Some random pictures.

We encountered this contraption, I mean saddle, when we went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse. Declan wanted nothing to do with it but Carson seemed to enjoy it.

Carson decorating his Gingerbread train.

How long is Declan's hair?

Well, if I leave the shampoo in it for awhile I can get it to stand up. It's pretty long.

Carson's favorite thing to do these days.....make silly faces. And Declan being amused by it all.

This past weekend we went to Grand Forks, ND to watch the MN Gophers take on the Sioux in hockey. It was a great time. The Gophers lost on Friday but they WON on Saturday when we where there. Go Gophers!!

Carson sitting in the WAY back of grandpa's car trying to stay warm and watch cartoons. It was 14 below in Fargo on Saturday when we got there. Brrrrrrr!!

If we can't get both boys to take a picture then we take turns. Declan's turn....

And Carson's turn.
All dressed in our Gopher colors!
Declan was highly entertained by the sugar packets when we went out to eat this weekend.

We had to ride a bus to get to the hockey game. Carson was thrilled and may have had more fun doing that then watching the game.

Go Gophers!!!

Memorized by hockey. We had to let grandpa sit by us even though he was dressed in Sioux colors. Some people are so misguided. ;-)

Hanging out at the hockey game.

Reading a story by the fireplace.

Such a cutie.

A New Beginning

I'm so excited to announce.....


We're Homeowners Again!!!!!



We closed this morning and are so excited. Trevor and I headed over there right after closing! We will be doing some painting and fixing of things before we move in, which will be some time towards the end of the month. Tonight we are heading over to hang a few Christmas lights around the house and then out for a nice dinner to celebrate just how broke we are now....I mean our new house.

Declan's become quite the character these days. Here are a few of his funnier moments.

Who knew he had eyes on his forehead!
He loves the binoculars.

Carson threw all his animals in Declan's bed the other morning and he curled right up.

Making his phone calls for the morning. Who needs to wear the feet?

Being silly while out to eat. And a mess too.

Mr. Hockey.

Taking a seat in the first snowfall of the year.

Dad showed them what Lefse is and guess what they like it. Hmm, potato bread stuff with sugar and cinnamon on it....what's not to like?

We got our Christmas decorations this weekend and there seems to be a few decorations that have caught their attention. Too bad its the LOUD noise making ones. ARGH! This one only plays ONE song....We wish you a Merry Christmas....over and over and over again.

We also went to get the tree.

Carson helped Daddy get it on the trailer. He wanted to ride on the trailer on the way home and "hold" the tree on there. It was a knock down drag out fight to get him in the car.

Putting up the ornaments.

Not touching is a hard thing to learn around the tree.

Trying so desperately to NOT touch it.

Mr. Santa!

There Mine Too!

Clearly this site is wrong when it comes to Declan. I did give birth to them I want some credit for it. He did get his red hair from ME though!!

A Great Thanksgiving Weekend

It was a whirlwind Thanksgiving weekend for us. We spent 2 days with my in-laws and 2 days with my parents. I'm exhausted but it was a great weekend. We spent Thanksgiving with 32 of our friends and family, the company was great and the food was even better.

Trevor and I went out on Saturday night to Barnes and Noble, something we used to do in our college days quite frequently, I opened a book and read about 4 pages of it before my head literally hit the table. I was so tired from everything over the weekend. I'm sure Trevor thought I was a wonderful date. Luckily we were able to go out Friday night and I managed to stay up till midnight, so I'm not that pathetic.

We are thankful for many things this year. And even though Thanksgiving has come and gone I will share them with you anyways....

1. Our 2 very healthy, happy and cute little boys. Our life would not be complete without them. What a blessing they are to us.
2. My husband who works long hours and provides for us without any hesitation (well, sometimes a swift quick in the butt to get out of bed). He is my ROCK and my life and I am so very thankful that he is a part of it and we get to experience life together.
3. For our new house. We close one week from today!!!
4. For our parents who support us and give us so much. We love you all and we thank you for everything that you have done for us.
5. For nap time. I love nap time.
6. Hot chocolate on cold days.
7. For Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Chip and Dale, Diego and any other cartoon that Carson watches so I can have a moment to shower or clean or take care of Declan.
8. For Christmas music, Christmas decorations, Christmas trees and all other things Christmas. I love this time of the year!
9. For being 95% done with our Christmas shopping.
10. For a roof over our head, heat in our house, the clothes on our back and the food on our table. Thank you God.

Ok, now for some weekend pictures.

Most of the 32 people sitting down to eat. It's hard to get them all in a picture!

I'm fairly certain Declan didn't eat much of his dinner. But he did enjoy practicing his silverware use with the olives. No pictures of Carson at the table because I'm fairly certain he was only there for a few seconds!

Since grandpa and grandpa made the trip out grandpa got to try his hand at driving Carson around on the 4-wheeler.

Afterwards his (2nd) cousin Macy was more then happy to share her crafts with him. It was his first try and scissors and he did pretty well.

Grandma and Declan

I think he's ready for a king bed.

Being silly.

And more silliness.

This is what's known in my family as "the look." My parents have countless pictures of my sister and I with this same look on our face. I see its genetic and lucky for me its been passed on to my son.

All ready for church.

Grandma had this great idea that the boys should decorate her cookies for her. Hmmmm, frosting and sprinkles + 2 boys = them eating the cookies and sprinkles while mommy does the actual decorating.

Because eating them is WAY more fun then decorating.

I'm pretty sure Carson dipped and licked his at least 3 times.

Yummy!

A Cold Football Game

This weekend we went to the NDSU v. SDSU football. Since we don't play the hated (and I use that term to its FULL extent....sorry dad) Sioux anymore this has become the BIG rivalry game for our beloved Bison, or Bize as Carson calls them. The stadium seats about 7,000 to 8,000 people but how many people did they squeeze in there on Saturday?

Oh a mere 16,435

So you could say it was packed! In fact, we sat in the end zone, on the ground, amidst druken college kids.

But it was fun, really it was. Cold, but fun.

Sadly, our Bison lost 24-29. Only their 2nd lost in 2 seasons. And since the NCAA has some weird rules about going Div 1 the Number 1 team in Div 1-AA won't be going to the playoffs.

But that's a whole other topic for a whole other day.

In the meantime here are some pictures of our day at the game.

Ok, this one's not from the game but it's too cute to not post.

And lastly here are some funny Carson stories I've heard over the last few days.

The other day Carson and I were playing in our baskets of assorted balls I have for the boys. Clearly, I wasn't paying enough attention to him because he stuck a small ball into a whole on Trevor's subwoofer. So I went and grabbed the flashlight and a wooden spoon to retrieve said ball from the sub. We were both laying on the floor looking for it and when I realized it wasn't coming out I wispered to Carson, "Daddy is going to kick your butt." A few minutes later I was expalianing that we don't stick things in there because we can never get them out and it can break, blah blah blah. He whispered back,

"Yeah, daddy kick my butt."


Carson has been saying, I mean yelling, "Hee-Haw" all the time. Often times it in the grocery store while standing up in the cart yelling it at the top of his lungs.

Fun Stuff!

So the other day we were sitting at breakfast and this is how the conversation went.

Me: "Carson what animal says hee -haw?"

Carson: After a LONG pause...."a gi-affe"

Who knew!

I've started putting the boys down for a nap at the same time. Why? Well because then I get even more time to myself.

Because really, it is all about me.

Declan usually does his typical moaning and babbling to sleep and within 5 minutes they are both out. Today Declan was carrying on quite a bit. Carson was quite so I assumed he was out since he pretty much asked to go to bed. Well about 10 minutes into Declan's babbling. I hear Carson shout, and I mean shout....

"Go to BED De-can."

Obviously little brother was keeping him awake.