Our crazy families
One of my dads favorite movies of all time was “Full Metal Jacket.” He only liked the first part and when we were old enough for all the carnage, we would often watch it with him. One of the most memorable parts of the movie is in the beginning when the soldiers are getting ready to go to boot camp. They’re hauled into the barber and all their hair is shaved off. It’s done to the tune of a very memorable song in which this post is titled. How fitting for a night of shaving boys heads – Enjoy!
Finally!! I’ve been dying for Halloween to come and go so I could show you all how freaking ADORABLE Henry and Will looked in their costumes!!
Henry’s recent obsession has been Space and the planets so I thought it would be perfect if he was able to dress up as an astronaut! I had a moment of brilliance and remembered seeing a little astronuat costume at the space museum in NM when we went and saw the IMAX Everest show a while ago. Thank God my mom is awesome and doting. She bought if for him and sent it over…and it fit perfectly!! I can totally see him being a nerdy astronaut later on in his life…he is a brain like that.
When we went costume shopping for Will, I was immediately smitten with a little Yoda outfit we found at Target. I had to take it in because it was HUGE on him but luckily the little cap fit great. I’m not a big Star Wars fan, but Tommy is and honestly the outfit was just too cute to pass up. He was definitely an adorable Yoda.
Over the weekend, Henry’s school hosted a “Monster Mash” and we decided to go and check it out. It turned out to be a total zoo, but the boys got some candy and Henry was lucky enough to see his girlfriend. (His teacher! Ha!) Then finally, tonight came…and it was action packed! We dropped by the gym to see Will and Gus (who are some of the sweetest guys in the world! They are SO good with the boys, it’s amazing) then ran over to see Uncle Mike, stopped to see Grandpa and then drove out to see our super good friends Claudy, PJ, and Gisele for some tricks or treats. Henry LOVED it and had a really good time. He’d walk up to the people with candy and say “Trick or Treating!” He got a lot of compliments on his costume which he loved, of course. The little ones stayed in the wagon for most of the night but were still able to score some candy. So, other than a couple meltdowns, the boys did really well. I was pleasantly suprised at what a good time we had…and it has really made me excited for next year! Hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!
Well, Will got sick at the beginning of this last week and then passed it off to Henry near the end. On Friday we kept him home from school since he was snotting all over the place and went up the mountain for a little getaway. We tooled around on some boulders while we were up there and enjoyed the nice cool weather. It was beautiful. We’re heading out to Bishop again this Thanksgiving so we want to start getting outside more often to get our hands ready! We found a really cool boulder outcropping up on the mountain that we’re anxious to get back to and check out. We’ll let you know how it goes. =)
Tommy’s birthday was yesterday and we celebrated it by taking a trip to Goodwill to get rid of a bunch of stuff!! Ha! (We need room for new stuff…hee hee) Anyway, both boys are on the up and up and we downed enough vitamin C to keep ourselves healthy this go around. Other than that, things are chugging along. Hope all is well with everyone out there!
We had an intimate get together on Sunday with close friends and family to celebrate Will’s 1st birthday – it was a lot of fun and he made out with some good swag. Unfortunately Grandpa, Auntie and Uncle Joe weren’t able to attend but they gave him some great toys to make up for it. =) We had a wonderful time and enjoyed some delicious red velvet cupcakes and then a wicked hurricane-like storm afterward. It was crazy!
Will had his one year check up yesterday and the doc said he has a huge head but his body should catch up to it in time. He also got some shots which was NO fun, but he loved trying to eat the bandaids. =0
Well, we made it back alive from our big trip to VT. Incredibly, the boys were absolute ANGELS on both flights to and from and we were amazed how many people commented on how they good they were!!?? Ha! That was definitely unexpected, but we were thrilled with it none the less. The trip was awesome and we were really sad to leave. The only bad part was that the heat seemed to follow us all the way up there! The highest temperature was only about 90 but the humidity made it almost unbearable. There were a few cool days, but the hot ones outnumbered them. We were able to get away from it by going up the mountain or visiting a swimming hole, but we didn’t really get to enjoy the beautiful weather of a VT summer as the state was going through an “unusual” heat wave. Go figure!! Oh well…hopefully the next time we get up there (which we’re hoping is sometime early next year) we’ll be able to experience a crazy winter! We’ll see…
On the 6th of July, we took a trip out to Rhode Island to suprise our Grandma (dad’s side) with a visit. Most of this side of my family live in RI and I haven’t seen them since I was 14 years old. I wanted everyone to meet the boys and catch up after such a long time. We showed up on Friday night and had dinner with our Aunt Elena and Uncle John and then the next day they hosted a BBQ to suprise our Grandma. When she came to the house, they ushered us into the family room and then they brought her in…it was awesome and she was super suprised. We were there for a couple hours and then went back to the hotel. Then later that night, our cousin and Aunt took us out to this event called “Waterfire.” It was really interesting. Then the following morning we went over to my Uncle Bill and Aunt Lauren’s house for brunch and got to see almost everyone. It was a great visit and I’m so glad our boys got to finally meet their Great Grandma.
One dissapointing aspect of the trip was that a couple months ago I totally munted my ankle on a boulder problem out in Hueco. I was on crutches for a week and I could barely walk on it even after a couple weeks, so the Tough Mudder had to be rescheduled. We transfered our registrations to the February 2013 race in AZ, but were bummed that we couldn’t run in the toughest one of them all on Mt. Snow. It would have been a welcome relief from the heat!! We met a guy down in Burlington last Monday who had just run it the previous day and said it was amazing. So if we ever get the chance, we will definitely do it. =)
The rest of the trip was pretty low key – Holly took several days off to hang out with us and we did spend a lot of that time up on the mountain… but more on that later. We went kayaking, bike riding, sight seeing and played games where at the end we wanted to kill eachother. (Hearts anyone? Die.) The boys had a lot of fun playing out in the yard, messing around with the dogs and getting tons of attention from their Auntie. It felt like a short and long trip all in one.
Thank you guys for such a wonderful trip – we miss you heaps already. Love you!