Merry Christmas!!! Happy Birthday Jesus!!!

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!
May God Bless you this Christmas Season and next year!

Love, Andy, Kari, Noah, & Benjamin

(P.S. We are doing New Year's cards this year after my sister's wedding:)

Benjamin and his Girlfriend, Morgan :)

In November we got together with my friend Juleen and her kids Morgan (same age as Benjamin) and Conner (same age as Noah). Benjamin and Morgan were so cute... Benjamin kept trying to lean in and give Morgan big kisses!! Watch out Morgan :)

Cutest Monkey & Banana!

Our Monkey!

Our Banana!

Trick or Treat...

We had a lot of fun on our fall fun night with our friends, Jason, Kim, Kennidee and Baby Landon. Noah had so much fun visiting our neighbors homes...and he loved handing out candy to all of our almost 200 kids!! :)

I love Soccer!!

The boys were all watching soccer and someone little became especially interested in the soccer match... we have another soccer player on our hands :)

Uncle John's cider Mill

Uncle John's Cider Mill, October :)

Catching up on all the behind blogs... We went with my family to the greatest fall Cider mill ever!! Uncle Johns near Lansing. We picked pumpkins, ate doughnuts, slid down the HUGE Titanic slide, pet llamas, rode a train, played in a very large sandbox and raced tractors!! Wow what a day... oh and saw a helicopter take off... wow!! It was a certain 2 year old boy's favorite day with Papa, Nana, Aunt Kristin, Soon to be Uncle Jeremy, and Aunt Katie! We can't wait to go again next year!

Klackles with Work Friends

Klackles with Work Friends

A few weeks ago went to Klackle's Apple Orchard in Greenville with a bunch of my friends from work...yes these are all work friends and their children... we filled up a whole tractor trailer with kids under 3! We had a great time picking/eating apples, riding the tractor, petting animals, and the best part... playing in DIRT! You just can't find dirt like this anymore :) I really enjoyed the doughnuts! It was actually a hot day, but a lot of fun!

Men's Work Weekend!

Men's work weekend

A lot of work has been done by the Men around our home lately, including help from Grandpa. Noah was the boss and contractor on site... helping with painting, washing, and even a little sanding on the black CAR...oops :( Benjamin was in charge of napping, and Grandpa was in concurrence with this project! Overall a lot of work was completed!

"Benjamin wanted to play..."

I was getting ready one morning with Benjamin safely in his crib watching his mobile and Noah playing in his room. It got a little quite... and that is never good, so I went in Benjamin's room and found Noah in bed with Benjamin, giggling and watching the mobile too. I asked him what he was doing and he answered "Benjamin wanted to play with me so I got in."

End of Summer Fun with Maeve!

End of Summer Fun with Maeve!

Since life has been crazy, I have been neglecting our blog... sorry. I wanted to add some pictures of Noah, Benjamin and their cousin Maeve from the end of summer. Noah and Maeve always have fun playing together, chasing each other, jumping on beds...it is so much fun watching them! Here are some pictures included for fun in the pool and fun at the Children's Museum. Grandma and Grandpa are always ready to jump right into the fun, so thank you for all the help :)!

6 Months Old!!

Our little man is 6 months old!! I can't believe he is half a year old already and doing so many things...

-First tooth (working on second)
-Almost sitting without support
-Rolling all over the floor to get where he needs to go in a hurry
-Gets up on all 4's and rocks
-Loves to bounce, nonstop
-Loves eating his cereal, sweet potatoes, and bananas
-Sleeps from 715pm-8am non stop(can I hear a Woo-hew)
-Loves watching his brother and laughing at him
-Has great hand, eye coordination already
-Gives us huge smiles and loves to babble at us
-Continues to suck on his feet
-Loves to be tickled

We are having so much fun with Benjamin...who knew boys were so much fun! We can't wait to see what the next 30 days brings...

And may she be called K-Fo!!

Whoo hoo... My sister, Kristin is getting Married!! We are so excited for her to marry Jeremy Foco, hence the nickname K-Fo :) We are so happy to have Jeremy join our crazy family of women (Dad and Andy are happy the men are gaining ground finally in our family). We can't wait until January 3, 2009!!

First tooth!!

Benjamin finally has his first tooth which he has been working on now for almost two months. He loves to suck on frozen bananas to help with his sore gums...um, yum!

Family pictures

We can never seem to get a good picture of all of us at once, but here are some recent ones...