Game Time & Superheroes

It's so fun that the boys are getting old enough to play board games. Well, let's just say Mason plays really well and Max has a good time with all the little pieces making them do all kinds of tricks. But, at least Max is happy about sitting with the family around the table playing games. I don't want to think about when the time comes and the boys won't want to hang out with us anymore. So, for the time being we'll enjoy game time!  Right now CandyLand is the game of choice. What a great Christmas present!!

Also a great Christmas present, superhero costumes.  Thanks Aunt Steph, Uncle Keith, Brandon and Tyler! The boys love running around picking up large toys with their super strong muscles, flying to different rooms and jumping off tall building (the fireplace!). I would let these little cuties rescue me any day!!

 Batman Max

 Leaping from tall buildings

 Trying to indulge mom, she's wanting us to stand still for a "good" picture

 Best Superhero pose

Ye Ole Recliner

So, I have been complaining for a while that our recliner is old and makes loud obnoxious noises. Well, last night Brad sat down to relax in his ole recliner and BAM broken! My first thought "glad it wasn't me that sat in it and it broke". Then "yes, new furniture". Because you know if you replace the recliner you need to replace the couches too! Next thought "man that's a lot of money to spend, can we fix it?". Well, thanks to my super handy husband, he fixed it. Thank goodness no big expense but also no new furniture. Guess I'll just have to put that next on my list!  What was fun was watching the boys hurry to grab their tools to "help" daddy. Hopefully when their older they can be just as handy and save their wives from new furniture :)

First Snow

A few days ago we had a first significant snow of the season. The snow was around in the morning then gone by afternoon.  Good thing we got out early to enjoy!

 Snow ball fight

 Tire tracks

 Trudie's first snow

Finally, we got to build a snowman!

Christmas 2011

Whew! The Christmas season really flew by this year.  I can't believe it's already over. We had such a GREAT time in all our Christmas visits.  The boys were so much fun this year. Mason was really excited about waking up and seeing presents. Max didn't really get the idea at first, but once he saw he could open presents and toys were involved he was all in! Thank goodness Christmas fell on a weekend this year.  It allowed us to do a lot of traveling and spend extra time and different places.  We started early with Christmas at our house Friday morning. Headed over to Brad's parent's that day for Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve morning. Then headed down to Southern Illinois for Christmas morning at my parent's house.  We topped it off with a visit to my grandparent's on Monday morning. Wow! Are we lucky to have so many people who want us around :) The boys received too many favorite things to mention them all. Here's hoping everyone had as blessed as Christmas season!

Our House

 Mini-Cornhole!

New tools to help Daddy

Moore Christmas

 Cousins

Kissel Christmas

On a side note, wanted to give a big thank you to for a wonderful surprise by my husband. The Tuesday before Christmas I woke up to a note saying we had a sitter, dinner plans and tickets to the symphony in downtown Indianapolis. This is totally out of character for Brad but a GREAT surprise. We had a wonderful time and got to enjoy the night! Thanks honey!