So Tired

Deacon is trying to give up on his naps and for the most part, he's doing pretty good with that.  He can get a little crabby toward the end of the day, but even that is getting better.  On this day, he was up on the stool, eating a snack and just fell asleep.  I'm suprised that he didn't fall off the stool.

A typical weekend morning at our house.  Both boys tend to come to our bed around 7 in the morning.  I love it and I know it won't last too much longer.  

I'v decided to do a 1/2 Marathon in May.  I'm working really hard on increasing my mileage. Unfortuantely it's very cold up here so running outside is not an option for me.  So, I'm on the treadmill which I hate.  I'm slowly inching the mileage up there, but I think I may have developed shin splints, Ugh. 

Thanksgiving Stone Soup

 

 

It is so hard to believe that Tyler is in Kindergarten.  They had a program before Thanksgiving that the parents were invited to and I was able to make it to it.  His teacher had made stone soup.  Apparently, you put a real stone in the soup and the person that gets this stone has good luck for the new year.  It took us a while to find the stone, but eventually somebody did get it. 

We had a quiet Thanksgiving with just the four of us.  A ton of food because I feel compelled to make everything that I would have had if I was home in Texas.  We had sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, ham, green beans and for desert, pecan pie and pumpkin pie.  Everything was so yummy and pretty much just Joel and I ate it.  Except the pie, the boys have no problem eating pie.  

Ty had swim lessons today and when I picked him up, his eyes were super red.  He wouldn't stop rubbing them and he said they were burning and this was two hours after swim lessons.  I'm going to have to go get hime goggles tomorrow if I can find any.

Snow Ball!

Ty and Daddy have a snowball fight!

 

 

Manny enjoys snowball fights too.  He loves to try to catch them.

If you won't throw me snowballs, I will catch the snow as you shovel it.

Adorable Deacon

Joel and the boys made a snowman.  

Earlier today we took the boys sledding.  It is amazing what a difference a year can make with these two.  Ty was able to use his snow board and slid down the big hill and stayed upright all the way down.  Deacon wanted to sled all by himself and loved it and the best thing of all, is they were both able to walk back up the hill with their sleds ON THEIR OWN!  YEAH!  No more carrying them up the hill.  It was pretty darn cold, but the boys loved it out there.  Deke did not want to quit.

I'm back!

I love Deke's face!

Ty had no problem going to see Santa.  Deacon was too scared to sit in his lap, so he just stood by Daddy and yelled at Santa what he wanted.

Such a cutie!

 

It's been a while since I blogged, but I'll try to get everything caught up over the next few days.  I absolutely hate the computer that I currently have and its the one that hosts all the photos, so I tend to avoid using it as much as possible.  It is just impossibly slow and it does this jerky thing when you scroll down.  It also tends to overheat and will just shut down on me if I don't keep an ice pack on it.  Needless to say, I get very frustrated with it which is why I haven't been using it.  Too bad new computers are so darn expensive.  :)

Anyway, enough complaining about my computer. :) The boys have been doing great.  They pretty much got everything they wanted for Christmas and I did not go overboard on the toys.  They mainly got clothes from us and Ty did get a foosball table.  Technically, that's a family gift and we've all gotten a lot of use out of it.  Ty is pretty good at it and has no trouble beating me at the game.  He's been teaching Deke some of his moves and now they gang up on me when we play.  

Fighters Unite

 

This is one well-dressed Wolverine.  I love that Ethan put the tie on to complete his look.

Very intently watching the Packers play.

A while back we had Ethan over for a playdate.  Those three boys have a ton of fun.  It's been a busy week this week.  Ty is finally swimming. I was shocked to see how well he is doing.  No life jackets, no noodle, no help from his teacher.  It's pretty exciting to know that next summer, when I take him to the pool, he'll be able to go down that slide.  He's really looking forward to that. Deacon is is swim lessons as well and doing ver well. Of course, he's not swimming on his own yet, but that will come.  Ty is also doing very well in school.  His teacher told me that he's doing really well with the reading portion of the lessons.  Yay!  I cannot wait for him to learn to read.  He's anxious to learn as well and practices on the "books" that they send home.  He'll then want to read the words he knows when we read him stories before bed.  

Benefit

The gang!  We went to a benefit for a friend's mother this two weekends ago.  We all went as flappers and gangsters.  What a great time and what incredible friends Joel and I have been blessed with. 

The boys had a blast with Kaia and Halle and I am going to frame that picture of all four of them.  Hopefully when they are all older we can get another shot just like that.  :)

All photos are courtesy of Jenna Loos.  Sorry Jenna, I totally lifted these off your blog.  Thanks for taking such great pictures.

Halloween

 

 

The whole Kelner family gets into the action for Halloween.  We have so much fun with it!  The boys had a blast trick or treating and they brought up quite the load.  We have enough candy to last us till next Halloween.  I keep sneaking some of it off to work so we can try to get rid of it. 

 This past weekend I went to Hearts at Home in Rochester.  I had a great time with some really good friends and learned a ton of things that I hope I can apply in my day to day life.  It makes me miss my own family down in Texas a ton.  Can hardly wait till March when we get to see them all again.