College Graduate - Bachelor of Science; Business Information Systems

Kris' newest title!  

This past Saturday was the commencement ceremony for John Brown University.

My mom was so nice to watch the boys while me and my sister Beth went to watch Kris take the stage. 

It's a small school, about 240 graduates so it was held in a brand new gym.

Can you see him?  :)

Beth was quick to point this out to me from the program.

I got a little teary-eyed.

So I figured if it's like high school graduation they would walk toward the left of the stage, so we headed to that section.  We had a prime view!  See?

I was so ready for pictures!

His row started walking toward the stage and I was in position.  HA!

At about 4 people in front of him I started aiming to take a shot then realized the battery was DEAD!

I immediately had a sick feeling in my stomach.  I freaked, ask Beth!

I was so close to crying.  I couldn't believe this moment was about to happen and I could not capture it, especially so close to the stage!  

Luckily, Beth whipped out her cell phone and was able to capture the only pictures of him crossing the stage.

I could barely cheer for him when they called his name, I was so sad.  

As soon as he sat back down, I texted him "dead battery".  :(

{he's on the stage and big screen - HA!}

So afterwards we met up and guess what, I suddenly remembered my little camera was in my purse.

Are you kidding me?!  Sheesh Kimberley, think!

I am so proud of Kris.

He is a wonderful example to our sons of going after your dreams even if it means sacrificing.

Speaking of dreams, at the end of the day he looked at me and said, "Masters?".  

Say what?!?!?

Here comes Santa Clause

This is very blurry because they are scanned, but here are the past Santa photos.

Surprisingly, Jacob has never been scared of Santa.  

He just walked right up to him, well maybe not in the first photo. :)

{2007, 2008, 2009}

This year was no exception.  We picked him up from school and asked him if he wanted to go see Santa.

He said YES!!  On the way there he kept saying, "I'm going to see Santa."

I was dreading the line, but guess what... there was no line!  Hallelujah!

We walked in and Jacob exclaimed, "THERE HE IS!!"

Once again, he walked right up to him.  

We put Levi down and immediately started taking pictures.

We got some great ones of Jacob smiling, but Levi was looking down.

Once we finally got Levi looking up, Jacob started showing his fake smile.  

Oh well, this will work.  

I want to show you their sweet shirts.

I bought from Etsy these cute Christmas iron ons - a set for Jacob and one for Levi.

{we bought the tshirts from Old Navy and then ironed on the prints}

They came in sets of 6 different prints.

I figured I wouldn't use them all this year, but save them for future Christmases.  

This picture cracked me up.
Surely Levi isn't sick of pictures already.

Looked what I made... peanut butter balls.  YUM!

Why does time fly by when you get older but drags when you're a kid?

Wasn't it just Christmas 2009 the other day?  

Let's Craft

Jacob brought this home yesterday from school

Love home-made gifts!!

Such a sweet surprise.

I cannot take credit for this idea, saw it on another blog.

Thought we'd try it out on Levi.

It's his sweet little foot as a Christmas tree!

I think we might make this one a Christmas tradition.

Wish I had done something like this with Jacob when he was a baby.

I asked him if I could do one with his foot, and he said, "I'm not a baby."

Guess he thought only babies did it since we did Levi.  :)

Sleepy Boy

I was going through the pictures on my phone and a few were of Jacob asleep in his car seat.

I also found a few more on my laptop where he had fallen asleep too.

My favorite is the one directly in the middle.

Who sleeps like that?  :)

Sweet dreams sweet boy!

Christmas Cards

Here is our Christmas card this year

{a little blurry since I had to scan}

I'm very happy with how it turned out, I used Shutterfly and got 50 for free!  Even better!

But ya'll, you must take a look at my sister's card

I cannot stop laughing!!!

I told you Luke always smiles like that!

CLASSIC!!

Way Back When-esday

Timeline:  Christmas Day 2007

Age:  9months

And you can bet I'll be busting out this little number for Levi this year.  :)

Can't wait!

The boys

Last night we busted out Apples!

Jacob wanted to know what was going on

Today we showed Levi another new toy (well new to him, Meme got it at a garage sale for $1 when Jacob was this little.  I'd say we got our monies worth)  :)

Until he can stand on his own, we use the Bumbo seat.

Levi seemed to enjoy it.

Elmo's head used to move back and forth, but it eventually broke because Jacob tried his best to eat the eyes.

Here is Jacob in it in 2007 (6mos)

I also remembered I had this Christmas outfit that Jacob wore at 9mos and put it on Levi today who is just shy of 6mos.  

It's a tad short, but he definitely couldn't wear it at 9mos.  

So far, he's tracking ahead of Jacob as far as size and weight.   

{there's also a hat that came with it, but I hate that I cannot find it}

Here is Jacob Christmas 2007 (9mos)

And since I'm their momma and they're still young enough, I'd say those are some pretty boys. :)

A couple of firsts and brotherly love

Levi in his first pair of jeans

Timber!

Levi also in his first ballcap

Oh, there you are!

Little ham

Last night Jacob wanted to hold Levi

I thought this was funny that they both had their mouths open 

{they are probably saying, "ahhh, no more pictures mom!"}

Love these little people!

Friday Funny

Ya'll, this made me laugh!!  Had to share!

It's Cold Outside

Love Jacob's new hat.

$5 from Old Navy, came with gloves too - can't beat that!

Thought it matched his coat perfectly!

Guess this is his new thing... one good smile and one little stinker smile.  :)

Love you Mr. Big Boy!

Rice Cereal... it's what's for dinner!

Ok, so it took longer than we anticipated... we didn't get around to rice cereal until tonight.

This look says, "what is that stuff?"

"Hmm... maybe it's not so bad."

Ready for more!

"I think I'm gonna like this!"

The boys

Well we introduced another big-boy toy to Levi, the exersaucer!

Love that he looks like he's chillin'.

Later on, I saw this!

Um, excuse me Levi, what is that in your mouth?  

Oh no you didn't!!!

Jacob wanted his picture taken too.

Such a handsome little fella.

Then he said and I quote, "take my picture with this face."

{he is such a stinker, I tell ya!}

Oh, and Levi has started doing this lately.

As soon as he sees that bottles he wants it!

We can't get it to him fast enough!

We are going to introduce rice cereal today.

Cannot wait to see his reaction to that!

Our tree

So I thought I would share what Christmas looks like around our home.

This was taken obviously during the day, and as all trees, it looks much better at nite.  I think I go a little overboard on ornaments.  But I can't help myself!!

{I started to move the jumperoo, but just keepin' it real.  ha!

Oh, and another year I don't have a tree topper.  I can't find any I like}

I want to invest in monogrammed stockings and I say invest because they are expensive.  I think I'll get my monies worth since we'll use them every year, but I wanted Levi to have his own (as did Jacob at his first Christmas), so hopefully I'll do it next year.  I really do like the ones I got for us, they're from Big Lots of all places.  Here's a closer look at Levi's.  It says Baby's First Christmas 2010.  This will be added to all his other keepsakes.  

Here are a few of my favorite ornaments.  Can you tell I love personalizing? :)

{hope we don't have any more kids, ha!}

And here is one that is 26yrs old.  I made this in the 2nd grade.  

My mom gave it to me a few years ago, so glad she kept it.  Considering only one eye is missing is pretty good!  (i should fix that!)

I cannot wait until the boys bring home home-made ornaments from school!

Or anything else for that matter!  

Is there anything cuter?

Than these hats?  Well maybe these hats on Levi!  :)

Love love love putting these hats on babies!

*the first was Jacob's

*the second is my nephew Luke's

*the third I bought this year

I could eat him up!