A few weeks ago I received a quick email that went something like this, “What?  No pics of the boys??? xoxo Aunt Darlene” I was reminded of something that’s been nagging at me for months now – POST SOME PICS OF THE BOYS!  Of course, being the ever so lazy blogger that I am, I put it on my to-do list, hoping that I’d soon find the motivation to post .  Then last week I received this, “Where are more pics of the boys?  I would love to see them.  Hope you and the family are well.  xoxo, Aunt Darlene” Guilt began to set in – I mean there were relatives from across the country, heck, across the globe who were counting on me to give them updates on Christian & Aidan via this blog and dang, I was letting them down.  Shame on me!  OK, so maybe it wasn’t that serious (or maybe it was – we’ll let Aunt Darlene decide), but yeah, I’ve been slackin’ majorly with posting pics of my kiddos.  Truth be told, I don’t take many photos of them because they are undoubtedly my most challenging subjects and it’s a lot easier play with them than lug around my big beast of a camera in hopes of getting one good shot.  You don’t even want to know how many actual photos I’ve printed of them since their birth (hint: I can count them on two hands!).  Yes, I am that bad.  But enough about my incompetence as a mother blogger (or whatever you wanna call it!), time for the pictures.  Aunt Darlene, this post is for you!  I promise not to make you wait another 4 months for the next round of pics!

Pirates (we got our money’s worth out of these costumes):

Cheering their friends on at the school Trike-a-Thon:

Silly Aidan:

Making pumpkin bread:

This is the latest and greatest face they make (Aidan pictured here):

Christian on his first big boy bike:

Rock climbing birthday party:

Weeee!

Taking a break on an “adventure hike”:

Aidan:

Christian:

Their favorite place at Disneyland – the Fire House

Christian’s “Mom, I’m so over you and your camera” face:

My cutie pies: