January in a nutshell

Kolton and Brady went to go see Big Hero 6.  Kolton apparently loved it and thought it was so funny! He had a great time with his Dad!

 Brady and I worked on our frame!! We took to pieces of molding, nailed them together, did all the cuts, all the gluing, all the nailing, and all the painting and glazing.  It is pretty cool to think we totally made our frame! :) I love it!!

 Kolton stayed up until midnight on New Year's Eve!! He's crazy! We had the Himes and Widdisons over to play games and eat tons of yummy food.  They left around 10.  Then, though, Dylen and Emily came over and stayed until a little after midnight.  So, here is what Kolton looked like at midnight on New Year's Eve, welcoming in 2015! :)

 We went and ate at Toby Keith's with Brady's parents and Maddi right before she flew back to Utah.  Brady really likes their food!

 This is the car carrying case Bentley got.  He loves to carry it around at church (we use it to carry his snacks and toys and such). 

 Oh this sweet, chubby little man likes to wake up after napping in his crib for about 30-45 minutes and then will promptly fall back asleep on me for another hour or two! I have such a struggle with this habit because I love, love the snuggling and the time holding this sweet, sleeping baby but sometimes I need to get things done! Haha. 

 Little stinker was pretty proud of himself for finding the raisens! :)

 Ok, this was funny.  So, I took a picture of Bentley with the raisens and then Kolton said, "Take a picture of me with some food too!" Haha.  So, he got his donuts and I snapped a picture.  Then he said, "take a picture of me like this....and like this..." Oh he is so funny!

 SO, my mom flew in on Sunday, the 19th.  I'm so sad I don't have hardly any pictures of her here!! But we had so much fun! Kolton was entirely spoiled...like completely!! Every waking moment she spent playing games with Kolton or drawing with him or watching a movie to go to bed.  Haha. 

Monday, we went to the zoo.  It was pretty nice weather and quite a few of the animals were active.  I like it when they are moving around and are alive! :)

 

 We ate out a lot and went to Chuck E Cheese and played around at home.  We went to Kolton's practices and games and just had a great week! We also went bowling.  We went to HeyDey but the wait was like 2 hours for a lane so we headed down to Sooner Bowling in Norman.  It was a lot of fun!

 It was so sad dropping her off at the airport.  Kolton, especially, had a really hard time with it.  He cried that evening and then cried a lot the next day.  It was sad. 

 Monday was beautiful weather and so I took Bentley out to play on the trampoline.  He LOVED it!

 One evening we were at the mall and Brady said he was pretty sure he just saw Sanchez (he plays football for OU).  He was in a store but when he came out I recognized him too.  So, after they came out of the next store I stopped them and asked if they played for OU and if the guy on the left was indeed Sanchez.  They said yes and the other two guys said they play as DE for OU.  We recognized Tapper (on the right) but didn't know who the guy in the middle was.  I feel so bad, but Kolton thought it was so cool to get his picture with them.  And they seriously were so nice! I was very impressed!

 I put Bentley on the stool next to Kolton one morning and boy did he think he was cool! :)

 It felt like 0 on Sunday, but we are ready for spring! Haha. 

 Seriously, how handsome are these boys?! I love it!!

 Bentley is a snuggler and loves his face/head to be touching your face/head. It is sweet. 

 Bentley sure is getting good at climbing! Haha.  He finds anything he can to climb on to and stand or sit on.  Its scary! :)

Kolton's 7th Birthday

Kolton is in love with Just Dance.  While Maddi was here over Christmas break she came over quite a few times and played it with Kolton.  They would play for hours! Like, seriously! Haha. 

We ordered a large picture of our family and I was so excited when it came in! Brady and I made a frame for it but I'll include that in a different post.  Our picture is 24x36 so it is by far the largest family portrait we've had.  Haha. 

 I love looking outside when it snows.  It is just so pretty! 

 Kolton had a wonderful birthday! I had forgotten to buy cinnamon rolls on Saturday, so early Monday morning I got up and ran to Walmart real quick to pick some up before he woke up.  We ate them for breakfast and then Brady headed to work. 

