Update

Conner's teacher pulled me aside today after school. She said she was so amazed with Conner and his reading. It was his mid year evaluation and she said she has been spending about five or ten minutes with each student just to see where they are at with their reading. She said she spent over a half an hour with Conner and said he breezed through every book she put in front of him. She said they are only permitted to test up to a level ten in kindergarten, which is a second grade level and Conner read them with out any problems! She says she has never seen that before and suggested he start reading chapter books!! Wow!! He never ceases to amaze me!

Conner Turns Six!!!

It is so hard to believe my baby is six!! Conner has grown so much since starting school and wanted to have a party with friends. He wanted a Mario party, so we planned it and made invitations ... there were to be 3 kids coming, perfect. When the party came we had one, his best friend Marissa. He had a good time I think. He then chose Cafe Rio for dinner....he loves qasadillas. On Sunday we had a family party at Grandma and Pop Pop's house. He said it was a great birthday and he is already talking about his party next year! :) He is so cute and has a fun personality, his fried said to me...Conner is so silly! He is also very smart....his teacher says he tested at first grade mid year reading level in the fall and he never cease to amaze me with the words he can read, write and spell!!

Conner at 15 months, "birdy all gone." He has grown so much, so fast!

Wow! A camera!

Conner and his best friend, with his Bullet Bill cake.


His new pet from Grandma and PopPop.


Conner is so excited for everyone to sing!! He actually asked me if they would sing to him at church and then after school on Tuesday he told me that everyone forgot to sing to him. I think the singing is his favorite part!!

Annie's Six Monthes!!

Annie is growing so fast!! She loves to eat and watch her brothers. Annie can now sit on her own and loves to do so. Conner adores her and will play with her, talk to her and hold her when ever he can and she just adores him right back...she always has a smile for brother!! Annie is very sweet and most of the time quite happy, but has definite opinions about how things should go.

Christmas Vests

Thank you for the cute vests grandma!! The boys have worn them the past two sunday and I am sure they will get to wear them more.

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas. I am so grateful for our beautiful children and all our loving family. The boys were so excited for Christmas to come and their excitement seem to make everything magical. They were so happy to see that Santa had read their letter's and knew what they wanted...there was really no doubt in their mind that Santa would bring exactly what they asked for.

Christmas pj's

"Santa brought my skates!!!"

"It's my super duper computer!! "

Annie was so excited about everything she didn't want to sleep. The look on her face when she saw this knitted bear from my Anutie Isa was so sweet.

We cleaned out part of the basement and made a play area for the boys. The boys had no idea until Christmas day. Thank you Grandma and Pop Pop for the swing to put down there. It is used daily.

Kyler was playing with an ornament on the tree and Brian snapped this picture, so cute!

Thank you to everyone for all your treats, gifts, cards, thoughts and calls. Family, friends and love ones are what truly make the holidays special!!

Gingerbread Houses

On the eve of Christmas Eve we made gingerbread houses. I helped them to put together the graham crackers and they decorated them. It was so much fun to watch them and their unique styles. If I wanted to help decorate I needed instructions on which candy to put where. It was so much fun and we were able to use up a lot of the old candy from Halloween and Easter.

I loved the concentration and the tongue

Kyler did his house one side at a time, Conner did his here a little, there a little.

Conner was very meticulous, he planned it all out. He had a jellybean side, a all green side, a door and several other features designed with his gingerbread man in mind.

Kyler put one of each type of candy on each side then filled in the spaces. He had a door and a circle of treat trees around his house. He finished quickly and ate all the remaining candy.

Conner asked to have a picture taken of his house before he would eat any of it.