I can't believe Weston is TWO!!! What a big boy! He had a great party and lots of fun. We took all these pictures and I went to go look at them and realized I  never put the chip back in the camera. Im soooo bummed! Andon made Weston a little cake all by himself on his actual  bday. We had a party on the day after with family. Andon was so cute too! He came up and asked if he could do everything. Half way through he says....well....this is something good so good karma will come my way right? OMG I love him. He is so darn cute!!! Well good karma did come his way because the next day we went to Kevins Godchilds confirmation and he fell in love....haha. Michelle told him that they should marry people their own ages though. So on our way home Andon says to us....I sure hope Michelle doesn't get lonely waiting for me to get to her age. :O)

Weston is talking up a storm lately. He's putting words together to make sentences :O) Andon is sooo excited that he is getting bigger. I sang Happy Birthday to Weston when he woke up. Andon leans over the top bunk and says.....How long are his legs now? He wants him to be a "kid" so bad. Watching them play together makes me so happy. They are such  buddies and it's adorable.

Andon just had his last soccer game on Monday night. He got a trophy and is so proud of himself. He told us it was for all his efforts  :O)  He wants to join T-ball now which starts June 13th. We are so excited he's taking a interest in sports now. Weston hung out at the game with his new bubble maker he got for his bday. All the girls swarmed him to goo over him and catch bubbles. He was laughing and in heaven.

The boys have three pet toads right now that they caught with Grandpa Russ. Andon even went to the pet store to buy crickets after school to feed them. We will have to let them go soon so they can be with their friends and families. Maybe we can catch more again. Those pics were taken when I thought I had a chip. I will have to get some more pics, It's so funny when Wes holds them. One of their names is sharkbait.....guess who named them...hahaha.

This weekend the boys are going to go by Grandma Chars. Her neighbor is going to land a helicopter in the yard and propose to his girlfriend. They are soooo excited to see the helicopter! (oh ....and go to chocolate fest again in the  big gerbil balls ;o) )

Hope all is well with everyone!!  We can't wait for summer....camping, swimming, vacation and lots of fun!!

My little buddy! He only gives hugs and stuff when no other kids are looking.....how embarrassing ya know....hahahaha

How cute is this?!

Wes playing in the corn!

Feeding the goats :O)

Handsome little peacock!!! ~ Busy Barn Farm

Mothers Day 2012 - We took the kids to Busy Barn Farm. They love it there! We went down slides, fed the goats, pet the animals, the boys both loved the bunnies, played, face painting, roasted marshmellows.

The boys in  Lightening McQueens trailer!  (Andon 5 1/2, Weston almost 2)
Grandma made Wes his shirt. It was little compartments to carry his cars in!

 Saturday, May 12, 2012. 

We went to the car show to see Lightening McQueen!!!! Weston was in heaven! He loves cars. 

He even loves to watch the races on TV. Andon on the other hand said.....ok...we saw one car now lets go!!!

We love you boys more than words can say! You mean the world to us and we are so blessed to have you in our lives!!! We are so thankful for Chloe and Amanda and their selfless hearts. You girls made the toughest decision of your lives and we are so glad you chose us to be part of it. We love you for what you have done for these amazing boys. They are such bright happy kids! They will always know how loved and special they are! xoxoxo!!

Weston kept jumping on the flag at soccer. He  made quite a show :O) 5/7/12

Here is Andon playing soccer on his feet. He's usually falling over..hahaha

Weston sat on the sidelines of Andon soccer game having some cheese puffs (one of his favs). He even cheered. GO GO GO!!!

5/2012 Today was Andons soccer pictures. He wanted dark hair so that he could look like Shark Boy. I guess it will be a picture to remember  :O)  He's still cuter than ever! He kept asking all the kids...do I look different?

We had a fun weekend! We went to the zoo again this weekend and had a lot of fun. Andon loves the reptile building and Weston loves the fishies. We were so happy the goats were out this time. There was one goat that wouldn't leave us alone and he was taller than both boys. We came home and made a bon fire and played tag and then dodge ball tag. I think Andon said DUDE every other word today....oh boy...hahaha.
Today is Andons soccer pictures and he wants to wear his hair all spiked up like shark boy and spray it dark. I can't wait to see these pictures!!! ;o) The fun part of it will be looking back at the pictures some day and reminding him why his hair looks that way :O)  He looks cute no matter what though.
Weston was to the doctor on Friday for a ear tube follow up and he's 34" and 30lbs already! Where is time going. He looks so much like a "kid" now and not a baby. He's getting to be so tall! He would not leave the birdies alone at the zoo yesterday. He cried so hard because he wanted to go get the geese and the peacocks. He's not understanding that they aren't nice. He sure loves birdies!!

