I wanna be like daddy

This fall Connor got to go on his first real hunting trip with Ben. They got all "camoed" up, complete with the face paint and went and sat in the tree stand for many hours. He was never with when Ben was able to shoot anything, but they still had a fun time together. Maybe next year he'll be able to see Ben get one.

Connor got a fake but very real looking gun for Christmas and hasn't put it down since. They had to go buy a gun case for it so he could be like daddy. Now whenever they go trapping or in the woods or anything with just the boys, he makes sure to bring it with.







You really have to check out Connor's face in the next 2 photos (which are the same). It really is priceless. Everytime I look at it I just crack up. I wonder what he is thinking?




Bella loves to wear Connors hat. Actually she just loves to wear any kind of hat.

Wrestling

Last week Connor started wrestling...against my better judgement! Last year when the flier for PREK wrestling came home in his folder, I quickly through it out before Ben had a chance to see it. This year, the one time that Ben looked in Connor's folder, just happened to be the day the wrestling flier was sent home. And Ben was so excited he signed him right up. I decided this was going to be a Ben and Connor thing so I sent the 2 of them to the first informational meeting together....apparently that was not a smart move. He came home from the meeting SO excited (Ben that is!), but when I asked him when they started, what time it started, what days it was on, what he needed....you know, all those questions you usually get answers to, he had no idea. He even said that they had a piece of paper with all the information on it and he didn't grab one. Really, you just admitted to me that not only did you not retain any of the information from the meeting, but you also didn't grab the cheat sheet that they made for guys just like you who don't retain the information? Smart, real smart. So he calls his friend who has a son in wrestling, to ask when it starts...you know all those questions that are necessary. So he gets the dates and times and all that stuff and they show up for the first practice. When they come home I ask how it went and he says, Connor's practice doesn't start til next month, just the older kids started now. Nice job! So fast forward and he makes it to his first actual practice (last week). At which point Ben now believes they have practice 2 nights a week. So they go the next night for practice again, and guess what, it's just the big kids that have practice 2 nights a week. Now really, how many times can we show up at the wrong time/day. I think he's finally got it figured out, but everynight now I have to ask him, "Are you sure there is not wrestling practice tonight?"



Anyway, Connor actually really likes wrestling and is doing really well! Ben put together a little video of his practice the other night. It's pretty cute. Video is below, if it doesn't load, try refreshing the page....

Mickey Mouse Snowman

Since it's been forever that I've updated with any real pictures, I hope to add a few pictures every day of the things we've been up to. And when I was going through my pictures I realized I am WAY behind. I never posted pictures of our trip to the apple orchard, or our camping trip, and many things inbetween. Hopefully I'll stay on top of it now!

Here is a picture from the first big snowfall we had...a few months ago. Connor and Ben went out to make a snowman, and it was snowing like crazy out. They called me out to take a picture of it. I went out and never really looked at it except through the lens. I got in to look at the pictures I had taken and thought it was so crazy that in every picture there just happened to be 2 big snowflakes that got in the picture and made the snowman look like mickey mouse. I went back out to get a different picture and that's when I realized the boys had put 2 rackets in the snowmans head to make it look like Mickey Mouse, I was glad it wasn't just me.

Under Construction

I know the blog is a mess right now, just redesigning it, hopefully it'll be done before the kids get up from nap...if not, then tonight...thanks, Cole

Did you get yours?

Yeah so I failed once again this year at getting the cards out before the holidays...Oh well, at least they got out, right?!? At least I have a goal for next year. In case yours got lost in the mail (aka I didn't order very many so you may not have gotten one, or I didn't have your address, or it really did get lost in the mail) here is our Holiday card.

Christmas Cards

Every year I attempt to send out Holiday Cards, and by attempt I mean I try to send them out before Christmas day. However I've been known to send them out after New Years, and sometimes, they even get spaced out to February. But at least they get sent out...right? So what if the picture on my card last year was taken of Bella when she was 4 months old, and by the time you actually got your card she was 9 months old and looked nothing like her picture...ha!

Anyway, I'm going to "attempt" this year to get them out before Christmas once again, but I'm holding no promises to that "attempt". I always have the hardest time picking out which pictures to use and then which photo card to put them on. I am terrible at making decisions which is part of the reason my cards are never out on time. The only thing I do know is that I'll be using Shutterfly to make my cards this year.

My favorites from Shutterfly are the cards that you can add multiple pictures to, even if it makes me have to pick out even more pictures to use. And every year Ben and I have a debate at whether our card should say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas". I like it to say "Happy Holidays" because I like to include the holidays that everyone celebrates. But Ben thinks it should say "Merry Christmas" because that is the holiday that WE celebrate. Either way, here are 2 top contenders for our card this year.....(click on the picture to shop other photo cards)

(or maybe we'll make it easier and just pick one picture and no "happy holidays" or "merry christmas" at all.....)

You'll just have to wait until you get your card this year....or maybe next year....to see who "wins" the debate this year:)

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The Karate Kid and His Princess

The Karate Kid and the Army Guy....

The Princess and her Grandma....

The Mooing Cow, The Pumpkin, The Gangster, The Princess, and The Karate Kid....

The Princess...

....and her piggies! (Yes her hair, in the back, is just long enough to get into 2 pigtails, but she'll only keep them in for about 30 seconds....or long enough to take this photo)