chase turns 4!

in january, chase turned 4. where did the time go? 

he is so incredibely fun. so talkative, so imaginative, 

such a fun personality to have around.

he adds so much joy to our lives.

i never imagined the love we would feel for these 

little people we're in charge of.

happy happy birthday chase!

chuck-e-cheese is probably the boys' favorite parts of their birthday

chase dislikes cake and ice cream, but he wanted to decorate cupcakes this year.

we had fun doing it, even though all he ate after was the icing and sprinkles! 

(he actually wanted a bowl of just icing and sprinkles. gross.)

he chose pizza for his birthday dinner. it's either that, or his other favorite, cheeseburgers!

judging by his fingers, we had cheetos too. he LOVES anything salty.

he also LOVES fire. 

one of the favorite gifts this year was geodes. 

they loved cracking them open and finding out what is inside.

jason said a hacksaw would be better so this huge one wouldn't crack into

a million pieces...but that didn't work. so we ended up hitting it with a hammer anyway.

happy birthday to the best 4 year old around!!

christmas!

christmas! what a fun time.

here are the boys before we let them see all the presents

opening their stockings

i realized i should have only bought chase fruit snacks for christmas....

i think those were his favorite gift.

grant taking a picture of us...

the craziness! (you can see chase already opened and put on his crunchy pants...)

jason using grandpa's gift...

reading lola's letter....

remote control helicopters! the only thing chase asked for. he LOVES these.

using grandpa's other gift....

it's quickly becoming a tradition to have silly string in the stockings, which the boys love.

poor chase was having a hard time getting his to work, but he was a good sport. 

mmmmm....breakfast casserole.

watching a christmas story....

jason trying to beat his perplexus gift from the boys....and a nice fire....

jason's gift from grandma! totally jason.

jason realizing "hey, the family in the movie is basically us!" hilarious.

proof i was there....

grant got geodes and a highlight was cracking them open. 

(everyone had such fun we want to get more for chase's 

birthday in a few days, but shhhh don't tell him.)

chase being his usual silly self, making faces and sitting in the highchair....

jason and grant playing math dice. we hope you had as much fun as we did!!!