Best Gifts For Mom

Di and I are trying to get our Christmas shopping done. We're not doing to bad on it all. There are so many details. I'm glad Di is good at all of this! We were thinking on what might be the best gifts for mom. So often she will purchase something if she is in need of it, so it makes it more difficult. I think we have come up with an idea. It should work out.

Jake and Renee

We got together with Jake, Renee and my parents over the weekend. They were celebrating Christmas early because Jake and Renee are heading to Colorado for a week or so. Renee's family lives there. It was fun to see them all!

Just singing in the tub!

Kids are so much fun. Emry loves to sing and Israel loves to listen! It looks like Israel is going to take the next line! What sweeties they are!

My Kids!

My kids have so much fun together! I love the pictures my wife Diana captures of them! They were having a good time riding in a couple of their riding toys. Sometimes I like to just sit and watch what they are doing. :)

Twin Sis

This is my twin sister and her family. It's so nice to now live close enough that we can see each other more often. Our children have the best time together. They are each just days apart. Such fun!

Baking

Over the weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving at my parents. After church on Sunday, Emry helped Grammy make lunch. They had such a good time and Emry was so proud. What great memories they're making!

Great Grammy

She is that! I love my grammy. She is an awesome Christian women. This is a picture of my son Israel and my grammy. We had such a nice time getting together for Thanksgiving. We are blessed.

Twin Sister

My twin sister and her husband were over to visit recently. We had our children just 12 days a part. This is her and her husband Scott with my son Israel and their son Kaden. We have such a good time together.

Thanksgiving...

With Thanksgiving upon us we have so much to be thankful for... The Lord has blessed us with a wonderful family, our health, a new job and home, and so much more. We are looking forward to celebrating the holiday with loved ones. What more could we ask for.

Our Baby Israel

I know we all hear it time and time again, but I can't believe how quickly time passes. Our baby Israel will be turning "one" in just over a week from now. He is such a sweet little guy. Here he's enjoying some of the homemade baby food mommy made for him!

My nephew Kaden

We had a great weekend with family. My nephew Kaden is turning one and his parents had a big party for him. It was fun to all be together to celebrate Kaden. He has started to walk in the past week and it was exciting to watch some of his first steps. As we sang Happy Birthday to him, he would give big smiles. What a fun time we all had!

Now that's a BIG pie!!

When we were moving out of our apartment we were trying to plan a menu to feed a large group. I had heard about this wonderful pizza place. So we decided to try one of their VERY LARGE pizzas! It was actually very good! I kinda wondered since it was so huge.

Talent!

My wife is so talented! These are some of her recent creations. She loves to cook and bake. She is now making specialized cookies, cupcakes and other baked goods. We did the Farmers Market through out the summer months. That was a lot of fun. You can find information on her baked goods at www.theycallmeoldfashioned.com.

Fall

Fall is such a neat time of the year. My boys love to play out in the leaves that are falling. The bigger the pile the better! We missed this part of fall when we lived in Texas. It's great to experience the seasons.

Cuddling

Our boys Emry and Israel get along so well. Since moving to the farm they are always hanging out together. Here they were snuggled up staying warm. :) I love them so much....

Vikings!

I am a big Vikings fan! My brother-in-law tries to get tickets to a Vikings game each football season. He got 4 tickets and is going to take me, my dad and maybe my brother (if he can make it). I'm so excited! It's always so much fun to be right there taking in all of the action. We should have a great day!!!

Israel

Our baby, Israel is not going to be a baby too much longer. We will celebrate his first birthday in a month from today. I can't believe how quickly that time has flown by. His teeth began to erupt slowly and now they are coming in rapidly. He has a mouth full. It's so cute to see him smile and show them off!

Party Time!!

My three year old niece just celebrated her birthday! Emry loves to help. He did such a great job handing Kaelyn her presents. They had a lot of fun together playing with her new things.

Lowes

How cute are they?! We have been busy out shopping for supplies for our home improvement projects. Our boys love to ride in the big carts they have at Lowes. That same night my twin sister and her family were shopping in a Home Depot store. We each just happened to text a picture of our kids riding in their big carts. It was too funny!

My buds....

At my grandparents 60th my mom took this picture of me and Israel. He is such a happy boy! He's such a joy and blessing to us all. He was enjoying his time the night also!