Pictures and 2

I wanted to start off with some pictures that I promised in the last post.  So here you go:

Our little piece of South Dakota.  We are so happy to be homeowners.  More pictures of the inside to follow.  We basically have everything the way we want, except paint.

 Cody's first birthday party with his cousins.  We spent Thanksgiving with my sister, Carrie, and her family in Wisconsin.  We happened to get there the night before Cody's birthday and Carrie was kind enough to make a cake for him.  He loved it.

Cody and Wyatt proudly showing off Daddy's first Wisconsin buck.  Mommy had her first kill, ever, during this trip as well, just no pictures of it on the camera.

There hasn't been much snow to speak of this winter in South Dakota but the boys had fun playing in what we did have.  Still hoping to get a good snow storm to have fun in.

Cody's second birthday party with friends.  We had a sleepover with some of Cody's friend the weekend after we got back from Wisconsin.  They all had a blast and Cody was excited to share his birthday with friends and get all his presents.

Garrett has learned a fun new activity.  We believe he thinks he is older than he is and is already joining in on the wrestling matches.  It looks like Garrett is choking Cody (and he kinda is) but he was just trying to give him a hug  :)

My handsome boys on Christmas morning.  They were good sports about waiting until after church to open their presents.  I was so proud of them.

For a while we were having some really neat ice storms.  This is not far from our house on base.  I love what ice fog does to the landscape.

Again, wrestling but this time with their Christmas pj's on.

Poor Wyatt, we moved out of our base house on his birthday.  But we did what we could to make his birthday special and I think he approved.

Cody's first official pinewood derby car.  He was so happy to be racing.  His car is on the left (orange and red).  He didn't place but he was happy to participate anyway.

Cody showing off his car and trophy.  He received a trophy for being most aerodynamic.  What makes this trophy special is our Stake President made it himself with extra supplies from his house improvements.  Plus, he said Cody's was the best and most difficult trophy to make.  He was just so happy.  We are proud of him.
Oh and for those who are cub scout saavy, no, he is not in proper uniform.  We plan to change that when/if we get a moment to do so.

How was that for updating everyone with pictures?

Well, here are a few more from Garrett's 2nd birthday.  We actually did something very small, just us.  He was more than happy with that and confused with us singing and the candle we were wanting him to blow out instead of touch.  He is very fascinated with all this "hot".  One word he knows and glad he does.

Here are a few pictures of Garrett a few days after his birthday.