Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.   We went to my grandmothers and had a yummy dinner like always.   Of course I took my camera and snapped a few photos.

My grandmother has some awesome very old trucks at her house, that make great backdrops for pictures.   She may not agree, but I think they are very cool:

Tristan:

Sawyer:

Another of Sawyer, showing off  his "outie":

Kevin had brought a remote control airplane that they enjoyed:

Z is now taller than his dad, and he's only 12 :

my sister in law:

my neice:

and nephew:

and Kolin:

I had wanted to take a photo of the boys on this old tractor on our ranch.  I finally  tried it.   I did get one decent shot of all four, and then a red wasp came out of the little smoke stack on the tractor and stung Tristan, so that was the end of the tractor shoot for the day.    Here's the one with all four:

I tried taking some photos of the boys this weekend.  I'm not going to even include the fifty shots of all four boys, where 3 cooperated and one little tyke was grouchy and squirmy and very uncooperative.   But here's one that I thought turned out really nice of the older 3 boys:

and same photo in a chocolate b&w version:

Few photos of our beach vacation in Port A.   The boys going out for a swim and boogy:

Looking for beach creatures:

Taking Daddy by the toe:

Sawyer spitting out some of the sand he put in his mouth (yes, I let my baby get the full beach experience :)

Going exploring:

Taking it all in:

And a nice tropical sunset:

I finally got all four boys together for a few brother photo shots, although I can't say they cooperated fully.  "You want me to do WHAT?"

"Maybe no one will see me pick my nose"

2 out of 4:

3 out of 4:

Finally, everyone is looking, and no nose-pickers, but oh so serious!

Oh well, looks like someone has had his limit!

And one of my nephew and nieces:

... and this is the only photo that came out ok with the birthday suit photos.    He definitely knows he's cute:

Does he look like his mommy just a little bit?

We had a picnic in the back of the ranch by the stock tank yesterday after church. It was a really nice day. Here's a few pics to share. 

Tristan wading in the water:

 Morgan striking a pose:

Lukey discovering his artistic side:

the small boy discovering all with his mouth:

 and hands:

Thanks again to Alyssa for the photoshop action.  I'm in love with it... and she may soon be sorry for sharing it! :)

Sawyer with his Grandpa:

Little Sawyer is four months already.. how time flies.  Here he is in a field outside our house:

He's over 12 pounds now, smiling, cooing, gooing and laughing.  And getting his little baby fat dimples.  Isn't he adorable?

Practicing a fun baby shot with baby Sawyer.   He was 2 weeks yesterday:

Here's a few more pics of Sawyer: 

 Proud Papa:

 Me and my sweet boy:

 Big brothers Morgan and Tristan.   Brother Luke has not wanted to get anywhere close to baby yet!

Nathan and I had a little date last night.   The boys went to some friends house and we went on a date.   First we went to the library (yes, we are both nerds :), then we tried out the new Japanese Steakhouse in town... yummy!   Then we drove out to the glacier and walked around a bit.  Lots of icebergs floating in the lake.  

Here's a pic of the two (or three) of us:

We took some photos out in the yard (yes... we like to keep the natural look in our yard  dandelions and all :) of the boys and I.   You can kind of see my big belly in one photo.   I wish I was one of those cute pregnant women who was all belly... skinny with a basketball out front...  but alas!

Tristan and me:

Morgan and me:

Luke and me:

And just for Denise... All of us where you can see my big belly:

Ahhh... we had two days of sun now and its been wonderful.  This afternoon, after we spruced up the house a bit, the boys and I walked over to a nearby park.   The boys enjoyed playing on the playground:

Tristan said he thought he could swing all day long if I let him.   Here's a pic I took of Lukey the other day: