More Leaves

For a little while the weather has been really cold.  So cold the high of the day was right around freezing.  It had been windy and it even has snowed a little bit off and on.  But the last couple of days the weather has been pretty nice.  When it was cold and windy it made most of our leaves come off our trees and created lots of leaves in our front yard (and in our neighbors yards too I'm sure). 

Today Tony got off work early and the boys didn't have school so they were all just hanging out inside the house when I decided to send them all out to rake up the leaves.
It is kind of sad how much fun the kids have "working" outside.  They helped rake up the leaves and put them into bags with Tony.  I am sure that they were probably more of a hindrance then a help, but they really did try.

We have a large rake and a small rake and I recently bought a medium sized (but still kid sizes) rake to add our collection.  The kids all love having a rake to use.  I guess I need to buy another smaller one so they don't have to fight over the little ones.  I thought of that after I had already left the store.

I am sure that it will be windy again soon and then the rest of the leave with blow off of the tree and we will need to rake all over again, but as of right now it looks pretty darn good.  After they were done raking the kids got out their bikes and scooters and had fun riding around the yard.  It was nice being outside again and getting some things done.  That is the good thing about when it gets really cold, it makes you appreciate the warmer days that much more.

Silliness

Allie was on our bed with Tony hanging out when Koda jumped up to be with them and so Tony had Allie and Koda do some snuggling.  Koda is so good to put up with our kids and all their shenanigans. 

Megan wanted to be part of the Koda, Allie, and Daddy party on our bed so she climbed on up too.  If the camera is out then she wants her picture taken too.  She is too cute not to snap a shot whenever we can.

Now Josh and Tyler were watching shows on the IPad while we were hanging out on our bed.  This is a typical site at our house when the boys want some down time.  It is nice that they both like most the same things and get along most of the time.  They are great kids!

Indoor Soccer Has Begun

The boys have started their first season of indoor soccer.  Tyler gets to play on a real indoor soccer arena and it's pretty cool.  Tony is Tyler's coach and Hayden is playing with Tyler too.  It is fun having cousins play together.  It's fun watching them play with Julie and her family too.
Josh plays on the basketball court that they have sectioned off for the little kids.  It is pretty funny to watch.  The ball glides quickly on the floor and the kids all just run around chasing it.  It's a good time for sure.

Sunday Cuties

 The boys got to spend the night at Grandma's house with the other boy cousins and so we just had Megan and Allie at church.  They sure do look so cute in their dresses.
Megan can be just as rough and tough as the boys but she likes to get dressed up in dresses and twirl around like a princess.  I think it is the best of both worlds.  I don't think that I would deal well with a "girly girl" who cried for every little scrape and fall - Megan is a tough cookie.  So it's nice that I can still do her hair cute and dress her up.

Allie just deals with whatever I put on her.  She has quickly figured out how to get her hair bows down around her face instead of on her head, so that's not fun.  If she is like Megan she wont grow much hair until after she's 2 years old, so she'll need to learn to deal with bows.  We love our adorable girls so much!