It's a Golden Birthday!

Today Collin is 7! 7 on December 7th. I can't believe how fast he is growing up. He is now in the first grade and loves school. For his birthday, we gave him a pottery class. He is so excited to make lots of pottery, even using the wheel!

Happy Birthday Collin, We Love You!

Christmas Tree

We have made a tradition out of going and cutting down our own Christmas Tree. Seeing as this is our first year in Kentucky, I didn't know where a place was yet. Micah is traveling quite a bit this month so when I saw Costco was selling fresh cut trees, I quickly made the purchase and had it loaded into the car. The tree was heavy, the trunk was huge and since it was all wrapped up I didn't know what it would look like once we got it home.

We opened the tree to find the biggest fattest tree I had ever seen. Not my choice of a tree but Micah and the boys were so excited. We got it into the house, put lights on it (after going to get more strands since we didn't have enough for the monstrosity), and we all enjoyed putting ornaments on the tree. As we were doing all this, I mentioned to Micah that it seemed to lean to one side but he quickly dismissed my worries. After decorating, we ate dinner and all of the sudden we heard a crash...

You know what happend by now, THE TREE FELL OVER!

Weigh In!

Drew had his big one year old appointment this week. He did great! He cried during the shots, but who doesn't.

He is one big guy; 27 lbs 2 oz and 31 inches tall

Drew is 1

Today is the day! Drew Preston Langseth is

1 on 11-11-11!

Happy Birthday to our happy beautiful baby boy!

Drew at 2 days old heading home from the hospital

Drew at 6 months enjoying his bouncy seat for the last time.

First birthday cinnamon rolls!

His birthday crown that lasted 10 seconds on his head

Chunky Monkey!

We Love You Drew!

Mom, Dad, Collin and Shawn

Who doesn't love a Kit Kat?

The boys love having a piece of their Hallween Candy after dinner. Drew is no different, he sees the candy bags come out and he starts screeching for a piece. His item of choice is a kit kat bar. He can make quite a mess while enjoying it! Everyone needs a "break" once in a while.

November in Kentucky

We have been living in Kentucky for 6 months now!!!! I can't believe it has been that long some days and others it feels like we have been here for longer than that. Seeing as this is our first winter season away from the upper midwest, we are seeing a ton of differences.

• Hardly anyone has the Old Navy Halloween costumes because it is to warm to wear a heavy costume.




• It was still light out around 7 pm while we were trick or treating.



• It is just about 8 am here on Nov 3 and it is still dark out!
  


• We haven't even heard talk of any possible snow flakes headed our way!
  


• Some kids are still wearing shorts to school.



• Basketball season is getting started (college basketball is huge around here)
  
  

We are embracing the differences of our new area and loving the fact we don't have any snow in sight. I bought the boys winter coats a couple weeks ago and Costco and I am starting to think that they will hardly wear them this winter.

All three boys had a great Halloween. We are in a neighborhood that attracts trick or treating. The streets/sidewalks were packed on Halloween night. Most people sit on their driveway since the flow of trick or treaters is never ending. I think Collin was most excited to hand candy out once we got home. Shawn kept counting the bags of m and m's as we were trick or treating. Drew has discovered that Kit Kat's are his favorite food.
Here are some Halloween pictures as promised. I WILL be posting next week as we are getting closer to someones first birthday!!!

Happy Halloween

I know some of you keep looking for a new post and I keep disappointing you....big post to come this week!

I just sent Collin and Shawn off to school, Halloween, with no costumes in hand and no plans for any Halloween party while they are at school today. It is just another school day at their school not filled with Halloween parades or Halloween parties. You know your kids are getting big when these are not part of the special day. Both boys are excited about Trick or Treating tonight though. I am excited for Drew since I made him a really cute costume! He has worn it to two Halloween events already and people can tell what he is suppose to be! An added bonus when you make the costume yourself. I WILL post pictures on Micah's facebook account tonight and the blog this week.

Happy Halloween!