10 months old twins

well, we are 2 months away from their 1st birthday.  Guess I better start planning a party!

In other news, Dace channeled the 80s for his church outfit today....

Beach Babies

I donned my cape today.

What cape, you ask?

This cape....

okay, okay, I guess Wonder Woman doesn't wear a cape...she should though.

Ahem,...I donned my kick-butt Wonder Woman high heeled boots and took all 4 kids to the beach this morning....alone.

And....it was great!  the boys played with neighboring kids, the twins crawled 4 miles, ate 2 lbs of sand and stole the hearts and attention of every passerby.  The weather was nice, a good breeze and we all got a good dose of vitamin D.  I'm excited to spend more mornings at the beach, now that I know it can be done all by myself.

I'm especially excited that it results in this:

All that sand and surf makes for a really good naptime.

wordless wednesday

Captured on Camera

The boys were enjoying watching the big mighty machines in the back trim down the trees.  I looked up and saw them snuggled in together- bless my heart!  They are the best of buddies these days- a total tag team and I LOVE IT!

countdown to costumes

If you haven't figured it out yet, I kinda really love halloween.  I LOVE dressing up as a family.  I love all the fun themes we can do, I love the awesome photos we get and the incredible memories we make and I love the sewing projects.  Yup, all that work and plotting and scheming and organizing the most minutest detail, I love it.  That's just how I roll.

Well, I have a few ideas brewing for this year.  I am fairly confident that I have made the decision as to what we are doing but then I will see something else and go "ooooh!  That would be so great!" Especially with the twins.  I could easily dress them for at least 6 halloweens this year alone.  I mean, I only have so many years with these little guys before they rebel and want to make their own costume choice and then I am only left with Dallin!

Okay, so quick side note so that the rest of this post makes sense.  Some time ago, I made a confession to Dallin.  I confessed that when I was little, I had the biggest crush on Mr.T.  I really have no idea how it happened.  I just know that I was this sweet little innocent, blonde-as-can-be 6 year old girl who was totally diggin' on the big black man who drove a van!  Seriously, how did that ever happen, I have no idea.

Well, a while ago, Dallin sent this photo to me and I die laughing every time I see it because if any one of my boys could pull this costume off, it would be my Ammi.  Now how can I incorporate this into a family affair?...

While I Made Dinner Tonight...

Dallin invented a new babysitting technique

Still hasn't sunk in

The thought I had when I took these photos....

What the heck, we have 4 kids?!

Whadya mean we have twins?!

Yup, maybe one day it will all feel normal but for the most part, I still can't believe we have 4 kids and I still can't believe we have twins but I am so grateful for all of them.

Two Teeth

You can barely see them but this is the only photo in many that she actually flashed them.

No! They're Not Brothers!

I promise you, I did not even plan the shirt thing.  Promise!
This just goes to prove that we really only have 1 mold for boys in this family.

Zade, 2010

Ammon, 2012