And I almost forgot. Saturday Andons school had a auction. He wanted to go sooo bad and bid on things. He had some raffle tickets he put in buckets and wanted to bid no this laser tag package. Well.....he ended up leaving with Grandma and Grandpa and I kept getting texts...did I win yet? did I win? Well....he was so excited I couldn't break his heart. We told him he won! He wanted us to quick drop off the certificate so he could see it. lol....so we printed one up at home and gave it to him. Now we will be taking 4 friends to laser tag...hahaha! It was worth it. He was so excited!

Wes and Kailee acting silly on the train at the zoo  (4/2012)

Kaden and Andon on the train at the zoo. They thought they were so cool because they went in a cart on their own. (it was haunted lol)  I think Andon has a little chocolate stuck in his teeth. He is such a chocoholic!!! The little man is constantly asking for chocolate or a brownie...haha.

Sorry it's been a while since I posted pictures. My computer wouldn't support the blog anymore so I had to download a new program. Anyhow....

Andon passed level 2 swim and is super excited! We are so proud of him. He swims so well. He decided he wants to start level 3 in a few weeks. He is our little fishy. He also started soccer again. He spends more time on the ground than running though  ;o) As long as he's having fun though. Last game he started yelling to the other team....your going dooooowwwn!!! So that started the whole team yelling it back and forth. The parents were laughing so hard. It was pretty funny watching 5-6yr olds yell that. Andon is so proud that he swings like a big boy and pumps. We tried for so long to get him to use the regular swing vs the baby swing. He's such a great pumper  :O)

Weston is talking up a storm lately. He says so many words now and is putting words together. Sometimes I think he's talking Chinese but it's adorable. When Andon gets on the bus he starts crying and yells....Broder (brother). Awww...they are such buddies now. Weston is a strong little man. He never stops until he gets what he wants. We're trying to work on patience and taking turns. They put him with the three year olds a few weeks ago at school because he was too rough. He's 125% boy! When were at the park he climbs up to the top of the slide and then skips everyone. Little stinker. I can't believe he's going to be 2 next month!! He is so into Cars so we will have a Cars themed party for him.

Other than that the boys are doing well and both healthy. Andon is able to go off his inhaler for the summer which is nice and just take the singular. Hopefully he grows out of his asthma some day. It doesn't hold him back playing or anything like that. It really only use to affect him with colds. He has not stopped growing either. He grew so fast out of his size 5 pants. Pretty soon he will look like Urkle. Weston is growing so fast too!! I hate to see what my grocery bill will be in a few years if they keep this up.

Hanging out with their cousins at the zoo (4/2012)

Weeeee! Weston at the park on Easter! (4/2012, 22 months)

We went to the bunny farm on Easter but they were closed  :O(  We will have to go back on Mothers Day and visit all the baby animals and play. Instead we met our cousins at the park and played.  (Easter 2012, 5 yrs)

We have our kitchen/livingroom gutted right now so the Easter bunny had to hide the eggs our small basement.

Forget the Easter basket. Weston just wanted to play with worms at Grampas!! He loves to play with worms!!!  (Easter 2012)

Who's this silly little rabbit?   Easter - 2012

We hope you had a Happy Easter! We had a great day. The boys went on a egg hunt at home and then found their baskets. Andon was so happy to get Angry Birds game and  Hop the movie. Wes got a bunch of Cars...of course candy too. Andon wanted the bunny to leave money in the eggs so they each got some money too :O) (he's such a shopper!!)  Then we went to Ginas moms for another Easter egg hunt and another basket! Andon had so much fun! Weston opened a egg and found a dollar. He brought it to Kevin and said dollar. He's talking so much lately! This morning he kept calling Andon...brother....then he would laugh so hard! It was adorable!! We were then suppose to meet our cousins at the Easter farm but it was closed. Instead we played at the park and got another Easter basket from Auntie Keri. The boys sure got alot of stuff! We found out the Easter farm is after Easter this year so we will have to go back at the end of April or early May. I'm wondering if all the baby animals weren't born yet and that's why it wasn't open this year.

