Heading to Church

All dressed up and ready to go to church.

Sleepy Day with Daddy

I came home from work one day and this is what I found. I guess that they had such a busy day that they had completely worn each other out. 

Two Month Shots

Nick had to take Evan to get his two month shots by himself because it was the same day that I had to go back to work. Needless to say it was a hard day for all of us. I was sad because I had to go back to work and was away from Evan for so long. Nick was sad that I had to go back to work because he was enjoying all of the family time while I was at home. Evan had to get shots in both of his thighs so he wasn't a happy camper either. Nick said that Evan was a real trooper. He received a shot on each thigh by two different nurses who stuck him at the same time. Nick said that he cried for about 45 seconds and then was fine except for a few whimpers every once in a while. I felt so bad that I wasn't there for him. I couldn't stop thinking about how he was doing all day long. When I got home that day Nick was changing Evan's diaper. I couldn't resist taking a few pictures of his cute little thighs with the band aids on them. He was a bit fussy that night and developed a bit of a fever, but overall he was fine.

Notice that his shirt says "Mommy needs a date night!"

I love those chunky little thighs!

Farmer Boy

Nick put Evan into this adorable bib overall outfit today and sent a picture to my mom saying that he was ready to help out on the farm. She responded saying that they could definitely use his help. As of today, they are up to 22 baby goats and are bottle feeding 2 of them. 

Happy New Year!

Sleepy Boys

Uncle Hoss and Evan taking a nap together.

Christmas Caroling

Every year my family, along with a few other people from their church, go Christmas caroling to a few houses in their neighborhood as well as in town. They always make up a plate of cookies to give to the person and then sing 4 or 5 carols to the person standing at the door. I always look forward to caroling with my family, but haven't been home for the last several years when they have done it. Nick had never been caroling before and I wanted him to have that experience. We were not going to be there on  the night that they had originally planned to go caroling, so they decided to go to a couple of houses while we were there so that we could be involved. The first house that we went to was a friend of my Aunt Marca and Uncle Chuck. Then we went into town to visit my Great-Uncle Bill, a Pearl Harbor survivor, whom I hadn't seen for a couple of years. It was great to see him and to introduce him to Nick and Evan. 

Standing on the front porch singing Christmas carols. 

They invited us inside to get out of the cold. 

Singing to Uncle Bill on his front porch.

Noah, Aubrey, Nathan, Dad, Nick and Evan singing to Uncle Bill. 

Uncle Bill meeting Nick and Evan for the 1st time.

Me, Evan and my Great-Uncle Bill. It was so nice to see him again. 

Chuck and Uncle Bill are both veterans. 

Aunt Marca, Uncle Bill, and Dad

Nathan and Aubrey

Chuck and Aunt Marca saying goodbye to Uncle Bill. He was really excited to see all of us!

Evan and Papaw are worn out from all of the caroling!