Happy Second Birthday EVAN!

Evan is just our happy happy guy. Here he is with daddy! Evan always knows to perform for a camera!

Evan's second birthday cake! I wrote on it, "Evan is 2!" We figure we'll go all out once he can read.
Family portrait! I love Evan's head tilt!

Evan and Daddy blow out the candles. Evan really had NO CLUE what to do!

Cake!! YUM YUM!!

SO HAPPY!

Present time! Grandma and Pappy got Evan a Thomas the Train with a whistle. Alex is testing out the whistle for Evan.

A box of animals!

That will live in the barn Daddy has to assemble!

Pasta Face

Just a random Spaghetti-Oh face on a rainy Friday.

Valentine's Day Party

Alex had his school Valentine's Day party. Even though there are only 16 kids in his class, it seems we make out very well for every party. We came home, dumped it all on the table and were amazed! Here, the boys admire the stash before they dive in.

A Future?

Do you think they have a future in synchronized swimming?

Christmas Part 2

Christmas at the Hartzells.

Alex rocks out with Evan's new guitar.

Evan got a new guitar from Aunt Jenny and Uncle Jeff. It was a big hit!

We got Mom an electronic Soduko. She's laughing, but Dad knows this will be a new addiction.

Alex had a great time handing out gifts!

Cousins! Alex, Evan and Katie. Adam is back in there somewhere!

Alex and Katie

Merry Christmas!

Evan thinks that someday he just might be able to shimmy under the baby gate to come downstairs. Here he is Christmas morning. He had heard someone special had been at our house!

Alex was thrilled with it ALL! But Evan... "Gimme my juice!"

The spoils! Well... some of them!

The biggest hit was a train table with all the accessories. That's what the boys spent the whole day playing with. So now we have to actually finish the game room to have an official place for it!

Christmas Eve

We have a tradition of getting the boys new jammies for Christmas Eve. In theory, they will then have cute new jammies for Christmas Day pictures. (Although last year, Evan threw up all over his.) Trying to wrangle these two for pictures is a nightmare. Mommy and Stella are ready!
The boys with Mommy!

Cheesy grin, but that will do it!

Merry Christmas!

After Service Fun!

Alex and Evan check out the manger. MMMMM. Sugar Cookies!

Evan sits up at the table with the big kids!

Evan and Daddy!

Milk and Cookies with Santa

Mommy took the boys to have milk and cookies with Santa on Monday. It was so much fun. Evan was far more interested in the cookies than he was in Santa...as you can tell by this picture.

But Alex really got it, telling Santa that he wanted trains. He had told me before we went that he wanted shirts and batteries, but settled on trains when we got there.

Horseshoe Curve

We went to Horseshoe Curve a few weeks ago for a lunch playdate. It was great fun, even though it was a rainy day.

Here is Evan watching the train:

Alex was amazed!
And of course, what little boy wouldn't be fascinated by a pile of rocks!

Alex just kicking back and enjoying the view!

Butler Farm Show pictures

Every year, we head off to the Butler Farm Show. This year, Evan was really into it because he got to interact with the animals even more. And this year, Alex got to participate in the bike race and the pedal pull. Maximum cuteness! Our kids have no fear of animals, even when a goat takes a nibble ...
Sweet cow!
Pappy took Alex for a golf cart ride!
Gearing up for the bike race!
Katie and Alex take a trip around to practice before the race.
Seriously. How cute is that?
Here's his "class" - the tricycle/big wheel group. He came in second and got a medal. He was SO excited!

Baby Shower!

Tracy, Karen and Brenna reunited in May for Karen's baby shower. I don't know why these pictures just reappeared on my laptop, but I can't believe I hadn't gotten them up!

Yea Karen and Justin! Your little girl is born and here I am putting these up! :)

I don't know what we were talking about above. But it looks like I was saying, "I was THIS big!"
Awww!
And Evan, on the way home, crashed from the festivities. He proved to Justin's mom that she has a lot of work to do baby-proofing her house!