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Avery, Isaac & Zach ice skating with no help for the first time!

Merry Christmas from the engineers

Avery and Isaac with their new electric trains.

Avery bustin' out to Frosty the Snowman

Avery busting out some dance moves to Frosty the Snowman by the One Man Band!

One man band!

Avery and Isaac at their preschool with the One Man Band singing Christmas songs.

Avery's pick

So Julie needed some new work shoes.....these were Avery's pick for his Mommy!

Fishing!

Avery Isaac & Crew all fishing at the fish hatchery by Aunt Wendy's and Uncle Tim. They actually reached in and caught fish with their bare hands. The were laughing so hard it was a riot!

Sleeping with your twin

New Fort

The Buddies cutting windows into their new fort we built out of moving boxes.

Zoo!

Having fun in the tidal pool!

Sea Lions

Buddies seeing sea lions for the first time at the zoo at its new exhibit!

Buddies at a field trip

We need riot control!

Texting from a 4 year old perspective

So as we were discussing Avery's tree and replanting it and Isaac said, "We should send God a text to make it rain and help the tree". Does anyone have His number because Isaac needs it.

Gymnastics

Avery and Isaac learning about the vault pit on their first day I gymnastics.

First Tee ball game!

An inspirational moment without wheels!

Isaac, inspired by the story of Bobo and Matilda, asked if he could ride without his training wheels.  Alas he is now a "big boy" on a two wheel bike!!

No training wheels!

Isaac his first time without training wheels!

First day of Pre-K !!

The Buddies getting ready to go in on their first day of Pre- Kindergarten!  It was much harder for Mommy and Daddy to see them start.  We said we were getting ready to leave and they looked up for about 1/2 a second and said Bye! and went right back to playing with their new friends!  No separation anxiety for them at all....

Safey safety

Isaac doing his usual preflight safety review on our flight leaving the Bahamas. We don't why but he likes to "read" the safety card on every plane!

Barracuda in the Bahamas!

Isaac sanding out the squirrel bites!

Isaac wanted to help sand out all the squirrels bite marks.  OSHA approved and all (except the age of course!)  He kept taking his hands off to make sure the virbration wasn't hurting him!

A brand new butterfly'

This butterfly just emerged!

Avery playing a violin!

Isaac playing a violin!

Backlight golf in SLC!

Birthday Crew!

Uncle Lloyd, Avery & Isaac.

Riding the San Fran Carousel!

Riding the trolley!

Hanging out on Lombard St!

Mud Glorious mud!

Gardener 2

Isaac trying out his green thumb at the Botanical Gardens.

Gardeners

Avery digging at the Botanical Gardens

Boys will be boys.

Not to compete with is cousin but Avery was at the spray park and slipped smacking his chin on the ground. A slight contusion on his eye and three stitches on the chin later and we are back in action, almost.

Trucks at the beach.

Boys at Corolla Beach, NC

Quote

So Isaac doesn't want to shower all the sand off so Avery says, "Isaac if you want to stay at the Cozy Cone ya' gotta' be clean!"

Building castles

Fathers Day & the beach

"Mom, Mom. So here's the deal. If we leave right now and go to the beach I will sing the fireman song all the way home". Avery to Julie right after singing the Fathers day song in sacrament meeting.

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We got to pick or own outfit!

The Buddies at Tori's B-Day party

Dancing in the rain!

Who can resist a little rain dance in a summer storm?!!

Love bed head in the morning!!

Generations

This is the Buddies with Linda Johnson. She did this race/parade in 1940 as a little girl and was the Master of Ceremonies this year!

Memorial Day Bike parade!

Hoppin' on the Frog!

Monkeying around!

Smoothie mustache 2!

Smoothie mustaches!

Hop, hop, hopping!

Cat in the Hat!

This Cat had no idea who he just met! The Buddies were so excited to see him they couldn't stop laughing and hugging and teasing and chasing the Cat in the Hat for a full 5 minutes!!!

The Cat in the Hat meets his match!

Summer time!....almost!

Enjoying the pool at Grandma & Grandpa's house!

Huckleberry Finn (Avery) and the new green cast on his leg!  

Spinning on Aunt Tracy's swing set!

Our teepee we built

Future basketball stars?

Crash and smash 'em!

Hi Mommy! We are playing crash up on the slide with Roman!

Friction!

We are learning about inclines and friction today!

Ribs and okra

Full side of okra and six ribs!

Final treasure!

Treasure hunt station 9

Treasure hunt station 8

Treasure Hunt station 5

Treasure hunt !!

Cranking on the xylophone

Who says its cold?'

Siesta at Playgroup!

Calming effect

A rare moment of calm brought to us by a Stake Conference broadcast from SLC!