A few current pictures....

The boys will be 18 months old THIS month!  I can't wait!  That means they get to go to Nursery during church.  The countdown is on!  It is so hard to actually pay attention during Sunday School or Relief Society/Priesthood with the boys.  Yes, I said Priesthood!  Troy was baptized on January 18th and confirmed on the 19th.  How cool is that?  (Pictures to come for that one as well - again, they are in my camera that I have not uploaded!).  I do have to say though that I am a bit nervous to have the boys go to nursery!  Even though we will be right there in the same building, they have never been watched by anybody other than myself or Troy.  Yes, you read that right.  NEVER been watched by anybody other than mom or dad!  Ok, before I get too sentimental and worked up about how they are growing so fast.....here are just a few more pictures that were taken this year. 

Landon and Tristan visiting their cousin Caroline at her final resting place.  We miss her and think about her every single day!

Picture with the Easter bunny!  Tristan usually cries for stuff like this, but this time he actually has a slight smirk on his face!  I think he was intrigued with the bunny.....Santa just down right scared him!

Our first family photo.  I will add more pictures from this photo session once we get settled (we moved back to my dad's).  This picture was downloaded and saved from the Picture People website.  I'll upload pictures from the CD which won't have the water mark in the background.

Landon snuggling with Maxie!  He sure does love both Maxie and Jeminye!

Do you think Landon sees mommy with Diet Coke often?!

Cousins!  Emily helping Landon on the tricycle.

My chubby cheek boy, Tristan!  Just enjoying the nice spring air!

A day at Wheaton Regional Park with the family.  Tristan LOVES the swings!

Boys FIRST Birthday!

I need to get better at blogging.  Looks like I have been posting every 6 months.  That's way too much!  And since it seems my brain is mush, I can't remember everything that happens during those 6 months.  So more regular blogging is definitely needed!

Last post was shortly before the boys first birthday.  So let's start with their FIRST birthday!!!  Landon and Tristan turned O-N-E on December 23, 2012.  What a day that was!  We had their party on December 21st.  Sadly, that was also the day of their Great Grandma Hill's funeral.  She passed on the 11th of December.  I was unable to attend the funeral because of all the party prepping, but Troy made it.  Because their birthday party was scheduled months in advance (that's me and my obsessive need to plan things well in advance), we didn't want to cancel it because of the funeral.  We still needed to celebrate the boys!  So while the morning of the 21st was rather somber, the rest of the day turned out to be great!

We had a lot of food!  Cheese and cracker platter, veggies and dip, fruit and dip, chicken wings, meatballs, nachos, bean dip, hot dogs, chips, grape skewers, etc, etc (this goes back to what I mentioned in the very beginning - I can't remember all the details regarding the food because of my lack of blogging.....hence the etc, etc. part.  Lol).  It was a sports theme - basketball, football, soccer, baseball.  We had sports decorations and I also made a basketball cake, football cake, and baseball cupcakes.  The basketball cake was a double layer cake, and was decorated with Reece's Pieces.  Yummy!  Everything went well, and I believe all had a good time!

Here are a few pictures from the party.  They are pictures taken on my phone.  I haven't saved the pictures from my camera onto the computer yet.....another task I need to accomplish soon!