Two good boys!!

WOW - as I looked through the pictures to decide which to put on the website, I was taken aback by how sweet each of our boys are! (Not to mention adorable!)

I enjoy watching their little personalities develop.

Nathan is a young man who wears many hats . . . not usually all at once, but he did on this particular day.

I took this picture to show all of you up north that it got cold here and I had to bundle them both up in sweaters. When I looked closer, my heart was warmed to see Nathan looking adoringly on his little brother.

Noah gets his first 'horsey' riding lesson.

Noah is quite the planner. Note the progression of fun . . .

Nathan and I were home one night. Dad was at work, brother was in bed. He had been an especially good boy - and we were really having fun. We, then, had our first 'date.' Just right there in the kitchen. We treated ourselves to some hot chocolate (or mildly warm as was the case for Nathan). It was such a sweet time!

"hey mom, why does yours have more marshmallows???"

Every so often, Nathan likes to carry and play with his baby. (This is the doll we got him before Noah was born to teach him about being 'soft' around the baby.) He likes to be like Mama, and to help Mama. He was playing with the baby and told me that he had to fix something, but he didn't want to put the baby down. After a bit of confusion, I realized what he was telling me he wanted to do . . . hold the baby like Mama does when she fixes things.

Here are some pictures of when we put the Christmas lights out. The boys played together.

Nathan was helping, us by mowing the lawn while Dada hung lights in the tree.

Some things stood out to me as being different from when we hung lights when I was growing up. 1- there were leaves in the tree

2- I never thought about mowing the lawn when we were hanging lights

Here Dada helps Noah strike a pose