Andon started his soccer this past Monday. They have a half hour of practice then a half hour game. Andon is the only one dancing in the field. Maybe we should of signed him up for dance instead...hahaha. He had alot of fun though and that's all that matters. He has a few kids on his team from his school so he's so excited about that. He picked out his shoes and had to ge the ones with the swoosh (nikes) lol. He's already into labels and I'm not sure where that comes from...hahaha. I'm thinking he wants to be like the big kids. He walks around with his hands in his pockets like all the older kids in school.  :O)

Hopefully we get our kitchen somewhat together for Westons party or it will have to be at grandmas this year. He will be having a lightening McQueen party. He is obsessed with Cars. It's so cute funny because that's what Andon was into on his 2nd bday. I can't wait to make him his own giant cupcake with a car on it! We are going to do a cupcake buffet with all different type of cupcakes. The birthday boy gets a special one though :O)

I have to share a little story about Andon. We were at Menards and I took both of the boys to the bathroom with me. Andon and I had to go very bad. Well Andon decided he had to go #2 and was sitting there forever. He had a toy he let Weston hold but was worried he would throw it in the toliet. I told him don't worry I will watch him. He then says to me....How do you expect to focus and watch him when your dancing like that? (I was doing the pp dance). I was laughing so hard. That boy is hilarious. Wes is too! They are always turning heads everywhere they go. I just love watching them together. One minute they are fighting and the next minute you can tell how much they love eachother.

I will get the pics from Easter uploaded soon so you can see how much fun the boys had!

This picture isn't the clearest because I used my cell phone, but you can see that Andon is the smallest kid in Level 2 swim. As soon as we got there I texted my mom to make sure she signed him up in the right class. Sure enough he's the fastest and best swimmer. I absolutely love to watch him swim!! That's one of his favorite things to do and he's so good at it! This spring he decided to try soccer again (because his friend Nathan is). So we'll see. We really want the kids to be involved in something but don't want to push them into things they don't like. This summer Andon is going with his cousin to a one day Packer camp so that should be a lot of fun! We always joke that Andon will be the one shopping with me while Wes is out hunting with daddy.

3/11/12  You think 7 hours outside would of tired Weston out. The little ham was up all night. He had so much fun on the jungle gym and in the sand box!! I even got a bucket dumped on me ;O)

3/12/12 I finally got this picture of Andon after several attempts to take one of him and his (chalk) artwork. He constantly turns his face away and I get the back of his head. I told him he will feel really sad when he sees more pictures of his brother and not him. So the little stinker stopped to pose for one  :O)  So handsome too!!! He keeps telling me his teeth are crooked because he wants braces so bad.

3/11/12  Weston that little stinker wouldn't take a nap because he was having to much fun outside. He finally took a cat nap in his swing about 3:30. Andon and Weston race for this swing. Even though we have a big boy one on the jungle gym Andon still loves this one!! It's funny because Weston goes on the big one  :O) 

We have been loving this weather!!!  The boys can't get enough of it. Last night they played after school, came in all muddy for dinner and went back in the dirt. Even Westons booster seat was full of dirt  :O)  They sure love their new jungle gym! Weston has even wanted to do the monkey bars. Grandpa was here after school with them looking for bugs until I got off of work. They sure love that! Andon told his friend at the bus stop all the cool bugs he found. I will post some pictures soon. Sunday Weston went with me to the gym and once we got home he stayed outside the entire night until bed time. He wouldn't come in to take a nap. I was pushing him in the swing and he fell asleep....sooo cute! Andon was spending the day with Grandma Darlene. He talked her into a movie then shopping at Target after. That kid can shop shop shop!!! I'm not sure where he gets it from  :O)  The funny thing is he knows what everything is and all the details about it. He's such a smart kid!!

Wes would never keep his mittens on...always pulling them off. The first time we went to play in the snow he freaked out because he got snow on his hands. Little stinker! At least he kept his mittens on this time!

1/2012 ~ Andon playing in the snow in our backyard. He sure loves to wear different hats! He has Garfield, Sylvester, Spiderman and Batman. He has to wear the Nike one when he's with the older kids. He also doesn't like characters on his shirt when we go camping with the  bigger kids. Too funny! Otherwise he loves all the characters on his shirts!!!

Weston went to the school dance too! It took him a half hour to warm up (which is unlike him). He got a hold of Andons blue ring pop!! Don't worry we brushed his teeth good ;o)

Andon doing the train at his school dance! He had so much fun! He danced all night long! He's quite a good dancer. (5yrs old)

The boys dried off in the dryer after swimming all day. Then they had the muchies and had preztels with cheese and chicken tenders. We should of dipped them back in the pool after....they were full of cheese!

Wheeeeee Wes loved to go so high! (2/11/12, WI Dells)

Handsome little man! (2/11/12, Chula Vista, WI Dells)

Wes20mos ~ Chula Vista! He's a water bug just like his big brother! We can't wait to get a pool for them!!

2/2012 ~ Andon was invited to his cousins sleepover (only boy). She had a Monster High party so Andon went as Duece. I might of went a little heavy on the spray! He was sure a hit though!!

20 months ~ hmmm, do you think they noticed I fed the dogs my dinner?

