iddy biddy basketball

The month of November brought Roman's first organized but chaotic basketball.  Each saturday, he went and played with other 3 year olds learning the basics. Tyler was able to coach these young little kids. Fun to see and Rome loved it :)

my buddy through each saturday :)

If they made their baskets at the end of the day, they got a sucker- total highlight!

Lexington

In October, we went to Lexington to celebrate the life of Kerwin's wife Lois.  She had been battling lung cancer since he and Lois began dating and passed away in October. 

We were so grateful for the time we were able to know her and to spend time with her. 

Picture from their wedding:

The whole Dees clan went up to Lexington for a week.  We were able to be there for all of the events surrounding the funeral and to just spend time with each other and with Kerwin.

The visitation- it was so neat to see the influence that Lois had on her community. 

Traveling with two boys was tricky for the 14 hour drive...

Sleepy boys:

Rome got little driving presents throughout the trip to keep things new.  His fave was spider man.

The hotel was great- had a huge pool with playing area.  For our crazy, wild kids this was a huge benefit!

Rome loved being one of the boys with his older cousins.  He hung in pretty well with their hard playing.

We were able to sneak away from it all and spend some time at a park after lunch.

Fall 2013

This year for Halloween, The boys were key characters from one of Tyler's favorite movies.  Anchorman.  This December, the sequel comes out and so it was the perfect time for our boys to be Ron Burgandy and his dog, Baxter.

The costume was crazy to do.  I couldn't find a red suit that was less then 100$.  NO way I was going to spend that.  So I had the idea to go thrifting and then sew it down to size.  I found a women's size 18 that was PERFECT.  Looked exactly like what I had envisioned.  So I bought it and some pants and started cutting.  It turned out perfect! So excited to see it happen!

Rome didn't know what to think at first at being Ron Burgandy- but now, anytime he sees him on the advertisement, he says, "mommy, its me, Ron Burgandy!"

Gray got to be Baxter the dog- and I think he was the cutest little dog ever.  Such a sweetie! I love the pics of Rome and Gray together.  Sweet brothers! Gray had just started walking a few weeks prior to halloween so it was fun to see him teeter around :)

The Swansons came to the church festival with us. Sloane was the spitting image of Boo from monsters Inc.  I happen to think Sloane made a better Boo then Boo did :)

Halloween night, we went trunk or treating and gray and rome were spidermen. Fun to see my sweet boys!

 we carved a pumpkin together:)

We went to a pumpkin patch together while tyler was gone. it was a fun day with the swansons!