Gotta love it - Konnor and Hunter dressed themselves for church. How cute is that? I did have to cut Konnor off when he wanted to wear a navy blue/white/pink striped tie underneath the brown/khaki/red jacket! He has pants to go with the suit jacket but the kid prefers jeans and boots - just like his Grandpa. Hunter - bless his heart- matched himself for the very first time:)
A 21 month olds view from the top of the world!
They were just so cute
WOW! We're above the airplanes!
They act like their parents are such huge beer drinkers - "Hunter, let's drink our BEER!" 
Cheers!! Check out Hunter's huge smile - so cute
The slide - Mom broke the "one at a time" rule just ONCE and of course got in trouble:(
Konnor of course noticed the cow outside was different than last time - he enjoyed the reason why and ordered up a CHEESEBURGER!!
Let it Snow!
Got any pictures that beat this?!We headed out to church at 11 and then off to Wal-Mart to get Hunter a pair of cowboy boots. After digging through every tub of old clothes and closet in this house, I've realized we are lacking boots in size 7-11. We have three pairs of adorable little maybe 2 year old boots and then none until the pair Konnor currently wears at size 11. Poor Hunter wanted boots soooo badly b/c we were going to be eating an early dinner at Rustler's Rooste - which is a restaurant at one of the Hilton Resorts here that is Western Style. We always take Grandpa there - even Great Grandma has been there with us before - it has this fun slide the kids can play on while there and a live band playing country western. Although I'm not a country fan - I adore the place - country is my ROOTS baby!
Anyway, so after finding some stylin' boots for Hunter - we headed over to South Mountain Park which is on the North side of the mountain we live on and usually hike. On the North side they have a winding road that heads up to the top. They were soooo excited to reach the top - I, on the other hand, hadn't driven it since I used to drive a small car back in the day - now, with a Ford Expedition and 3 kids in the car - I can honestly say it wasn't quite as much fun as I was hoping for! Needless to say, we made it to the top. From our side, it doesn't seem so high b/c we are higher up in the first place, however, from the North side, it is quite high as it starts from the bottom - all flat land on that side. We made a stop about half way up to peek out to our house side - and then on we went to the top where you can see, literally, the entire city of Phoenix. You can see for miles and miles and miles. It's amazing! They had a little lookout fort and the boys wanted to play in it - it had a little window in it -they climbed up to look out and Konnor says "Wow, are we in heaven?" They were in awe - we were "above the airplanes!" I would've loved to have a professional camera up there. In the pictures you can unfortunately see quite a bit of haze hanging over the city - we are fortunate to not have to see or get any of that on the South side. Rather disgusting to say the least.
We then headed back down - the boys a little nervous wondering if we were going to fall (they must have gotten the afraid of heights gene that runs in both families:) ). I was very happy to be at the bottom when we finally made it! We're definitely going back again - they have horses and all that fun stuff there too - would be fun to go on a horse ride over there.
Off we went to Rustler's Rooste - they were ecstatic. They always want to go - but we usually save it for Grandpa's visits. However, I figured I could spoil them this time around for Christmas, right? They were so cute - ordered their root "beers," chowed down on the warm biscuits and cinnamon butter, and of course, we couldn't go without corn on the cob. Poor Konnor bit into his corn and his tooth got pretty loose so he was unable to eat much after that. I so remember those days - how annoying. Who ever invented losing teeth?!! Ugh! We ate and played on the slide - visited the gigantic cow outside and away we went to Tempe Marketplace to see the snow. Do you think I promised them one too many things in one day?! I was exhausted - but had to pull through - and with a huge smile on my face! After all, yesterday was the last day I'd see them until the day after Christmas so I had to make the most of it for all of us. They got to run through the splash pad and see the snow - and by then were finally asking to go home. In the car, and all were sound asleep at 7:20. That was it for the night - they slept until 7 today!
It was a great day. I'm so blessed to have such well-behaved happy boys. I can't tell you how many people stop and say "Wow, are all three yours?" "You've got your hands full!" Or the best one I had once was "Well, I think it's time for you to close your doors!" HA. This lady got to see the best of me to say the least! My response is always "I wouldn't have it any other way. They are really good boys." And they really are.
They were off to Dad's today - they put Christmas "brownies" under the tree for Santa. I anxiously await their return!
***Say a little prayer for my sister Jenna and her husband Dan and his family. Dan's grandmother Bert has been in the hospital since Friday I believe - slowly dying. I can't even tell you the exact cause but she was on kidney dialysis for the last several months and it wasn't working. They took her off all support - and are just "waiting for her heart to stop." She isn't in any pain - but she continues to wake up which I believe is making it difficult for all. Pray for them as she is a wonderful person - her husband is having a hard time saying Goodbye - and with the holidays in full swing - pray that she joins the good Lord soon. And pray that they all can celebrate such a wonderful woman's life - all the while trying to enjoy this Christmas season as well. The most recent news I got was that they didn't expect her to make it through the day - so pray for strength and peace for all of them.
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