's program is awesome and they have learned so much about God, Jesus, the Bible, Bible stories & verses and songs. A couple weeks ago, Ryan came home from CBS singing this song. I had never heard it before and he sang it over and over. It was so cute I just had to get a video! You need to turn up your speakers...he gets pretty quiet in some parts.

"I got a little caterpillar, I put him in a little box.

'Don't go out,' I said, but

when I open the little box, there's a little butterfly.

I can never make a one, but only God in heaven

can make a butterfly."

Halloween ~ Oct. 31, 2008

Halloween was so much fun this year! Ryan is old enough now to really get into it and have fun. For their birthdays, they each got a Mr. Potato Head Pumpkin kit. They had a great time putting their pumpkin together. Brock's was a Monster and Ryan's was a Pirate.

They both decided that they wanted to be Transformers this year.

Ryan was Bumblebee...

...and Brock was Optimus Prime.

Two loving robots...

...fighting the "evil Decepticons!"

The loot at the end of the night...

...and the joy it brings!!

Ryan Turns Three ~ Oct. 30, 2008

Well, my baby is no longer a baby. Ryan is three now! We celebrated as a family by going to Chick-fil-A, opening presents and eating cake. I think he had a really good birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RYAN!!!

Blowing out his candles...

...opening gifts...

...and lovin' his pirate stuff!

Brock Turns Five ~ Oct 28, 2008!!

Brock is now 5!! I just can't believe it. We celebrated his birthday as a family. He wanted to go to McDonald's, then we came home, opened presents and had birthday cake.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROCK!!

Blowing out his candles.

He got a Transformers book...and we've been reading it every night since!

He said he wanted a Batman costume, so he could dress up and fight the bad guys.

Brock and Ryan's Birthday Party

Since Brock and Ryan's birthdays are only 2 days apart, we decided to let them have a party together this year. This was Ryan's first year to get to have a party with his friends. They had a really good time and are blessed to have some great kids as their friends.

Brock wanted a Transformer party. Here is his cake...he thought it was just about the coolest thing he'd ever seen!

Ryan wanted a Peter Pan party. His cake is actually a Pirates of the Carribbean cake, but we replaced the Pirates with all of his Peter Pan toys. It turned out pretty good...and he loved it!

Brock with one of his gifts...a Transformer toy.

Ryan showing everyone how yummy his (and Brock's!) cakes were.

Flag Football

Brock has been telling us for about a year that he wants to be a football player when he grows up. So, we decided to let him try flag football this year. He has learned a lot and it has been really good for him to be around older kids (Kindergarteners). He says he likes it and has fun. He also says that he likes playing defense and getting the other team's flags more than he likes offense! He scored a touchdown in their first game, but of course, I didn't have my camera with me at that one!

Brock is playing the center position here.

Here is a video of Brock getting a flag. He is #8...the one standing straight up and not paying attention at the beginning of the play!!