Beautiful Sunrise...

Took a few pictures of a beautiful colorful sunrise across the lake.

Brothers...

A couple pictures of the boys.  Breckan was in a smiley mood so Dad took some pictures of them.



Angel on the Christmas Tree...

The boys and I put up the Christmas tree and Christmas decorations on Saturday.  Dad lifted Tristan up so he could put the angel on top of the tree.

Tristan puting the angel on top of the Christmas tree.

Happy Thanksgiving...

The boys wanted to make their own head pieces for Thanksgiving so we made head bands and feathers and they colored and cut them out and we made them into their headpieces.  Here is a picture of them with them on.  And also some pictures of the boys' projects they have been bringing home from school.  Ethan's picture of his fall tree, Ethan's Halloween skeleton, Tristan's Thanksgiving wreath, Ethan's Thanksgiving pilgrims and indian, Tristan's Thanksgiving headpiece, and Ethan's big turkey.

We went to Rashad's Uncle Evan and Mandy's for Thanksgiving.  Took some pictures with Grandma Vivian and Papa Tony but they were with my phone camera so they didn't turn out very clear, not sure if it was because of the light or what but they are after the boys' project pictures.

Ethan and Tristan with their headpieces they made themselves.

Ethan's fall tree

Ethan's Halloween skeleton

Tristan's Thanksgiving wreath

Ethan's Thanksgiving indian and pilgrims

Tristan's Thanksgiving headpiece

Ethan's turkey

Papa Tony, Sterling, Breckan and Grandma Vivian

Ethan, Papa Tony, Sterling, Savannah, Breckan, Grandma Vivian, and Tristan

Making Cheese Buttons...

One day when Tristan didn't have preschool we made a batch of cheese buttons.  He was a very good little helper.  He helped measure the flour we needed.  And he helped put the cottage cheese on the cheese buttons when I rolled the dough out.  When we were done we had some for lunch.  They were good.

Tristan helping measure the flour.



Tristan puting the cottage cheese in the cheese buttons.



Happy Thanksgiving (A Bit Early)...

We had Thanksgiving with my parents today in Napoleon since they will be out of town on Thanksgiving.  We had an excellent meal as always...turkey, stuffing, gravy, potatoes, green beans, oreo pudding, fruit, veggies, pickle wraps, cake, apple pie, and pumpkin pie.  All yummy.  We watched a movie and visited.  They boys played with the Star Wars toys and had Papa "flip" them.  They were pretty excited about that.  The boys all got Christmas jammies so they took a picture with Grandma and Papa.  Also took a family picture of us five.  And some of the three boys together too.  Breckan was smiling pretty cute for some of them too.

Turkey Cake

Tristan, Ethan, Grandma Carol and Breckan

Tristan and Ethan playing Star Wars.

Family Picture

The Boys
Ethan, Breckan and Tristan

Pestering Papa Lonnie to "flip" them.

Grandma Carol and Breckan

Papa Lonnie "flipping" the boys.

Papa Lonnie and Grandma Carol with the boys in their Christmas jammies they got them.

Breckan ~ 6 Weeks...

Breckan is already 6 weeks old.  He is growing so fast.  He is still eating 4oz every 3 hours.  At night he will usually sleep for a 6 hour stretch but it depends on when he eats.  So he usually eats around 9 or 10 so he gets up again by 3 or 4 to eat and then again around 7.  He's up a bit more during the day at times and has started getting a little crabby/fussy when he's ready to go back to sleep for a nap.  He is wide awake and alert and looking around when he is awake.  He's started cooing and making noises to "talk" to us which is pretty cute.  He also has his smiling times that are also too cute.  He is sure a precious little boy to us all.  Here are some pictures from lately.

Breckan alseep in his swing.

Breckan all smiles.

Uncle Ken and Great-Grandma Margaret holding Breckan.

Great-Grandma Margarte and Breckan.

Paula and Breckan.

Mom and Breckan.

Breckan before bed.

Lots Of Snow Geese On The Lake...

Looked outside and saw this big white area and though maybe it was some ice on the lake, looked closer and it was lots and lots of snow geese.  The boys were pretty excited to see them.  They also guessed ice first when I showed them and asked what they thought the white spot was when they got home from school.

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures...

Some  pictures from the last few days.  The boys helping give Breckan his bath.  A picture with Mom(taken by Ethan).  A couple of Breckan.  And one of Ethan and Tristan playing with their transformers.

Ethan, Tristan, and Breckan...bathtime.

Tristan, Breckan and Mom

Tristan and Ethan playing transformers.

Fargo...

Napoleon made it to state football so we went to Fargo for a few days.  Grandma Carol took Ethan and Tristan to the game and they won.  I got a few hours to do some shopping with Breckan.  We spent the second night at thew Settle Inn.  The boys always have fun swimming there and Ethan loves the slide and basketball hoop.  Tristan jumped in over and over and over.  They also had the movie Robots with popcorn in the evening.  We ordered pizza and watched a movie in the room after that.  Saturday we did a little more shopping before heading home.  Was nice to get away for a couple days.

One Month Pictures...

One month picture day in Bismarck, this was one of his outfits.  Took Breckan's one month pictures at Pennys.  He did really good.  This picture is at great-grandma Ella's, we stopped for a quick visit.  Breckan was 10lb 15.2oz at his 5 week well baby clinic visit. 

Breckan (Four Weeks)...

Breckan is already four weeks today!  The time is going by way, way too fast.  Here is a picture from today.  He still sleeps quite a bit but he's up for longer periods of time too when he is awake.  He is up from periods of 1 to 2 hours at a time.  Whe he's up his eyes are wide open and looking all around.  He makes all sorts of noises.  He usually is drinking 4 ounces at a time but there are times when he still only drinks about 3 ounces.  He's eating around every 3 hours.  At night, he usually eats anywhere from 9:30 - 11:30 and then can make it about 5 hours so on average he's up between 2:30 and 4:00.  He then will sleep again until around 7 or 7:30 normally.  He still likes to be wrapped up tight in his blanket when he sleeps.  He also loves to be held.  He'll take his pacifier at times but there are times he spits it right back out too and doesn't want it.  He sure is a precious little boy and we all just love him lots.  His brothers still love to give him all sorts of attention and to hold him and feed him and help give him his baths.