Thursday, January 2, 2014

Family Pictures

I love to keep the family pictures updated so when my dad came to visit for some dental work I took advantage of him and made him take some family pictures.  We had a lot of fun and went to Red Rock for the pictures and then hiking after.  The boys love hiking there and climbing on the rocks luckily it is really close to us only about 15 mins away.  I love my cute boys and how fun they are!  They even put up with me making them pose for pictures well kind of. 
 Braxton is 7 & 1/2
Corbin is 4 yrs old
Dylan is 1 yr old.

 It has been really nice living a lot closer to family.  We have loved living in Las Vegas so far.  The nice thing is it is a place people like to visit so we have already had a lot of visitors and have loved it. My parents came down just so Kevin could work on my dad's teeth.  Now that we are closer he can do that.  

 A little about Corbin at 4 years old.
He loves Lego's!  Mostly the guys he likes to take them apart and put them back together in interesting combinations.  I have to admit this drives me crazy because I will find a lost had and arm in random places.  He loves to play with Braxton and is always asking when he is going to be home.  
Corbin enjoys drawing, playing on the I pad and dancing he has some pretty sweet moves.  He is character he can be very happy but also stubborn he likes to try and test my patients.   I think this is a hard age for me when Braxton was this age he kind of drove me crazy too.  So with Corbin he can make me mad but he is also so sweet, cuddly and hilarious.  Sometimes when I am mad he will do something funny just to get out of trouble smart kid!  This year we have been doing home preschool so we have been focusing on ABC and 123's.  We are also doing some reading with phonics I found a great program online that he seems to like. 
 A little about Braxton at 7 1/2 yrs old.
Braxton is a very smart kid.  He is doing a great job in school and is learning things fast.  He is great in math he loves numbers and is often asking us math questions.  He is reading really well now and love Geronimo Stilton books.  He loves being the oldest because he thinks that means he can boss everyone else around.  He is definitely a leader, he follows the rules most of the time and is a great help.  He personality is so much like Kevin it is hilarious I think we have a little mini Kev in the house. 
A little about Dylan at 1 yr old!  
Dylan is so sweet and cute!  He is a very smiley little guy and so fun to be around.  He loves his brothers and want to follow them around and play with them all the time.  He thinks he is one of the big kids.  He even loves to wrestle his older brothers.  Corbin is very good to play and wrestle with Dylan.  Dylan think everything Corbin does is so funny no one gets Dylan laughing like Corbin well maybe Dad.  Dylan is taking about 10-15 steps when he turned 1 and by two weeks later he is walking all over.  He can go up the stairs and love to do it and get us to chase him.  Luckily over Christmas at Grandmas house he learned to come down the stairs pretty good.  He is a pretty good sleeper as long as he is in his own room.  He has 12 teeth already and loves to eat pretty much anything.  He is starting to make a lot of noise but now real clear words yet except Dada he has that one down and sometimes mama.  It sounds like he says all done but you cant really tell because he yells it we are not quite sure yet.  He was a big mamas boy but now he is starting to like dad a lot more.   We are so grateful he is in our family we all love him so much!  Braxton always tells him you are the cutest baby in the whole world!  

Soccer Fun

Braxton wanted to do soccer this year.  So we signed him up for AYSO and they did a great job.  He did not know anyone on his team at first but he made friends fast and he loved playing.  Braxton can be a bit timid with the ball when he is playing a game but when plays at home he is very aggressive and does a great job we just need to get him to do that on the field.  As the season went on he continued to improve.  His team name was the Sharks.  He liked playing enough he wanted to do it again in the spring and Corbin will be playing in the spring too.