Kiernan's first birthday!

he he he, it's my birthday!
















present opening!













Chocolate cake eating














Tobias and Alex, post cake.














Birthday boy and family.












































These were the cupcakes I had so much fun making!














This is the same birthday hat Tobias wore for his first birthday, but Kiernan had a much more dramatic reaction to it than Tobias did! He was not pleased.














Then he got food and he was fine :)














yummmmm

Colorado!

I was blessed enough to go on a five day trip to visit my dear friends, the Colwills, in Colorado, with no kids! It was amazing. I missed the boys, but it was really fun to be on my own for a few days doing fun stuff! One of the highlights from the trip was seeing the Denver Art Museum and it was awesome! I got to see a real life Picasso and I think it was legal for me to take a photo of it :)



















This was a giant sculpture in front of the museum. Good reminder not to litter.















This was a totally cool exhibit of a very influential aritst that was a contemporary of Jackson Pollock, I think, and his work is amazing. However, I wasn't allowed to take photos of any of the paintings so you'll just have to take my word for it, they were cool.









This was an amazing painting of an old drive in and there was an old drive in speaker next to it with the sound of wind playing so it felt like you were there.















more cool art.













Even more cool art. This artist paints with such realism, it's like you're looking a photo.














This was an awesome tea house Kris and I went to in Boulder.


























This is me, basking in my kid-lessness. Sorry it's sideways, don't know how to fix it.















This was the soup I had at the tea house. Celery Blue Cheese, I think it was. yummy!














The outside of the Denver Art Museum. Then my camera died and I forgot to bring the charger...sad.

Beach Day in February!

So we had a couple days in February that had just amazing weather! It was totally sunny and in the 70's! Even on the coast. So we headed to the beach in Capitola and it was awesome. This is Tobias and his friends Alex and Kaitlyn.














Kiernan had a great time munching on sand.














The Pier in Capitola













awesome Capitola view.















I think this is self explanitory, but just in case, it's rocks and water :)















Tobias and Kaitlyn













Alex checking out some rocks.

A day in the life of the Proulxs

Justin gets together on Thursdays with a bunch of his buddies to do fun things. This was a "Rock Band" night at our house. For those of you who don't know, Rock Band is a video game :)










This was a day that Tobias wouldn't take a noon nap for whatever reason and by about 4:00, this was the result. he just couldn't hang.












Awesome hair day for Kiernan and very stylish in his sleep sack.














Favorite pass time of the boys, rough housing with Dad!






























This is Tobias and his buddy, Alex, rocking out.














Kiernan, being cute, as usual. That kid is such a ham, I love it!














Kiernan with his walker toy.












One of the first times he stood up on his own. He's not walking yet, but he's close.

Justin's 32nd birthday!

Here's the birthday boy in all his glory. We celebrated the big day by having a nice sushi date with just the two of us. Then on another night, we had some pizza and cake with friends.










The cake. And yes, I put 32 candles on it!
















Justin couldn't blow them all out in one breath!













Kiernan had his first bite of cake ever. Needless to say, he was pleased.














Tobias is always happy when he has chocolate. A boy after my own heart :)















I got Justin a pre-birthday case of Fat Tire beer the day before his birthday.













I also got Justin a new desk so he has a place to work on his bible study and store his works in progress besides the dining room table. Unfortunately, I had to assemble it all myself since I wanted it to be a surprise. If it wasn't for Jamie, my best friend in the world, I never would have gotten it done. She watched the kids and helped me build the stuff too!







After many hours, here is the finished product! Justin loved it and I think he was surprised.















Here is is the mess that resulted in the kitchen.














Here's Tobias "helping" me clean up by breaking all the styrofoam into tiny little pieces. It got so static-y in the kitchen, it was clinging to the walls and cabinets!