 

 We headed to Chuck E Cheese in the morning after Bentley took his nap.  Kolton was excited to use his gift card he got for Christmas. 

 We then picked up pizza on our way home for his birthday lunch.  :) He is one spoiled boy!

 When Brady came home from work for lunch we let Kolton open his presents. He was dying to do it! :)  

 We kind of went with a Thunder theme for his birthday gifts this year.  On Amazon I found this mini fathead of Kevin Durant and then it had some Thunder logos and such for $27.  I couldn't believe it and had to get it for him! The Durant is 3 1/2 feet tall so it is definitely smaller than the real fatheads but so is the price! :) Kolton loved it and that is what matters!

 He also got a Thunder clock and some KD socks.  He was pretty excited about those!

 And then Daddy had the gift of all gifts...new KDs that are the "original" colors.  Kolton's other KDs were getting small and they weren't very grippy anymore either so Brady wanted to surprise him with new ones and he totally did!

 He also got some Thunder basketball shorts. He had to try it all on and see how it looked! :)

 My parents gave him this coloring set that has a book with it that has race cars you can color and then scan on your phone or tablet and drive the car you designed.  It is pretty cool and Kolton loves doing it but is very particular how the cars are colored and designed and is skeptical about letting other people color in it.  Haha.  Bentley figured out it made a fun box to stand on while brother was trying on his new clothes.  ;)

 I made Kolton this quilt. I spent hours and hours working on it to make sure it turned out perfect.  There are still a couple flaws but overall I'm happy with how it turned out.  Kolton was surprised to see it. 

I worked hard to make sure all the boxes were the exact same size to make sure when it was sewn that all the corners would match up. 

 And then I pinned it very carefully.  Seriously, I was very particular with it all. 

 Then my friend Sarah came over and helped me tie it.  That took an entire day.  From the time Kolton went to school in the morning until right before he got home I was working on tying it and then I did the binding. 

 I made it big enough for him to put in on his bed if he wanted (which he does).  I'm so glad I finally made the blanket for him! I've been wanting to do it for years! Hopefully it withstands the tests of time and lasts him a good long time. 

 

 That night we went to Red Robin for dinner. Our waitress ended up being Camille (the woman who owns Diesel--the stud dog we used with our Danes) so that was fun. 

 We had them come sing to Kolton and he was so embarrassed.  It was hilarious!!

 It was a great evening!

On Thursday, the 1st, we celebrated Kolton and Maddi's birthdays.  Kolton got a Toys R Us gift card and a Westbrook jersey. 

 

We had Kolton's birthday party the following Saturday, the 3rd.  We originally had it scheduled for the 27th of December but only one person could come that day so we pushed it to the next Saturday.  And lucky for Kolton, everyone he invited could come that day so it worked out perfectly!

 We made a Just Dance bracket and had the kids play.  It was cute to watch! 

 We then played a few minute to win it games.  I think the boys really enjoyed them.  One that we did was the Cheetos head one.  One partner wore a shower cap with shaving cream on it and the other teammate threw Cheetos on the.  Bentley loved this game too because then he went around and ate the Cheetos that fell.  Haha.  We also made paper airplanes and threw them through holes in a poster board.  Different size holes were worth more or less points depending on the size.  We also threw cotton balls in a cup.  Then we had three balloons and the kids had to keep all three up off the ground as long as they could. The longest was Kolton's team and they only last 20 seconds.  Haha.  We also played a game of "Gotcha" with Bentley's little hoop he got for Christmas. 

 I made cupcakes for the kids and we skipped ice cream.  Too much mess.  Haha. 

Oh, he is just so handsome!! What a special little 7 year old!

 Here's the group.  There's London, Sutton (friend from school), Kolton, Beckett (friend from church and soccer), Ryley (in the front, friend from basketball), Andrew (church), Pierson (front), and Parker (friend from school).  It was a great group.  After cupcakes they played the Wii and basketball.  It was a lot of fun and the perfect way to celebrate such a sweet boy turning 7!