Crosby's pics Spring/Summer 2018

 Some pics of Cros:

 I helped chaperone a Kindergarten field trip. The kids made valentines for some people at a nursing home and then delivered them.  

 If Cros was 100 years old:) 

 Cros LOVES to dress up and he lost lots of teeth this past year. 

 Viking Pride awards

 Dressing up and entertaining 

 I'm not sure if Cros will want to play football but he loves to dress like a player!

 Cros and his good buddy Ben 

 Cros got very sick this winter and was struggling to breath and coughing lots. 

 "I love you to the moon and back, Jack" 

 Blue eyes

 Crosby will often crawl up on the counter to get a coffee cup down and then pour Tim and cup and bring it to him in bed! 

 Twinning

 Mother's Day gift:)

 Cros came home with quite a few love notes from girls in his class:)

"Love Harlee. Do you want to be boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"I love you do you love me back?" 

 Art by Cros 

 Crosby is our most fashion conscious kid! He's always looking sharp!  

 Sporting a pony tail:)

 "My uncle is famous because he plays in Trampled by Turtles."  

I came in the kitchen and found Cros up here. "Hey Mom, want to bake?!"

Quotes from Cros:

I was eating lunch at school with Crosby and he gets to pick a friend to sit with us. He hasn't picked yet and a girl sat down with us. Afterwards I asked why he didn't tell her he had picked someone else. "I didn't want to break her heart!"

When eating out at a restaurant, Crosby went to the bathroom. He came out with a big smile on his face: "Guys! I found two lucky pennies! On the floor in the Men's Room!"

Cooper's pics Spring/Summer 2018

 A couple pics of Cooper:

 Cooper had basketball practice on his birthday. Afterwards we went out for icecream and they ate it outside in the FREEZING COLD.  

 "I will be old. I can ride a motorcycle. I will have a beard. I will be in the army and a beatboxer and I do not say bad words. I might live in Sioux Falls. I will have a lot of friends. I will name them Beau, Isaac, Reid, Jaxson, Brody and Kieper." (Those are the names of all of his current buddies) 

 Bikes on snow!

 I came downstairs one day and found Cooper well armed!  

 Blue eyes

 "Today I am sick. I have to stay home with my dad! I am so glad."

 "Football is better than tennis because in football you have big muscles. In tennis you do not. If football you use a football but in tennis you use a little ball. In football you throw and tackle. In tennis you swing a racket." This boy LOVES football!

 Coops and his infamous 6 pack 

 I looked over at Cooper one day in church and he was drawing this. EEEK 

 Spring school pic 

 Sweet note Coops left on my desk

 He wanted to sneak up on the brothers and see if they would recognize him. 

 Hanging with his best buddy Isaac

 Loving life!

Wearing Papa's clothes!

Cooper's quotes:

"Mom, I'm champing these spelling words like a boss!"

After stepping on a Lego one day he yelled out: "Cornelius Fudge!" (A character from Harry Potter)

Cooper: "Mom, is there a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow?"
Me: "No"
Cooper: "Maybe though?"
Me: "No"
Cooper: "But what if a person put a pot of gold on the ground at the end of a rainbow?"
(He will never back down or lose a debate)

Cooper to Papa when Papa took off his shirt: "Nice one pack, Papa!"

Carter: "S'up Bruh?"
Cooper: "Don't call me bra!"
Carter: "Not BRA! I said Bruh! Like Bro."
Cooper: "It's too close. Let's go with Bro!"

Carter's pics Spring/Summer 2018

 A couple pics and updates from Carty Man... 

 Crosby did a couple rounds of swim lessons and most of the time he preferred to read on the pool deck over swimming:)

 One of his many Viking Pride awards 

 A mega beyblade. Carter is always creating with Legos

 Mr. Blue eyes 

"When I am 100 I will look old and wrinkly and have messed up hair and I'll be messy and always have a smile. I will have 3 grandchildren and a cabin and a lake and a walking stick and a watch and glasses. I will be dirty and clumsy, nice and grateful. WOW it's crazy to imagine what life will be like in 100 years."

 Wart removal 

 Mother's Day gifts

 Some art projects from school 

 Spring school pics

 Carter spent lots of time on the tramp this summer and got his flip down! 

 Loving Life

 Supporting his friend Brody's dad who is running for sheriff

Carter got to go to two UND hockey games this winter!

  Carter made himself a bitmoji on my phone!

 The cold and snow won't stop him! 

 When we were in NJ, Carter texted and sent Marcos (video messages) to his two buddies, Sawyer and Tyson

A couple quotes from Carty Man:

For his St. Patrick's Day project at school Carter wrote: "If I found a pot of gold I would buy a million Bibles to give to people all around the world so they could hear the Word of God!"

Questions at bedtime:

"Will we actually get to watch God defeat Satan?"

"If Abraham was alive before Jesus, how were his sins forgiven?"

"If God can't be in the presence of sin and Abraham died before Christ could pay for his sins, what happened to Abraham between his death and Christ's death?"

"How is it possible that God doesn't have a beginning? Can you explain that to me?"

Me: "Hey kids, who do you think would be most likely to get a tatoo in our family?"

Carter: "Cooper John. He'd get a skull with a dagger through it."

(Guess they've talked about it:) )

Carter occasionally will talk about cool cars he dreams up. I told him he should design it and make it himself someday. His response: "Oooooooh! Then I'd get a discount!"