1/31/12 ~ Andon had career day at school! He wanted to go as a vet! :O)

2/10/12 The boys hanging in their tshirts and unders, having a snack after swimming at Chula Vista. Cutie pies! We had so much fun! We can't wait to go back!! On Friday it was so dead so we got on the slides instantly. Saturday it was busier so we had to wait in line. Well they made Andon go up to the measure stick even though Kevin told him he was on about 20 times the day before. She only let him on because she said he was smart enough to stand on his tip toes to be tall enough!! Little stinker!! He is almost 42" so then we can go back to Noahs Ark and go on the Black Anaconda. He hasn't forgotten about that.

Jan 2012 ~ Little hilbilly!! He was doing this the whole dinner. Silly boy. Andon always wants to play with his food vs eating. He's not a very good eater. He does love his yogurt though ;o) (and hershey bars!!)

Daddy got called to work so I got pulled the boys around before we shoveled.....I sure got a workout ;o) Then they wanted to help shovel, but I think they knocked everything down I shoveled. hahaha!! They both love eating snow!!

Jan. 2012 ~ Andon and daddy made a little fort and had a snowball fight! We wish we would have more snow to go sledding!!! Wes hasn't gone yet (other than in our yard). The weather was always to cold for him. Hopefully we get a little more so we can go have some fun at the park! They have perfect hill for the kids and we are always the only ones there.

January 2012 ~ Don't worry Wes, they are clean :O)

Sorry we haven't posted in a while. We've been so busy lately having fun with the boys! I will be sure to post some pics today of the cute little men.

Two weeks ago Andon was jump roping for heart disease at school. They also had a dance competition and Andon won!!!! His prize was a bag of skittles and he was SO excited. He loves to dance and sing but once he sees you he quick stops. One of his favorites is still Michael Jackson.

Weston decided to keep crawling out of his crib a few weeks ago. We had to convert the crib into a big boy bed at 9pm at night. hahaha. We were worried he would try to crawl out head first when we were sleeping and hurt himself. It's still a challenge keeping him in his bed and he likes to get up about 2:30am but at least we know he won't get hurt getting out of bed. The other night Weston kept yelling daddy and Kevin couldn't find him. He finally found him sitting in Andons bed with him holding his hand watching Andon sleep! Adorableness!!! :O)

The boys have really bonded more so lately. Andon freaks out if he thinks something is going to happen to Wes or if he thinks we are leaving him at the store.  Usually when start walking and saying bye bye so that he follows us. Andon just freaks out about it.

Weston is still up to tackling Andon non stop. It's too funny!! Payback!!  ;o)

Andon also had his first school dance and had a blast!! He even got in on the train :O) He was worried I would kiss him infront of Emily. hahaha. I made sure to be cool for him....hahaha.

Well I will post some updated pics now!! :O)

Look at this amazing cake Andon made me for my birthday all by himself!!! He said he only sneezed on it once but covered it with frosting! His cousin was going to help him but I guess he turned into the Cake Boss and wanted to do it himself. He remembered I told him that Frosty the Snowman was my favorite movie as a kid so that's why he made me a snowman. He said....it's the one from the movies. This cake made my day!!! It's the best cake I've ever had!! We are so proud of him for doing such an amazing job. Here his teacher says he needs improvment in art. I can't wait until report cards come out on Wednesday becaues if there is any feedback about heart again she will be getting a email along with this picture  ;o) Andon may not have the best artist ability but his imagination is huge! That's what makes his pictures so great. He really thinks about what everything is in them and makes them so detailed. We think he's a great artist!! I couldn't of asked for a better gift! Andon and Weston dug there fingers allover the bottom of this cake once the candles were blown out :O) They both love the frosting. Andon ususally just eats the frosting but Weston eats it all :O)

Weston found the M&M's at Aunt Ellies house!!! He LOVES M&M's. We have a M&M's machine that you put money in that we got for Andon years back. Weston always yells MONEEEE. He knows the machine takes money to give out M&M's. It's too cute! Sometimes he wakes up yelling MONEE. We often have to hide the machine because all he wants to do is eat M&M's  :O)

Andons first Northern 24 12" - 1/22/12

Andon got his first big fish!! He really wanted to get a shark! He was scard this one was going to bite his fingers off. His favorite part of icefishing was making fish soup in the holes :O)  He discovered that you shouldn't stick your dry mittens in the wet holes. Good thing I packed 3 pairs of mittens and daddy brought hand warmers. He went with the boys and our friend little boy Jacob. They had fun hanging out in the turkey blind to have snacks. They also got 4 wheeler rides on the lake and thought that was pretty cool. He hope to go again with cousin AJ!!