The Isaksonian

Shockingly, I am posting a blog blurb! This blog has been sorely neglected--I blame it entirely on instagram (better said, it's not my fault). Since I can't locate my itouch, I've decided to fall back on my old pal, almost a relic of the past, the blog. It's only been a year and a half. What can happen in that itty bitty amount of time? Well, for the sake of all involved, I won't try to summarize. However, I do want to put up some pics of recent events.

And on to exciting events of the last month or so:

In mid-November, we had a fun visit from my friend Shannon, my cousin Clarissa, and Clarissa's little girl, Felicity. Shannon and Clarissa played in a soccer tournament and won it all! Such good times with these ladies.

Miles had a belated Harry Potter sleepover, complete with nerdy glasses craft and backyard flashlight scavenger hunt. Everyone seemed to do fine sleeping in the fort...except for Miles, who came in our room at 10 to ask if he could just sleep in his own bed because the kids were keeping him up. What a grandpa! (No offense to grandpas who may be reading this.)

Miles's favorite b-day present: Daisy Sleepyface Dinuea Dig Isakson. He's getting better and better at taking care of her, and figuring out her favorite things...
 ...like burrowing in piles of leaves when I'm raking.

 Some battles were on land, others at sea...using pea pod boats.
We had a fun (but short) camping trip with our friends from church. Not unlike dogs who've been cooped up for days on end, the boys ran around crazily for the first while and settled into steady, constant adventure/explore mode.


 We have lots more adventures planned for the summer: trips to Utah and California and more local hiking and camping. Summer rules!

Today Brian turned 37. Zoinks! We ate a high-protein breakfast because Brian loves to get his protein, he opened some presents, and tonight we had a chili dog dinner. We'll do more celebrating this week I'm sure. I predict 37 will be a great year for our dear sweet Bri-bri!

 being chased by Grandpa,
 eating turkey and other yummy stuff,
 visiting the Farm and Ranch Historical Museum and other fun attractions in Las Cruces,
 adding feathers to  our "Thankful Albu-turkey,"
 making a gingerbread choo-choo with Grandma,
 and lots of frolicking in the leaves out back.
Not pictured above: all the help my parents did around the house. Thanks for a great visit, Mom and Dad A!

Miles is really into the science center he received for his birthday and just finished the dino dig today. And he's now lost 3 teeth. I love the little change in his articulation, especially when he tries talking about Ghostbusters--those "st" combos are pretty tricky with big holes in your teeth!

 ...ate lunch including hot dogs and green slime punch...
 ...made Stay Puft marshmallow man hats (only lasted minutes on their heads)...
 ...and created edible marshmallow men (and one horse thing) to take home.
They also played a couple games, then spent the remainder of the party time running around crazily. A fun time was had by all--except maybe for the big people who had to make sure that "running around crazily" didn't equate total destruction to the house!

We always do special sprinkled number pancakes for the boys' bday morning breakfasts. Can't believe this guy is 7 already!
 He had fun reading his candy gram and opening presents.
Overall, he had super fun birthday festivities, including going to Fuddruckers followed by a mommy date to the swimming pool!