Time to Update!!

Okay, so now that 6 months or so have gone by, it is way past time to update the blog!! I just don't have the kind of time I used to have on the computer when the boys were younger. I miss that time dearly, when I could still read a book or magazine for more than 1 minute.... Oh toddler world, you are adorable yet exhausting... speaking of which the boys just woke up from their naps. Bye bye

Caleb & Noah's 2nd Birthday Party!!

We had a wonderful time throwing the boys their 2nd Birthday Party! It is amazing they are already two! The theme was "Big Trucks" and the boys had a blast. We were also thrilled so many extended family members were able to come! My grandma, aunt, uncle, cousins and cousin in law were able to come.

These were the big truck cakes before getting decorated. Grandma Gay Hope and I decorated these late into the night...

Caleb with his birthday hat

Grandma Mary and Noah

Uncle Andrew and the boys getting to look at Big Trucks on his computer

Adorable Harper, my cousin Adam's daughter

The center cake

Noah's truck cake

Caleb's truck cake

The boys before we sang happy birthday

Noah, Me, Jonathan and Caleb

Blowing out the candles. We were afraid they were going to touch them!

Jonathan eating cake with Caleb

Noah was not interested in eating cake at all. He went straight over and picked out a present and sat patiently until Caleb was done eating cake!

My cousin McKenzie with Noah

Uncle Jason, my cousin Mariah and Katie

Noah in his construction hat

Grandma Gay Hope was able to purchase these from the company she works for, Safety Gear. I love the green and blue!

This rug from Grandpa and Grandma Arnold is sweet! The boys love playing with their cars on it.

My Uncle Dan with Harper

Jonathan bringing in the giant stuffed animals from Uncle Ben and Aunt Terrell. They just love them! They hug them, pet them and ride on them :)

An insane amount of new toys!!

Noah and Caleb with their new twin friends, Jadon and Anton!

Oh, do the boys love playing with their new basketball hoop!!

And their new swing is awesome!! I can't wait till they can push themselves :)

All the Kroetch girls!

Road Trip to South Dakota

My Mom, Noah, Caleb and I recently went to Philip, South Dakota. It is where my mom grew up and I have gone there almost every summer I can remember. So, finally it was about time the boys were able to go! Unfortunately, Jonathan had to start his first year of Anesthesiology and wasn't able to get the time off. The boys did pretty well in the car, hardly slept at all though... they were way too interested in big trucks, trains, horses and cows :)

Yes, this looks wrong and everything inside me was thinking "this is illegal!" But, we were locked out of our car outside of the Steakhouse in Philip. It was 9:30 or so and we hadn't unpacked anything, so we were desperate to try to get the boys down to sleep somehow while my Uncle Bruce worked with a guy to try to pry the keys out. Amazingly, about an hour later we had the keys and could all go to sleep in our pajamas having brushed our teeth... aww... what a relief...

Playing at a great park with Grandma Mary...

This was precious... Great Grandma Eleanor playing with the boys on the floor...
Everywhere we went there was a new and wonderful box of toys! Every mother's dream... it kept them so entertained...

Visiting Vivian....I sure hope she is feeling better

This is every boys dream land!!!

There was a gorgeous sunset one night with a double rainbow... it was amazing!

Barb and Jerry's house

The double rainbow...

Caleb feeding the truck the bottle :)

The boys were so sweet with the babies... they would hold them and feed them, it was so adorable...

Me with my boys

My cousin Brooke and I with our boys...

Grandma playing piano with Noah and Caleb... a precious moment...

Caleb with his horses sitting in the corral...

At the Badlands on our way to Wall Drug. Caleb got out and put his hand on the ground and said, "Dirt", then went and put his hand on the vertical rock and said, "More Dirt". He's completely right, but it's very beautiful dirt...

The Badlands, SD

Caleb riding on a horse at Wall Drug...

Noah preferred this horse :)

They both LOVED riding on this... It didn't last long and I have no idea how many quarters I put in there...

Noah with his construction hat on... he loved wearing it backwards...

So precious...Noah holding the baby while playing...

Julie's boys brought one of their black hens inside to show the boys :) They were amazed to see a chicken inside and so was I!

This Crocodile is in Carson's room. He caught it in Florida and they stuffed it for him... just don't see this everyday....

Carson, Noah, Caleb, and Dane

My cousin Julie and our boys...

Man how the boys loved this place! They got to ride on my lap over to their barn... they were in heaven!!

Caleb and Noah with their new t-shirts on... just look at those bellies! :)

Got to ride a horse on the last day there, it was fun

Dawson and Avery on the horses... my Aunt Barb holding Caleb....

The boys watching the DVD screens on the way home... they liked them for awhile, it came in handy when they were getting really ancy

Noah and Caleb getting ready for their train ride at Storybook Island. Noah started crying immediately so I grabbed him out, then chased the train around because Caleb was okay as long as I was close...

The sprinklers where on when we got home and the boys were running through them immediately... and the clothes came off fast!