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                                          Dylan one day old.... Camp Pendleton, CA
                                                (huge bruise on his forehead and all)

Dylan turned 8 on March 27th. At 9:23 a.m. to be exact. I cant believe he is already eight and in 2nd grade... wasnt he just born like yesterday?! Wow time sure flies when you're havin' kids! We celebrated all day long! All of us were up at 6:30 a.m. (on a Saturday) and Dylan opened all his birthday cards and his gift that came in the mail. He enjoyed a morning of video games! Dylan has also been begging to get a new haircut for his bday, so Chad took him... Ethan and I got busy baking! They also stopped by Sonic on the way home for Dylan's free honor roll slushee! Then we took our boys + cousin Jayce to play at Chuck E. Cheese... afterwards home for cupcakes & the BIG present! Can we say SPOILED?!!!!

Ethan was a big help... taste testing anyway.

He wanted no part in holding the mixer! Can you tell?!

Ethan thinks everyone needs help blowing out the candles on their birthday!

                      Aiden got in on the cake eatin' too!                       

                                                           The Present. Very exciting!

Chad showing Dylan how to load the gun.

The end... of a very good birthday!

Goobers!

*Yes we know.... our weeds are disgusting! We're workin on that.

His day finally came!

Dylan's regular yearly eye exam.

Except one thing... he needs a prescription this time around.
And this kid could not have been happier! Very surprising to me.
He picked out several to try on.... and here were his 2 faves:


pair numero uno {the silver rims}

pair numero dos {the red rims}

pair #2... come with a sunglasses attachment.

That sealed the deal. Dylan picked these for their Rockstar appeal.

He LOVES them!

Now we just need to get this kid some braces!

Beevo Lody.... got more teeth than he got body!

It's been awhile....

...but we are back by POPULAR DEMAND!!!!


We have about a thousand updates coming at you today... I will try to post the short .n. sweet version.

My Grandfather, George F. Horst passed away November 18, 2009

I love him. He was my hero growing up.

The 'Horst' Family.... at his memorial.
Our little family...

On Jan 21, 2010.... My Mom, My Pop's old business partner, Tom and his wife, Mimi went up in Tom's private plane... to fulfill my grandpa's wish of having his ashes scattered.

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Heathen Ethan is still just as crazy as ever....

And he turned {T-H-R-E-E} December 24th!!!
I cannot believe how time flies! Wasn't he born just yesterday?!

Mister Aiden, our dork-in-training is doing all sorts of new stuff, including solving the rubik's cube! He also has more hair than in this picture. He's mastered crawling, pulling up, standing, cruising... he has a tooth (finally)... and is pretty much the sweetest little guy on the face of this earth. Totally Ethan's opposite! haha

Dylan, now he is "RICH" according to him and he recently rescued two kittens from the pound.

The orange one is Sergeant Tibbs & the grey one is Storm. The boys love them!

Aiden had a memorable 1st Valentine's day... his finger was smashed in a hinge of our bathroom door by an older brother and I wont name any names but it was surely a heathen child. haha. We spent the day in the ER getting x-rays (that showed he indeed had a broken finger), stitches & all that fun stuff. But mister Aiden is a trooper I tell you!

We have had snow here over the past few months like a million times. Well, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration... it's officially snowed 6 times! Thats crazy considering we live in west Texas! One day they cancelled school & work (at the airport). So we had an all family snow day...

Dylan & Ethan with our Vampire/Warrior Snowman.

Snowball fight! Dont worry Dylan got him back.

The End of our adventures for now.