Justin and his dancing ....

So when I clean the kitchen I always have the radio on. Usually Justin comes in to the kitchen and does these crazy dances. Of course I never have a camera ready. Well today I was able to capture some of Justin's "signature" moves. Justin Timberlake has NOTHING on Justin Bernard.

Family Pictures

So, last night we had our family pictures/pictures of the boys done. We try and do the boys picture every year around their birthday. We realized that we did not have a family photo done since Lucas was like three months old. SO four our anniversary Robert told me I could get the pictures done. I also decided to take Jillian along, #1, because I babysit her, #2, because she asked, and #3, because I wanted to surprise Tanya with a really nice picture of Jillian.
Well I have to say all things considered it went well. We take them to Kiddie Kandids inside Babys R Us, because they are really geared towards children. Everything is little kid size, the photographers are great working with kids, and you get the pictures the same day. So I really like it their. Well of course they were running behind schedule, I made the kids all take naps so they were "happy" for pictures, but they were wound up instead. We had Jillian go first since she is the antsiest (not sure if it's a word), and she did great. Then we did the family picture, we all did pretty well for that, I don't really care for the picture, because of how I look, but the boys all look good. We wanted a couple pictures of the boys together, Lucas was great, but Justin kept squintiing his eyes when he smiled or sticking his tounge out when he smiled, I am not really sure where he got that from, but whatever. We got a couple of cute shots. I personally like and prefer pictures that capture their personality, instead of perfectly posed pictures. So the pictures I picked out, do that. When we are at home, Justin poses perfectly, smiles beautifully, and all around loves having his picture taken. Well last night, he kept doing the wierd funny smiles, or would just not be looking at the camera. It took the poor photographer like 10 shots, before she got one good one of Justin. Then Lucas gets up there. When we are at home I have to take like 100 good pictures to get a good one of Lucas. TWO SHOTS. That is how many it took her last night. The first one he blinked. Seriously that kid smiled on cue. So my boys reversed rolls last night.

So that is the story of getting our new pictures done. We are sending them out for Christmas this year. So if you read my blog, and are wondering where your picture is, wait for Santa!

Hugs and love to all!!!!
Here is a slide show of the pictures. Leave comments and tell me your HONEST opinion of the family picture. Oh, it is edited so you don't see mine or Robert's legs very much at all in the picture. So in our picture that we got, it looks a tad different.

Here we go..........

Thank You Uncle John and Auntie Sarah

We made a video of Justin saying thank you for the birthday gifts from Auntie Sarah and Uncle John, since they could not see the boys. We also made a video for everyone to hear Lucas' new words that he is saying.

Love to all of you!

Justin and Lucas' Birthday Party

Well Justin and Lucas' birhtday party was a S-U-C-C-E-S-S!!! All 16 of the kids that were invited showed up. It was a great party. It was a bit hard for me, since this is the first year we did not have a party with my family and friends in Wisconsin. I truly missed my best friends' help, and my mom's calming effots. That being said... I had a great team of people who did help. Robert and Kayla were a huge help with setting up and running the games with me. Aunt Sally and April were there early and pitched in to help set up as well. So a big THANK YOU to them!
My step-mother-in-law, mother-in-law, and step-father-in-law, and Sarah's sister Stacy all stayed after the party to help with the clean up efforts. So A HUGE thank you to them. The boys were spoiled rotten. We came home, pack up all the old toys in the living room, after they went to bed, and then opened and set up all the new toys. They have been playing all day. Mommy and Daddy, have been having a lot of fun playing with the boys as well.

We did a Spider Walk, Pin the SPider on the SPider Web, and we had a Pinata. The kids seemed to have a really great time. Mommy was pooped when it was all done.

I am attaching a slide show, and two videos taken at the party.

Thank you again to all who helped! The party would not have ran as smoothly with out everyone's help!

Justins First Day of School

First of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT! Today he is 29!
Well saying goodbye to my parents last week pretty much sucked. We had a wonderful visit, but it's like saying goodbye for the first time all over again. UGH!
I was pretty down on Friday all day. I am doing better now.
On Sunday we took the kids to the Lancaster Fair in New Hampshire. It was such a BEAUTIFUL drive. We drove the white mountains valley. And low and behold we saw not one but two mooses. A mommy and baby moose.

Today was Justin's first day of pre-school. I got him up early (he was not a fan of that), got him in first day of school outfit, got him upstairs to brush his teeth and wanted me to spike his hair. So I am getting him ready to go I am expecting him to tell me any minute now, that he does not want to go. Nope, gets his back pack on, reminds me to grab his lunch and out the door he goes. So we get him to preschool, and NOW for sure the tears and drama is going to come, him wanting mt to not leave him there. NOPE... he comes up to Robert he says let me give you a hug and kiss goodbye. I am choking back tears. He comes up to me, says bye mom, gives me a hug and kiss, and starts playing and talking to his teacher. SERIOUSLY????? I stayed at home with him for 4 years, and that's all I get. YEP. Justin is a big boy now, pretty soon he is going to move out and be married. So I got in the car and SOBBED. My baby is all grown up. I am very anxious to go pick him up and see how his first day was. Think maybe he missed me?

Here is a slide show of the weekend, and Justin this morning.

Love ya!