Happy New Year!!

Hi!  We're still here!

This blog has been silent as we have been upgrading and transferring from Blogger to Wordpress.   Matt has worked countless hours behind the scenes to fix some glitches with our older pictures, and I'm so thankful for all of his hard work that makes this blog possible.

A New Year's Day Hike

 Once our eyes adjust from the lush green of North Carolina to the desert brown of Arizona, we're always amazed by the beauty of the desert.  The boys have wanted to climb mountains every day, and that's an easy task when there's a beautiful mountain right next to Grammy and Yaya's condo.  The path is an easy hike, and the views of the mountains are breathtaking!

Beach Fun

A few more beach pictures to share from September...

 

 

The boys discovered the pure joy of boogie boarding and riding the waves. 

Beach Love

We went to Kiawah, SC over Labor Day weekend, which was quite a while ago, but it's never too late to post some pictures of beach love...

 

Once in a while...

...once in a while, I find Isaac wearing only his underwear, riding his brother's bike, waving an American flag...

Rock Star

I had to laugh when I stumbled across these pictures of Isaac today. 

 

Isaac has such a unique sense of humor and a different way of looking at life.  It just comes naturally to him, and all we can do is sit back and laugh.

 

I found Isaac wearing his goggles and playing the drums.  He had put on his goggles by himself, which is pretty hard to do.

I also found Isaac wearing his owl costume and mittens while playing the drums.  He's singing at the top of his lungs.

 

Both times, he was also wearing his "earmuffs" (ear protection). 

 

You can't teach someone how to be a rock star.  It just comes naturally :-)

 

 

 

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is such a busy, fun day!  

Meet Astronaut Noah Diamond

Meet Isaac the Owl

After Isaac's birthday dinner, we headed to the neighborhood Halloween party

Right before this picture, all the kids sang "Happy Birthday" to Isaac.  It was so sweet!

This was our first year that the boys independently went up to houses by themselves.  They did a great job and had so much fun.  Noah was a great big brother, and he made sure Isaac got to the door ok and took turns ringing the doorbell.  

At one neighbor's house, Isaac said "Trick or Treat!  It's my birthday right now!"  The neighbor gave him hand fulls of extra candy!

The boys loved that Grammy was a witch and Yaya was a clown.  Noah has already raised his expectations and he thinks Matt and I should wear costumes next year!

Ah... sitting on the couch, eating a lollipop, cuddling with Yaya and watching Fox News.  What could be better?