Friday, December 4, 2009

SO much to blog about....where to start?

So, Joel finally finished his walk and we are so proud of him and of course happy he is home! He walked almost 400 miles over the span of 2 1/2 weeks! But, by the time he was done I barely recognized him...He was in desperate need of shower, shave, and hair cut! Here is his before picture: YIKES...he looks like a serial killer!
Then while shaving and cleaning up he had a little fun:
Uh.....no, please don't leave it like that, dear!

There we go, that is the man I married! Whew, I was getting worried there!
We decided we needed a get away as a family so we went up to Christopher Creek where my mom has a little place. Look what was crossing the road on the way up:



The boys had been missing Joel a lot so first thing they did was have some snuggle time!

watching a movie

Hangin out by the fire

look at this cutie!

This is my current favorite pic of the boys...I love it!

After our trip up North we were happy to be home and get back to normal again...atleast as normal as we ever were. Kaden had some good big brother time with Zoey :)







We had a great Thanksgiving on Thursday and Friday....too many pics to post but this one of my favorites:

She has smiled before but this is the first time I was able to capture it on film!


Then it was time to kick off the holiday season by going to the Gilbert tree lighting festival.


Kade is actually "protecting" Gavin from the big santa because it freaked him out!

The Chik fil a cow was there.....Gavin thought it was a bear, and was also scared of it too.

The Tree!


Kade said he had a good time!


And most recently, today we went to the Mesa art museum for youth thanks to Mikele swiping a cultural pass!!


We have a chalkboard at home, but it is much more fun to do it here!

Gavin liked the water painting


Miles found a cool bucket to sit inside:)

All aboard!

Our two little chefs

Mikele enjoyed the fine cuisine

okay, this picture did not rotate...but look close and tell me if you notice something....a little off.


Gavin had a blast!
Okay....we are caught up , for now atleast!

4 comments:

IronLawGirl said...

Nice job Jas!! And I didn't know creyon was like grey/gray! ;)

Taylors said...

so many comments...where to start?
I cant believe Joel walked for so long!! Did he wear out his shoes/get blisters?
And Kade looks so much like his dad. And Zoey seems SO big already!

Mikele said...

The sweet smiling Zoey was precious.

Rachel said...

I love creyons!!!

And wow Joel. He really did look like a convict. But good job!

Zoey is getting so big and cuter by the day!