Blizzard of 2011 pics

Okay, so now that almost every trace of snow is gone, I'm going to put up my pics - just so you can all remember the snowiness:). I really do love snow. Up in the mountains out west with ski's on my feet is when I like it best, but I do enjoy it even here - I think it's beautiful. My hubby - not so much. Probably because he is the main snow-blower at our house. I'm the shoveler, but he's the snow-blower, and he does get the worse end of the job because he's the one on duty when it's more than an inch;). Had it not been for the on-so-ferocious wind, this would have been the perfect storm for me.

Rob trying to stay ahead of the snow on late Tuesday afternoon. Not sure it did much good, but it made him feel better:).

During our extended time in the house, we introduced the boys to Candy Land for the first time, and it was a HIT!! They loved it and asked (and still do) to play it continually. I was impressed at how quickly they picked up the concept of the game.

This little boy plays to WIN!!

This little guy seems to play more to enjoy the ride - most of the time. He does enjoy a good win once in a while:).

Daddy explaining the rules.

So focused!

Sweet.

Watching Daddy snow-blow on Wednesday morning.

Did he fall?? No - he's playing peek-a-boo with B&K behind the snow bank:).

Making a path through the piles of snow.

Can we PLEASE go out and "help"??

I got them all bundled up and they lasted for almost 5 minutes - it was so COLD!!!

Checking things out with Daddy. He did an awesome job!!!!!

3 year pics

We had the boys' 3 year pictures taken just before their birthday. Their personalities really shined through, as always. Here is a sampling of them for you to enjoy:).

If you can't already tell, they LOVED playing with this fire truck!!

A family pic - because we rarely get good shots of the 4 of us together.

We have been trying for quite some time to get a good picture of Grandma Leman with the boys with no success. So we invited her to come along and get her picture taken with the boys. We are so glad that we did - it turned out great. Kyle did the little head tilt all on his own:).

Aunt Ruthie spends a lot of time with the boys, and we didn't have any good pictures of her with them either, so we invited her along, too!!! Again, glad that we did - turned out so cute!!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Brock and Kyle!!

I can't believe it , but my babies are 3 years old!! Tuesday, February 8th was the official "big day", but the celebration started the weekend before. They are SO into firetrucks, firefighters, fire stations, hydrants, and anything fire related, so that was the theme for their family party on Saturday. Here are some pics of all of the festivities:

The cake - this was the first real birthday cake that they've had - this frugal momma has always opted for homemade cupcakes until now - but it was money well spent. They LOVED the cake, and so did the adults - it was red velvet with cream cheese icing from Janet's cakes - so yummy!!!

They also each had their own little cake because even though I had talked them into "wanting" a red velvet cake (which they really do like:), when you would ask them what type of cake they wanted for their birthday, they would consistently say "white cake!" (thanks a lot, Ruthie).
So like any good Grammy, my mom called and ordered the extra cakes (white with white frosting) so they wouldn't be disappointed:).

Then, Aunt Kara found these cool little fire truck/emergency sets in the Denver airport on her way home to celebrate. They just made it even more fun for the boys.

The whole set up.

My birthday boys - waiting to open presents. They are so blessed to have so many people who love them!! Thanks to all of the grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who made their b-day so special!!

Cake time - ready to blow out the candles.

I think that Brock's wondering what the delay is all about - light the candles already, Mom!!

Cousin Max - getting in on the action - he loved the fire theme, too!!

Cousin Whitney playing in the tent with B&K after cake and presents. They love it when they get the undivided attention of their big cousins!!

Then on Sunday, we had our annual gathering with the Michel family (my mom's family) to celebrate all of the birthdays. My Mom has 2 brothers who each have a set of twin grandchildren. All are born in February, and they all have their birthdays within 3 days of each other. Two of the sets (Brock & Kyle and Andrew & Elizabeth) actually share the same birthday - how cool is that?!?!?! These are almost all of the Michel great-grandchildren (2 were missing) and they are all growing up to be such great kids. My Grandma Michel would be amazed with this little crew as she only got to meet 1 of her great-grand kids (if I remember correctly).

Here are 4 sets of twins - in my family (yes, there are more:). How could I have ever not known that this was my destiny:)??

Brothers :).

Brock and Kyle on their actual birthday, opening present from Mom and Dad.

Puzzles - they LOVE puzzles, and are getting very good at them.

A "new to them" choo-choo that talks and obeys voice commands. They love this, too!!

Barnyard Bingo - they discovered the joys of games during the blizzard and want to play all the time now:).

After having some leftover birthday cake, Brock disappeared and I found him here - playing with his new train. It was a big 4 days of celebration and they loved every minute of it. They're already asking when they will turn 4 so they can have more parties and presents:).