Pre-Xmas

 Daddy & Ollie doing his advent calendar for the first time!

 yummm..chocolate :)

 They love playing in baskets!

 putting his (and Brothers') new ornaments on the tree

 Waiting so patiently for Ms. Kelli to pick us up to see Santa!

 Breakfast with Santa..asking for his microphone and videogame!

 We think they are going to be transporters of some kind.

.they love to move stuff from one place to another.

he loves to wear my shoes...all kinds :)

Thanksgiving

 Pre-illumination ..notice the rows of lights on the lawn..anal much??

 

Working on the lights on the house

 Our Thanksgiving Eve tradition: dinner at Zebbs and then drive through Lights on the Lake

Brothers were loving the fact that there were lots of tvs!

 Listening (?) to Grandma

 Ollie helping Grandma bake

 Not sure why these are at the bottom, but Santa and the Grinch

 putting up the light on the tree by the road!

Randoms from fall

 Reading to brothers...before we split their cribs (also from the fall & on my phone!)

 all bundled up!

One might think they don't have their own tv..in their room!

Hobart football game

  

Ollie running on the field with Scott & Will

 Hobart boys!

Chase,William,Luke, Ollie, and Jake

 Ollie playing with Willy

Brothers & Chase playing

Ok, these are actually from the fall, but I just took them from my phone.  We went to a Hobart football game and then went to Willy's 3rd birthday party.  We ended up spending most of the game inside chasing tennis balls on the courts because the weather was so crappy, but we had a great day! :)

Friends Thanksgiving

 Instrument of choice...the guitar

Rocking out with his band!

 Kyle on the drums

 Gotta practice the dance moves!

 Jakey & Riley

 Jake

 Destroying Keith & Mary's house :)

 Lukey

Mommy & Jakey

Every year we get together we all of our friends and their children for "Friends Thanksgiving." It is always a great time, but this year was even better because Ollie was old enough to play with the bigger kids.  They made a band with Aunt Suzi, who I think was the lead singer.  Jakey and Lukey even had a playmate who was actually a month younger, but actually had about 10 pounds on them!

HMMM...

AGH...THESE ARE OUT OF ORDER!!!!

I just spent 2 hrs finding all of these pics and saving before publishing so I could put everything in the right order....Sorry, guess not!

Birthday Weekend #1

Lions

Lions

William carrying Chase

Ollie looking at the lions

Ollie & Sophia

Ollie & Avery

Jake & Luke..LOL

Ok, Sad news...I charged the battery for Ollie's bday party at the zoo (which was 65 degrees in Oct!) but forgot to put it back in the camera when we left!  UGH. It was a great day.  All of the kids/parents walked around the zoo while I set up and then we had yummy sanwiches, chips, and cute animal cupcakes.  It was so much fun.  Alyson sent me these pics (THANKS!!) so we at least have a few memories :)