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Celebrating Christmas

Joel — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:55:11 +0000

We had our first “home” Christmas with the boys. Overall, a great, relaxing holiday at home.

The Cool Mountain Air

Joel — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:16:07 +0000

Boy howdy, this summer has been hot. All the more reason to head back to the mountains of Breckenridge to cool off and have a snowball fight in August.

You might notice a new addition to the group. That would be Abby’s super-special friend, Micah.

Yes the Blue River was cold, but ooooh so worth it.

Here Micah and Blake are making funny faces.

A brief but fun trek to one of my favorite little hiking spots in the world.

Richera

Joel — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:06:10 +0000

What a great weekend at Richera! For those outside of the Cooper family, “Richera” is the family farm named for Kate’s great-grandparents, “Richards” and Vera, located in the fertile plains west of Wichita.

We arrived Friday night in time to watch the sunset and climb fences. Saturday we woke to breakfast by the lake and a chilly dip in the inflatable pool. We fed our pet cow “Number 61″ apples, toured the land in the golf cart (adorned with fake sunflowers – a Mumsie original), went on a treasure hunt in the Quonset hut (rescuing a beautiful antique sewing machine for Kate), canoed the pond, and roasted brats on the fire. As you can see, for Blake and Henry clothing was optional.

Blake turns 2

Joel — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:18:58 +0000

It’s true, time flies by. We attempted a repeat of Blake’s birthday party at the annual balloon festival, but the weather wasn’t cooperating. No worries, his Newton cousins came to hang out, which he loved (thanks Maddox for the DS).

The next day the sun came out and gave Blake an opportunity to play with one of his presents.

But one of his favorite presents was that of a beta fish (after the initial gold fish gave up the fish ghost before it was even gifted). Here he is giving it a kiss. And as is typical in the Sawyer household, his little brother tries to eat it.

Blake Sings a Lullaby

Joel — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:51:44 +0000

PDC (pretty darn cute):

Bring on the Boys

Kate — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:08:11 +0000

I am starting to think in “blog”… guess I better do something with it I suppose. My children will thank me later. Right?

Yesterday and today I had a taste of what life would be like with 3 little boys. And, I will admit I got a bit excited. No, we are not pregnant.

It is no secret that I have a reoccuring dream that I am the mother of 8 little boys. In my dream, the boys are all the same age – one sitting on my head, another jumping on my back, four dripping from my extremities, and while I am not sure where the other 2 boys are I know they are there somewhere. A nightmare, you say? I am not so sure.

My 24 hours spent with 3 boys under the age of 2 did my heart good. Everyone was consistently entertained, I included. There were no tears, no whining, no fighting – just a lot of action… running, falling, climbing, and a lot of random objects being hurled through the air. To top it off they all slept like rockstars because they had exhausted themselves and each other with their constant motion. No one seemed to mind that I hadn’t showered in a couple of days or combed my hair or… no, I DID brush my teeth. I do love these creatures they call boys… the more I see, the more I learn, the more I love.

Gaga

Joel — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:53:13 +0000

No, not the lady… but Blake’s favorite thing in the world right now… guitars.

And now for two totally unrelated photos of Henry being cute…

Christmas 2 with the Millers

Joel — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:11:40 +0000

After a fun time in Colorado, it was nice to relax at casa de Miller for a few days and do pretty much nothing.

Merry Christmas from the boys

Joel — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:42:37 +0000

My Christmas present to you… baby pictures!

Off to Africa

Joel — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:17:28 +0000

I’ll be boarding a plane in 12 hours, and this is why I’ll be smiling all the way across the Atlantic…

Blake, you make me laugh.