First Weekend of 2011

Well, here we are two days into a brand new year, and, as always, I am left wondering where the previous one went. It was such a wonderful year for our family! I know it will take me at least a month of writing/typing "2010" to finally realize that it is, in fact, 2011. Always does.

Our family rang in the new year in a big way -- sound sleep! That's right; the Braly babes were tucked in by 7:30, and Mommy and Daddy put themselves to bed just before 10:00. We're wild, we know. The four of us awoke on Saturday refreshed and ready to relax some more! We had no daytime plans, so we spent most of the morning camped out in the basement playing construction trucks, trains, and Legos, and watching the Rose Bowl parade. 

Exercising those leg muscles!

Loves this book we got Porter got for Christmas.

Making faces with Daddy.

Finishing Mommy's coffee.

(I promise it was empty, but he insisted there was still some left.)

"Good to the last drop!"

The best I could get of both my boys.

Ready to cheer on the Sooners later that night.

After the kiddos woke up from their afternoon naps, we had plans to hang out with our friends the Buchanans. Kaiser was so excited to spend time with Mr. Dave and "Christmas" (what he calls Kristen).  He just loves them both! We got to their place a little after Kaiser's dinner time, so we all dug right into the pizza we'd picked up on the way over there. After finishing his meal, Kaiser got into some of the toys and books I'd brought along to entertain him. He enjoyed showing off his new little CAT construction trucks and wanted to read his Tag Jr. books with Christmas. 

Our big boy was really well behaved, so we eventually let him have a couple of treats. With us as his mommy and daddy, he was destined to have a serious sweet tooth!

This clearly was the kind that melts in your hand, not in your mouth!

Finger-lickin' good!

It looks like we let him drink from a chocolate fountain, but I promise it was only one Hershey kiss.

And yes, we let him have a lollipop, too.

Kaiser was thrilled when Christmas brought out their Rock Band drum set and let him go to town.

"Just so you know, I go to music class. Prepare to be impressed!"

He also enjoyed a back rub from Mr. Dave while kicking back in his friend Austin's car seat. (The Edwardses, who live right downstairs, are currently out of town.)

"This is the life!"

Crossing his leg like Daddy.

Kaiser and Porter were both asleep by a bit after 8pm, and the adults were left up to visit, eat ice cream, and watch football. After seeing TCU beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl, we cheered on the Sooners in the Tostitos Bowl, which didn't start until 8:30 (Darn you Eastern Time Zone!). Brett and I had anticipated leaving at halftime, but were awake and having such a great time with our friends, we ended up staying until almost the end. It was great to see OU beat UConn, but by the time we packed up, headed home with the boys, and crawled into bed, it was almost 1am. Pretty late for a couple who didn't even make it to midnight on New Year's Eve!

Today was another relatively quiet day. We went to the late service at church and got to hear some awesome life change stories from this past year. Then we came home for lunch and nap/work time. When the boys woke up, we had some playtime before Skyping with YaYa and eating dinner.

 Looking sharp in his Puma outfit.

Schooling Little Brother on construction trucks.

 Admiring Big Brother's bulldozer.

Kaiser enjoyed some more time in the basement with just Mommy and Daddy while Porter catnapped before bath.

 Pretending to go "night night" in his doggie tent.

 Playing with the Lego helicopter Daddy made.

Working on his copter sound effects.

I am so thankful to start the year off right with a great weekend with my boys. We are anxious to see what awesome things God has in store for our family in 2011!