Sledding!!

We went to a near by park and did some sledding. Our neighbor Tristian went with us.

Palmer and Miles

Amy

Palmer and Miles

Rob

Amy

Miles liked slidding down the hill on his stomach like a penguin.

Miles talked Rob into giving it a try too.

Palmer

Miles and Tristian

Preston wasn't sure he wanted to go down the hill.

Mommy gave him a ride on the slower tube.

Then Daddy gave him a ride on the faster disk.

Then he wanted to go by himself.

" I wiped out!"

(He learned that phrase from his brothers! =)

Palmer mid-air!

Miles mid-air!

Rob mid-air!

We had a great time and we are hoping to go back tomorrow!

Snow!!!!

We woke up to snow on Sunday morning. Normally I would have to be at work at the church by 8am, but they needed Rob there to help clear the sidewalks instead. Preston had been sick the day before, so I didn't want to take him to church. I did let him go out in the snow for a few minutes with his brothers. We all love the snow!!!

Palmer getting ready to throw a snowball at the tree to knock snow off the branches.

Miles loves to make snow angels!

Preston

Palmer

Miles

Preston

Amy

Our house

Baby Matthew

Rob's brother Keith and his wife Dawn had a baby boy in November. His name is Matthew David. We think he is pretty cute and just had to share some pictures. Keith is stationed at Fort Lewis. It has been a lot of fun getting to know his new wife and step-daughter Marguerite. She is the same age as Miles and they get along great!

"Are these people ever going to stop taking pictures of me?"

Big yawn!!!

Uncle Rob and Matthew

Cute little foot!

I think he has the Kovach chin, mouth and cheeks.

Aunt Amy was feeding Matthew and had stopped to burp him when he startedt o fuss a little. Preston was very worried about him and insisted on helping to feed Matthew to help him feel better.

Getting ready for a diaper change

Matthew and Aunt Amy...I don't want more of my own, but I love holding other people's babies.

Matthew and Uncle Rob

Preston playing with his new cousin Marguerite, Dawn's daughter.

Uncle Keith bonding with his nephews while playing PS2.

Palmer is 10!!! Here he is having his birthday pumpkin pie.Mom and Preston decorated Palmer's locker at school. The green paper is a picture that Preston colored for his big brother.

Palmer chose Lily's Garden for his birthday lunch. Although they mostly serve Chinese food Palmer liks their chicken nuggets and french fries.

The boys in the lobby of Lily's Garden.

Daddy, Preston and Palmer eating lunch.

Grandma and Grandpa came to lunch with us also. Miles is sitting by Grandpa.

Halloween

The boys each chose a design for their pumpkins. Palmer and mom carved his "tri-boo" design. Miles and mom found the owl design on the internet and mom carved it. Preston wanted a happy face, so daddy carved the happy face for Preston.

Palmer decided to wear his costume from last year because he still liked it, so he was a ninja. Miles found a Lego Bionicle costume, but it was missing the mask. Luckily we had a mask that we bought years ago. Preston was going to be a horse. He was very excited about it. He then found the Spiderman costume in our costume box and changed his mind. Palmer had gotten this costume for his 4th birthday. It has been a much loved costume.

Here are the pumpkins all lit up.

Even though Rob had to work Halloween night he was able to get a few hours off to come with us around the neighborhood.

Preston really got into Halloween this year and loved the "rolly pops" (aka: lollipops).

The group of kids we went trick-or-treating with.

Preston with his mask on....oh, I mean Spiderman.

After we were done trick-or-treating in our neighborhood and Rob had gone back to work we headed up the Grandma and Grandpa's house for warm pumpkin pie. The boys also went out with Grandpa to trick-or-treat at a few houses. Later Uncle Trace came by with his boys, Michael and Daniel.