AZtyreefamily: 2010

More Christmas Pictures!

We went to Abby and Tri's house the night after Christmas to celebrate the holiday. Abby made a yummy Vietnamese dinner. The boys had fun opening more presents!! And Evan loved taking all of the ornaments off the tree!

Alex showing me all of his new clothes from Uncle Tri and Aunt Abby

Abby and Tri found the perfect gift for Wes..... an Oregon Duck chip and dip platter. We will be using that a lot next fall

Grammy and Pa had more presents for the boys. Alex loved his new clock

Evan's still getting the hang of opening presents

Grammy and Pa got him a new ramp with cars

serious Evan

big smiles

we took a picture of the boys in the sled last year. I can't believe how much they have grown!

Uncle Tri pushed Evan around the living room in the sled

Alex's turn for a ride

I thought this picture was so sweet. Alex was giving Abby kisses then I noticed Evan in the background. He is standing on the sled trying to pull all the ornaments off the tree

Tri got this superman snuggie as a gift. We thought this was hilarious!!

Christmas 2010

Abby and Tri came over for dinner Christmas Eve. We love living so close to them. It is so nice to have some family in town. And the boys are always so excited to see Aunt Abby and Uncle Tri.

Rudy and Evan in the ball tent. Rudy did not like it in there!

opening a few presents

Alex only asked Santa to bring him 2 things ... a spaceship and a camera. Grammy and Pa got him the camera he wished for. He was so excited!

I look like Mommy and Uncle Tri with my camera

Rudy wouldn't leave Evan alone since he was carrying around food

more presents

Evan had taken so many ornaments off the tree that most of the bottom half of the tree was bare

Daddy ready Alex Evan's new book

Rudy wearing the reindeer ears

Alex left Santa some cookies and milk

the boys loved popping the bubbles from the bubble wrap. I think I know what they are getting for the holidays next year

Santa's elf putting together Alex's new Toy Story bike

Alex and Evan were good boys this year!!

The boys were so excited to go downstairs and see what Santa had brought them. Alex's face was priceless. He saw all of the gifts and said "Santa brought me presents and a bike." He was also shocked to find out that Santa had eaten the cookies and drank the milk. He may have had a little help from his elf, Moose!

Daddy and Evan opening more presents

cookies for breakfast

Evan loves Handy Manny and the day before Christmas I found this tool set for Evan. He loved it!! He has carries it around all the time.

what is this??

Evan had fun opening his presents

Alex and Evan on their new bikes

hugs

the boys loved their new tent from Uncle Bruce and Aunt Judy

We were supposed to be with Abby and Tri on Christmas but Abby's neck went out so at the last minute we went to Carly and Ben's house for Christmas dinner. We can't thank them enough for inviting us over. We really enjoyed celebrating the holiday with them!!

Alex, Evan and Will watching "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs"

Our family

me and my wonderful friend Carly

Evan and Moose

Our dog Autzen (aka Moose) is chocolate lab that is almost 100 lb. Evan loves his dog!! Lately when Moose is laying on the floor or on our bed Evan climbs on him like he is a horse. Autzen just sits there and lets him do it. Other times Evan will just give Moose a hug. They are so cute together!!

lots of hugs for Moosie

Gingerbread Houses and Trains

This year I bought a gingerbread train for Alex. He worked on it with Juliette one morning. He had so much fun doing it that I thought I would buy another and do it with him. We had a great time but the gingerbread house didn't turn out so good!

Alex and the gingerbread train

The gingerbread house. Alex had fun decorating the house and eating the candy at the same time. I didn't do too well with the icing. It was all over the place but we had fun making the house and I look forward to doing this with Alex and Evan next year!

Evan is 18 months old!!

This post is a little late but Evan turned 18 months on December 20th. It is so hard to believe he is already 1 1/2 years old. It feels like yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital. Evan (aka Eban since Alex couldn't say "v" when Evan was born) is such a happy baby. He is always smiling and laughing!! It seems like he is doing something new everyday. He is started to say more words all the time. But what makes me laugh the most is when we ask him to do his animal noises. I have to say it is so cute!! He knows how to get his point across one way or another. I love watching him with Alex. He wants to do whatever his big brother is doing. I am so proud to be his mommy!! We love you Eban!