Random Silliness

The other day Mason & Justin were eating lunch. Justin always finished first and usually runs off to play. However, the other day, Justin decided to hang around and help Mason finish up. I realized they were being so nice to each other (something that has become a rare occurrence at the Batty house). I couldn't help but share this nice little video....it makes a mother proud.

New Trucks

One of our favorite new birthday gifts were a pair of trucks from Tommy's aunt & uncle. They have both hammer and screw parts...which they love to play with. This is the first toy the boys have played with for more than 10 minutes. How great is that?

Halloween Pics

Well, it is a little late...but here are our pictures from Halloween. We somehow managed to not have our camera with us, but our friends saved the day.

Two months ago the boys picked out their costumes at Costco. Justin picked out a lion and Mason picked out an aligator. They hugged their costumes the entire day. Then, about two weeks before Halloween they became deathly afraid of wearing their costumes. (They do still like to throw them on the floor and make a mess with them though.) Mason cries "bite, bite" everytime we try to put the costume on him. (The little aligator head has some felt teeth.)

So, we decided our Batman PJs would have to do this year. For our ward Halloween party the boys both agreed to wear their black dress shoes, which at least matched. Of course, on Halloween night Justin wanted his white sneakers and Mason wanted his fireman rain boots. It wasn't the most glamorous get up...but the boys were happy.

We trick-or-treated for about 20 minutes total. At the first house we were very confused about the process. The boys wanted to keep ringing the doorbell (they are obsessed with buttons) and then ran into the house as soon as the door was opened. Then, they got the hang of the process and did much better. Except, their vision seemed to fail as soon as they saw the candy bowl. At 1/2 the houses we went to, both guys would trip right over the doorway the instant the candy dish appeared. It was hilarious!!!

We had a great Halloween and we are glad we had great friends to share it with!

Anniversary Weekend

We had a really, really great weekend! Thanks to Justin & Tiffany for watching the boys. We got to go to Oregon. We left Saturday morning and went to Portland to a "Dave Ramsey live event". If you have talked to us about money in the last 6 months, I am sure Dave's name has come up. You are probably sick of hearing us say, "Well, Dave says...". However, Dave Ramsey is THE MAN! We had a really great time. Listening to the radio show & following the Dave's plan as really made us smarter (and happier) about money. Here is a link to his site...if you want to change your life!

http://www.daveramsey.com/

We left the conference yesterday evening and headed out to the Oregon Coast. It was so beautiful! The forest is the dense & green. The fall colors were so pretty. We stayed in a small hotel right on the ocean. The was a small river that ran into the ocean...right outside our room! There were hundred of pelican and seagulls congregated at this spot and we watched them all morning. We also found the famous "Goonie Rocks". They were actually just on either side of our hotel...within walking distance. The whole experience was surreal. We loved it!

Our kids are geniuses...ok, maybe not!

We love it how parents always think their kids are SO smart. We think are kids are great...but at this point, we aren't saving money for Harvard tuition!

Here is a fun video showing how smart & cute our boys are. They have quite a few of their books memorized.

Here is another video...showing just how special we are!

Birthday Fun

We had a party this week at Chuck E Cheese for the boy's birthday. Everyone had a really fun time. Justin liked the rides...especially Bob the Builder. Mason's real passion was the "money". All he wanted to do was get more coins so he could load them into the games. Also, Mason is not a fan of the mouse. He was pretty much terrified. Thanks to all of our friends who came and celebrated with us.

Just a side note...the little girl next to Justin is Ava! She is our friend from the NICU. She was born 1 oz lighter and 1 week later than the boys. We are happy to report she is a happy, healthy two year old that our boys are infatuated with!!!