Luke's 4th Birthday

We had Luke's 4th Birthday party at the Arctic Oasis today. Luke was joined by his friends and had a wonderful time playing in the gym and climbing on the rockwall. And, of course, eating cake and opening presents were a big hit too!

This is Luke climbing on the rockwall, he did really well for his very first time!

This is Justin climbing to the top of the rockwall. He was really proud that he made it all the way to the top and really wanted me to take his picture! Good job, Justin!

Brianna, Luke's little love in his life.

Nate! What else can I say, you just have to know the kid. He ate all the icing off of his cake and moved onto his sister, Brianna, cake to eat all the icing off. Too cute!

Moriah climbing up to the slide.

Jadyn and Aubrey chiling after the party.

Luke and his friends waiting patiently to eat their cake.
(Brianna, Colin, Luke, Jared, Aubrey)

Everyone enjoying the pizza.
(Aubrey, Colin, Wendy, Orion, Moriah, Brianna, Nate)

Luke, Kyle and Colin pre-festivities.

Kyle was supposed to fly today and luckily he was able to come to some of the birthday party.

Hawaii' 2009

Nuff Said...

Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas everyone! We had a wonderful time at home opening presents with the kids. We had a white Christmas too, it snowed while we opened presesnts. Luke and Aubrey loved their gifts, thank you everyone! We appreciate your thoughtfulness during the holidays! Here are pictures of some of the presents. Hope everyone's Christmas was as wonderful as ours and Happy New Year! See you when we get back from Hawaii', ALOHA!!!

5 kid sleepover

We had the privlaged to watch our friends three kids for the weekend.













Here's Aubrey trying to give hugs & kisses to Jadyn.

Here's the squad (minus 1-Justin), the kids had such a blast playing together all night long!

Hank the Moose

Luke got to ride Hank today at the base. Yes, it is real. No, it's not alive, but it makes for a cool picture. Aubrey wouldn't have anything to do with it as usual. Standing next to it, my head comes about to it's nose, I'm 5'8", so that should give you some perspective on how big these animals really are.

OG Christmas Party

This past Saturday, we had the pleasure of joining our two kids at the Operations Group (OG) Christmas Party! What an adventure, the kids of course loved it! It was filled with bouncy houses, games, crafts and lots of junk food. Plus, Santa and one of his cute elves stopped by, Luke was really excited, he really doesn't know Santa, but has heard that you can tell him what you want for Christmas, you just might get it, so Luke explained that he really, really wanted Dinoco Blue Chick Hicks for Christmas (his list changes everyday, but this one has been constantly on his list). I think he must have told Santa at least three times that he really wanted this car. On beknownst to Luke, because he can't read and doesn't know where to for my secret hiding places, he will be getting Dinoco Blue Chick Hicks. On the other hand, Aubrey, did not want to have any part of Santa and his elf. She ran away screaming and crying, as seen below.