Jingle Bells!

Tyler loves to sing karaoke at Grandma's NKCH Christmas party each year.  As you can see by some of his looks, he wasn't too excited about Zach joining in, especially when Zach started to steal his thunder!!  But both did a great job and it was so cute.

Rylie summed up the feelings of all three kids when she seemed to be saying "Enough is enough"!

Aren't they just so cute!

All dressed up and ready for church!

Zach's 3rd Birthday

Both boys were super excited to have a party at Chuck E Cheese!  None of the adults were that excited to be there, but we decided it was all for them anyway, so we could deal with it for a few hours!  Zach was happy to get a Leapster (he calls it his DS, since that's what Tyler has) from Grandma and Grandpa.  It was super cool to get a horse trailer and truck like Pappy's!  He was just as excited to get a slinky and lots of cash to go pick out his own toys at the toy store.

Tyler's 6th Birthday Party

Tyler doesn't believe it's really his birthday until the day of his party! He had a great time with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle theme (an oldie but goodie that he returns to occasionally). You can also see that Daddy and Adam had a great time playing with trucks. They will say it was to keep Zach happy - but they were scooping up pretzels and really getting into it! Tyler got a Razor scooter from Mom and Dad along with a trip to Chuck E Cheese with a friend. Grandma and Grandpa got him a bike and Mimi and Pappy got him a much desired Mario DS game. He got a lot of cash and gift cards to go toward DS and Wii games and maybe a trip to the movies. He got airbrush markers from Uncle Brian (meant to drive Mommy crazy, I think!) that he loved. It was a simple party, but he was very happy and that's all that matters!

Tyler turned 6 on July 13th!! I can't believe how fast time flies by. I need to dig out some of his baby pics and pictures over the past 6 years to post. He also lost his first tooth, which he is proudly showing off in this picture! It had been loose for a while, but I was afraid to pull it and hurt him. He must have been playing with it and distracting the other kids in church, because his teacher got a tissue and pulled it out for him. He walked Tyler to me with the tooth wrapped up and a huge grin on his face!! Somehow, we all forgot to put it under his pillow that night, but the next night he got 3 gold dollars! Somewhere he got that into his head that gold is what the tooth fairy brought!