it takes such concentration...

...to color such beautiful pictures. Brooke colored turkeys for everyone on thanksgiving.

I'm not afraid this year

Last year when we tried to have school pics taken, Brooke was too afraid of the male photographer to let him get anywhere near her. This year we talked it up for weeks and you see the result.

such big kids

It seems like only yesterday that Brooke was trying to learn to ride her tricycle. She now has perfected her bike. When Ben came over to play she insisted that he bring his bike. He is a lot faster than she is, but they both had a great time.

leaning tower of Jack

We have been working on sitting up with Jack. He is still really wobbly.

little bit of personality

Jack is really coming into his own. Just like Brooke he is very happy baby.

Little Pumpkins

At the Halloween Party we went to, there was a professional photographer. Theses are the pics he got.

Family Traditions

For many generations my family has followed the same recipe for making homemade raviolis. I remember that the whole family would be in the kitchen together...Gina and Aunt Lanie would eat the stuffing as fast as we could make it and Mamaw popping us on the knuckles with the rolling pin if we weren't doing it right (we never did it right). I hope to continue that tradition with Brooke and Jack. this was Brooke first time.

my friends

Brooke loved playing with Emily and Nathan today.

birthday cake in the park

Brooke had to sit next to Ariel, aka Anastasia, at Hunter's birthday party.

future divers

a day at the aquarium

Since the weather was so nice today, Gina and I took all the kids to the Aquarium. This was Brock and Jack's first visit and they loved all the fish and especially the rides.

shark attack

Caught red handed!

DaVinci & Michaelangelo

These two loved painting outside today. Brock was more interested in squishing the paint in his hands than actually painting. He couldn't figure out why I didn't want him to touch anything but the paper.

I can help

Brock desparately wanted to ride Brooke's tricycle, but he couldn't reach the pedals. Brooke stepped up and pushed him around.