Brant the red nose baby...

My Brant... He is just a mess. I thank God for him everyday, but he is a handful.  We went over to my friend Kristie's house one night when Billy was scouting and she has a huge playroom up stairs.  I get nervous because Brant does not know about stairs and how to come down them safely, but rest assured this picture is not because of a fall down the stairs.  Brant loves football, especially TACKLING, and guess what..., he decided to tackle his friend Bryson, and ended up with a bloody nose...  What is even more crazy is that he did not shed one tear.... He is tough!!!  I also got a cute picture of the boys... Slade, Will, Brant, and Bryson.

November love

Brant loves to build towers.  

Then knock them down!

The other day, Brant got real sneaky.  We were at my parent's house and he closed the door to the living room.  We went into the kitchen and he had gotten down the Nestle Quik and was using a spoon to just eat the powder.  Then, at home, he climbed in our pantry and was eating the marshmallows!!  He loves his sweets!!!!

Go Godley Wildcats!  We made it to the 2nd round in the playoffs this year, and then lost to Tatum.  It was very sad, but the boys LOVE football season.  Here Slade is holding up his "W"!

 My sweet love bugs!

 Now with Coach!

 TACKLE!

 Trophy Time!

Haircuts and Halloween

 Happy Halloween!!

 We got Brant a Spiderman costume and he looks great!!  

Slade wanted to be a pirate, so I bought him a Jake and the Neverland Pirate's costume.  I thought he would fit in the 4yr-6yr size, but I was wrong...  He looks like a ballet dancer.  Billy had a fit about how small it was.   

Sooo.... Billy took him to Target and bought him his 2nd costume of the season.. A Ninja Turtle!!! He looks tough now!!!

The Pirate costume was just Brant's size. :)

Brant and his two best friends!!  Pocohantas and Scooby Doo.  Aka... Marysa and Zane.

I cut the boy's hair, they were getting a little shaggy..

Slade's new cut.

 Brant all trimmed up!

Our life in a nutshell. September-October

We are off and running with school.  Brant had to create a place mat with picture of our family.  He absolutely LOVES it.  He did not want to leave it at school.  The teachers laminated it and then they eat on it every day.  He thinks he is a football man, so he just had to put all football pictures on it.

This is the funniest picture of Brant.  His teachers made a laminated sheet of all the kids in his class, and this is the picture they chose.  Billy thinks he looks like "The Shining."  

The big cow on FM 1187.  We had to have a picture.

 Brant thinks he is a "Football Man" as he calls it.  We found this uniform and he asks to wear it daily.  Also, before we go to sleep at night, he prays for the football mans, the wildcat, helmets, footballs, basically anything to do with football.

 Touchdown!!!

 I have had the opportunity to eat lunch with Slade a few times during the school year.  He always wants his friend Cole to eat with us.  

 Slade CAN READ!!!!  This was his first book that he read!!! Yay!! We are so proud.

 Brant on picture day.  I fixed his hair and his friend Marysa walked up to him and patted his hair. I think they are all used to his wild hair.

Football,Football, Football!!

Football is here and Slade and Brant couldn't be more excited! They love to go to the games. Slade is actually starting to get the game and will tell me when we get a first down and what direction we need to go to get a touch down.  Brant just likes watching the football players and seeing the big wildcat that they run through.  Last game, the mascot wildcat scared Brant to death and he will not get close to him. Brant was on the bleachers and I saw the wildcat approaching and Brant screamed and tried to jump off the stairs!! Good thing I caught him.  He also does not like the trainer Duke.  Duke has a big red beard and Brant will see him on the field and say, "There is Duke."  He will not get close to him!!  Brant is also so in LOVE with football. When we go to sleep at night he prays every night for the wildcat, the football man, and the coach house.   My mom took him to see Billy the other night when I was out of town and he told her, "This is the coach house, where my daddy lives."  

Brant

He is soo silly!! He put on Poppy's glasses!

He likes to hid in the covers.

And he likes to dance!!!

Club House

We finally got a playhouse!!!  We did not tell Slade or Brant until Billy pulled up with it.  Slade lost it! He was so excited, he was just jumping up and down.  Then, when Brant woke up, he saw them putting it together and ran outside!!!  They just love swinging on the swings and playing in the clubhouse up top!

Cozumel

We got to spend some time away from the boys this year and go to Cozumel with our neighbors. It was a lot of fun.  The boys spent the time with my parents, and had a great time.  The best thing about our hotel was there was free wifi, so I got to keep in touch with them. My mom would send me pictures of t the sweet things they did.

Here we are on the plane ready to land.

 In Cozumel, you fly in and then have to walk on the tarmac to the airport. It was fun flying over Playa Del Carmen and seeing all the resorts.  

 The cruise ship terminal was a few miles from our hotel, and the cruise ships would pass by in the evenings on their way out to sea.

 Billy enjoying a drink at the swim up bar.

 Billy paddleboarding.  

 We went to Paradise Beach one day, and they had all these fun things in the water. We played all morning long.

 Us at Paradise Beach.

 Our hotel.

 While we were in Cozumel, the boys did fun things like, color outside.

 color inside,

 lick beer salt,

 make muffins,

 play ball, 

 drink chocolate milk,

 play at Mere and Poppies,

and play games outside!