Birthday Party

The boys had a fire truck birthday party last Sunday, and Daddy invited his friend Fireman Curtis to bring by his big Fire Truck. This was such a treat for Grant and Reid (and a few of the grown ups too)...not sure how we'll top this one. It was supposed to be a low key 'no fuss' birthday....but who can pass up a fire truck?!?! They got to climb and explore the truck, and even go for a ride and sound the alarm! To top it all off they got to spray the water hose! Not too bad when you throw in a few friends, presents and birthday cake :) Who ever said 2 wasn't a big deal!?

Reid, Grant, Peyton, Maddie Cate



Big Wheels!

Grant loved driving the fire truck...

Fire Chief Blake

We even got to spray the water hose!!!

Fire Chief Grant

Reid loves to swing with Papa

More Pwesents!!!

We love the tee ball from Logan...

Sweet baby Logan!

Grant & Reid Turn 2!!

Grant opens pwesents!! "Melmo Boon"

Birthday Boy

Reid's Birthday Review

Playing Peekaboo

Where has the time gone...

It seems like it was the other day that my sweet baby cubs joined this world, and just yesterday that they were turning one and learning to walk, and it will be next week that they turn 2!! Where has the time gone??

So hard to believe that these little preemie outfits were too big...at one point.

I still get these looks from Grant...and they still get him anything he wants :)

My Sweet Valentines

As you can see we're very good at saying cheese :)

The finer things...

Reid seems to have a thing for the finer things in life: mama's pearl bwacelets...that he would wear to school if Daddy would let him :)

And her "pweety" pink shower cap...what could be better??

And as I sit here and blog Reid is busy getting into my jewelry box...

He told me..."pweety-bwacelets-me"

I have assured Jason it's just a phase :)

The weather has been perfect for playing in the yard...here are a few pics of the boys playing with the tunnels Nana & Papa gave them for Christmas.

Grant

Reid

Merry Christmas

So Christmas was absolutley perfect this year! Busy put perfect. The boys were so much fun, and it just amazes me the amount of joy a candy cane, a "yum-yum" (M&M's), and especially "pwesents" can bring! The boys loved opening presents (of coures it didn't matter what was inside), although when I asked them what they wanted Santa (or "HoHo" as they so affectionately call him) to bring, Reid said he wanted a ball....I mean really!?!? So simple...good thing Santa over nighted that TeePee from The Land of Nod when all he really needed was a ball he could pick up at the local drug store! Oh well we are enjoying our teepee too. So our Christmas celebrations started early with the "Turman Christmas" at The Ranch on the 20th and the boys had so much fun opening presents and visiting with Santa who happened to drop by on his four-wheeler?!?! Don't ask :) Then we went to cousin "Bake's" house for more fun. We had fun exchanging gifts with Blake, and cousin Colin. Jay made the boys the most adorable old fashioned rocking horses just like our great grandfather made for Jay when he was little. Probably the coolest gift we received this year. Then there was more...Christmas Eve at Grammie and Pop's with more cool presents, lolly pop cookies with yum-yum's and lot's of egg nog :) Reid loved Grammie's Egg Nog! After that we went home and put out cookies and "melk" for Santa, sprinkled some reindeer food on the front lawn, read the Christmas story, and surprisingly the boys went straight to bed. The excitement on the their faces when they woke up to all the pwesents...ugh there are no words. We went to Nana and Papa's for a late night present marathon, visited with Pap and Nana Nik-Nik the next day, and the celebrations continued Saturday, and Sunday too!! I'm pretty sure Grant and Reid think you get presents every day now...good thing they have a birthday coming up :) I mean honestly 8 Christmas celebrations in one season??? Who says that too much?!?

Too Much Egg Nog!

We love Grammie and Pops

Reid Feeding Grammie his Candy Cane

What could be better! Cookies and Yum-Yum's!

"I'll tell you what bro..."

Grant, Blake, and Colin riding the new horsey's

Cousins

Early Christmas Fun

December was another busy month. We started the month off with a little decorating, I put up the tree while Jason put up the red and white Christmas lights on the house. We got out Thomas the Train for the boys which they loved so much we decided to take them to North Park to see the huge "choo-choo" exhibit! What could be better?! We met Santa Clause for the first time...he's a pretty cool guy; he gave us candy canes. We spent a lot of time playing at Grammie and Pop's house...they have lots of very cool Christmas toys! We loved the Brio train, and couldn't stop kissing the Santa and Snowman yard art :)...the second half of the month will have to be another post!

Making out with Santa and the "noman"

Grant and Mommy in choo-choo heaven!

Jason and the cubs with the giant ornaments!

Our first Santa visit...their faces crack me up...check out Reid's face...he's like "is this dude for real??" meanwhile all Grant needed was a candy cane to get over his fear of Santa.

Gigi and Pa-pa gave us this Thomas the Train last Christmas so we put it together for the first time this year...I think the faces say it all :) The boys played with this train for hours, and it was all they could talk about for the last 3 weeks. "Choo-choo, choo-choo"

Reid kicks it in the laundry basket while mom decorates the tree.

Practicing our Cheeeeese!!!!

Where do I start!

I haven't posted in almost 2 months, which completely overwhelms me and leaves me not knowing where to start so let's see...Thanksgiving...we celebrated with the Nicholson's at Nana and Papa's house in Stephenville. We played football, went on hay rides, and played with our cousins. Then we celebrated with the Spalding's in Trophey Club. It was a holiday filled with blessings!

Hay Ride with Peyton, Maddie Cate, and Evan.

Jason and Reid Playing Football

Grant Trying to Decide which Way to Run.

Uncle Ben and "the cubs" on the hay ride.

Peyton, Evan, & Maddie Cate

Fall Fun

We've had a busy October, so busy in fact that I don't think I've blogged for at least a month! We started the month with some backyard fun with 'Misa Bailey'...she gives great pony rides, and even better kisses. We decided on Halloween costumes about mid month, which we of course had to try on to make sure we were ready for Aunt Nanny's Halloween Party. We had a ton of fun playing with all our cousins at the party. We did the Light the Night walk on October 19th in honor of Daddy. We celebrated Mimi's 87th birthday on the 26th! How lucky are we to have a Great-Great Mimi!! We love you Mimi, and will be coming over again soon to ride our big wheels. Reid got his first black eye when he slipped at school and hit his eye on the table...good thing it went with the halloween costume :) Of course we topped off the month with some good ole fashioned trick or treating...3 whole houses, and 2 of them were grandparents.