So thankful

Well, I have been a bit of a bad blogger, although with good reason. We are getting ready to move into a much bigger, better house. The kids are going to have a ton of room to run around and play. We are beyond blessed.

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The boys had a Thanksgiving Feast today at daycare. I had my very own little pilgrim and indian.

Jett was also an Indian, not the happiest indian to be woken up so early, but a very cute one nonetheless.

And Luke's "homework" I was so proud that he said he was most thankful for his brother....not toys, or the park, or Disneyland. He is most thankful for Drew. What could be better than that?

Poor lil Drew

Poor Drew, he does not take illnesses very well. Even a simple cold seems to wipe him out. He was feeling terrible this week and spent a lot of time like this.....

But there is nothing that comforts him more than Bear. Poor Bear is getting so dirty (and as I told Drew tonight, a bit stinky) but oh how he loves him. Bear and his "Bink" (his blanket) are constant companions.
Ok, so he was feeling awful, he had thrown up and everything.....but apparently Drew has some short term memory issues because moments after puking, he was ready to eat. Only Drew. :)

Happy Halloween!

Luke has been waiting for Halloween for weeks. It has nothing to do with the candy but everything to do with the costume!

Drew, loving Ama.

Drew is our little love bug, he loves to kiss...well, apparently anything. :)
Bus most of all his brother. And what could be better than a monkey and Buzz sharing some love.
Braden joined our adventures and I think he makes the cutest little lion ever!

The group shot. Raquel and Ethan didn't make it into ANY of my pictures because they have reached the age of running from house to house to get as much candy as possible. By this point in the night Luke was begging, BEGGING anyone to go back to Ama's house to rest. Drew would just randomly stop and want to check out his goods.

"To infinity and beyond!!" Luke did tell me repeatedly that I forgot to get him a rocket so he could fly. Sure there little buddy.

And Jett, as a pistol packing pirate!

We finally made it back to Ama's and Luke wanted to check out all his candy. I told him he could pick out one piece.......guess what he picked?

I didn't think kids actually ate those! He was thrilled to see he had multiple boxes of good ol DOTS. :)

Daddy's Little Helpers

John had some great help the other day when he was washing the car. It lasted all of about 2 minutes, but it was nice while it lasted :) I am sure John can't wait for the day that they do this chore all on their own.

Finally baptized!

We finally got the boys baptized today. Luke had a bit (ok, a lot) of anxiety about getting water one his head. He just didn't understand why anyone would need to get him wet. Once we told him it was water from God, he was ok with it. :)

Daddy and his boys.

We got there pretty early so Luke spent some time in prayer--oops, I mean playing bubble breaker on my phone.
Luke and his Godparents, Ama and Warren. Luke did think that he was getting some new parents today though. He was ready to go and move right in with them. I love how easily we were replaced. :)
And Drew and his Godparents, Uncle Sean and Rin Rin. Drew was so tired by this point. He was working that bottom lip and doing everything he could to stay awake.
Momo, Papa and their boys.
Luke wanted to really show his appreciation to Momo and Papa for everything they do for him. Nothing better than kisses!!
And more of those for his Momo.

True brotherly love......

The weather has been fantastic lately so I decided to take the kids to the park last Sunday. Luke brought his soccer ball but dropped it as soon as we got there to play on the playground. Well, there were some older boys there who asked to play with his ball....sure, no problem, right?

This is the face I got as soon as they started to play with it. Territorial much?! :)

I told him to go join those kids if he wanted to play soccer. Nope, he just stood on the edge watching.......way too shy to even approach them.
Luckily, he has fearless Drew to do all of his dirty work for him. Drew walked right up and snatched the ball.
As you can see Luke was beyond thrilled with his little brother.
And then decided to rip the ball out of his hands......
Poor Drew....all the dirty work and none of the rewards. Luckily (or not so lucky for us!) he has a set of lungs that lets us know exactly when his brother pulls these kinds of stunts.