a little bit of pre xmas cheer!

mark and i took the boys to edaville a few weeks ago unexpectedly but we had fun. kane got to go on his first rides at a fun park, his dad went with him... and with max

i got to go on the crazy rides with max-we had a blast!!! just a couple of shots from around the house

this is a new family pic. mom takes one every year for her xmas card so to some of you it might look familiar.

so we went to buttonwood a couple of weeks ago and had the boys do their first santa visit all together. so here are they are, jacoby (bri's little man, max and kane)

kane was too busy eating cookies to be bothered hanging out with santa. this kid can eat!!!!! he is like a garbage disposal... my boys with santa..and jacoby with santa. poor thing is just not feeling the goodness of the jolly fat man. so you know he got over it quickly!

and here is an updated pic of our nephews jeffrey and evan. they are getting big!!!

just want to take the time to wish you all a merry xmas and safe new year!!! hope to see you all soon!!

everything since july....

so it has been forever since the last post and a TON has happened so here we go........

Kane had his 1st birthday in september. we had a carnival with all the trimmings, balloon darts, ring toss, bean bag toss, etc.. here are just a few shots of the day. i'm going to try to add more in the near future-so many pics were taken that day and so many good ones, so stay tuned..

the flying ace, kane lucas

max, aka " fingers aguiar" stealing some frosting from his brothers cake-
kane having an absolute blast with his cake, he destroyed it!!!
max had a birthday as well and turned 5 years old, which brought a pirate adventure with treasure chests, scavenger hunts and an egg toss. we had alot of fun with this one too!

we got to spend a day with marks family at the pumpkin patch and had a good time, hay rides and pumpkin picking. here is bek, (1 year post a double lung transplant and doing awesome!!!!) and grace, who is now about 21 months old

and here is missy with gage, also about 21 months old...a shot of the other guys, jeffrey, katie, evan and max
and here is crazy little jacoby, bri's little guy. he is about 16 months old and the cutest little stinker. he has the deepest, funniest laugh! it cracks me up every time i hear it.


just a pic of me and the boys from the train ride @ buttonwood.
a mark did his coaching thing again (which he fell into on accident this time around) he helped coach max's soccer team. these kids are a riot. they run their little hearts out and lose track of what net is their's but sooooo entertaining. they have come a long way this season! max is doing awesome, once his little legs get going, he is gone!! he is liking soccer alot but still says that he can't wait for t-ball.

max also started kindergarten this september. he likes it, seems like he is falling into it better the last few weeks. at first he would say it was boring and he wanted to sleep, but he is adjusting and getting so big!!! it makes me a little sad at times.

kane and daddy after a tubby..

there was also a new addition to the family.... miss avery joyce came into the world a few weeks ago. she is my cousin randy's little girl-here she is with her mom/Jen, daddy and big brother aiden who says she smells like apple pie!!!

and most recently we got to celebrate HALLOWEEN-my favorite!!!! max was wolverine from the xmen and he had went to b-day party for his friend meadow. his first experience on roller skates. we could not get him to sit down long enough to have cake and ice cream, he loved it!! so i think there may be more roller skating in our future...
here he is with some of his friends from pre-k, lauren, meadow and markus. max seems to have a soft spot for meadow!here is mr. kane as a sock monkey.
and my little picasso's pumpkin

so we have been pretty busy this past spring... weddings, we put a hardwood floor in the living room and for all of you that know me and my feelings about the rug that was there, know i am a VERY HAPPY CAMPER!!! it looks great. with all the stinkin rain we have been getting we have not been doing much in the way of outdoor activities, but hopefully the sun will start to come out and fun can be had. in the meantime, here are some updated pics of the boys and some of the stuff we have been up to. hope all is well with everyone so mark coached some tball this spring. he and our friend neil were the coaches...the kids were so much fun. the beginning of the season was like watching the bad news bears, but by the end they had a pretty good little team. mark and i spent a few weekends at weddings, here are some of the pictures from them....

mark and his friend, brendan

one of the happy couples, ben and tara.

neil, tony and bri.

me, jezak and mark.

max graduated from pre-school at noahs arc. this is his friend owen.

this is his teacher, mrs. nicole. he loves her. he told her he wanted to be big so he could be her boyfriend. so cute!!!

jacoby turned 1 in june. he was not a huge fan of the cake but had fun anyway

jacoby and bri.

the 3 boys....actually sitting still for a minute.