May Randoms

kindergarten friends.

 Its been too long...

 Evanston Beach Pass through the years.

 Baseball in May...in winter coats.

 Pioneer Day for Morgan

 Inside his covered wagon.

 buddies...Leah

 buddies...Sophie

 fancy attire day at school for Ellis...bow ties required.

happy anniversary to us!

12 years with this amazing man who loves me despite all my flaws.

oh my...is he handsome or what?

june randoms

playing with a friend

date night...games and beer at Temperance.

Second City - Panic on Could 9

it's hard being 4.

fun slide...except for Ellis. he just couldn't bring himself to go down.

paddle ball at the beach.

don't know what kind of silly these two had for dinner.

practicing their independence...4 feet away from the mommies,

growin' up! ...half size violin for this guy now.

end of the season in Farm 8. 

Cubbies

I "mustache" if it's your birthday...

 ...Oh, it is? Well then, here's a cake...

BAM!

Happy Birthday, Andrew! We love you!

tricks or treats!

Halloween 2012 was just plain fun. The boys were extremely excited about being Ninjago Ningas, Lloyd and Cole. They easily got into character.

Andrew and I went with Little Red Riding Hood and his "grandmother". 

He is such a good sport.

We met up with M's friend and his brother and almost completed our Ninjago "set"...only missing the white one. They struck their best ninja pose for the camera. I was impressed.

The boys got right to it. E was always just a couple of steps behind, but the folks at the houses liked the littlest ninja and gave him his choice of the candy. He would always linger and carefully make his choice. Adorable.

There were a couple of really decked out houses. Daddy escorted the littles, and that guy in the wheel barrow...he's real.

look what I got, mommy!

& Andrew jumped at a reason not to shave for a week...

Happy Halloween!