Every year we head to the Pilgrim festival to support Pilgrim Place. This year was no exception and we were thrilled Daddy was able to spend a few house with us in the morning there. We love to walk around and shop for crafts, ride the Mayflower and of course the train.
Brian and I are loving life! We welcomed our first child, Ethan Wayne Groene on December 22, 2009. We are now happy to announce that Brandon Joseph was born on June 15, 2011! Parenthood, though it has it's occasional challenges, is absolutely incredible. Everyday we love getting to watch as these little miracles, our sons, grow and learn something new. God is AMAZING!
Homeade Playdough
Mommy was feeling ambitious the other day and decided today was the day Ethan was going to try playdough. She started to measure out the ingredients and discovered we had no table salt. Luckily our whole family loves soft pretzels so we had to do a little substituting with pretzel salt. The dough turned out great and Ethan had fun. Ginger on the other hand, just thought it tasted good...
Choo Choo
Ethan has fallen in love with trains, he loves to look at them, read books about them, watch shows about them and to ride on them. After dinner at Victoria Gardens Ethan saw the train going by and started running around squealing in delight. Of course he had to take a ride and was thrilled when the conductor let him and Daddy sit upfront for a few photos. Brandon and Mommy were standinh by taking pictures.
Ethan's First Set of Stitches
Poor little Ethan was being his fun little self running through our room Sunday morning, tripped and hit his head on the corner of Mommy's steel framed pilates reformer :( Thank goodness Daddy was home to help! By the time we load up the car his head had stopped bleeding and he was acting totally normal. We drove to the ER where Bops and GG met us to take Brandon. Ethan was such a trooper! We waited three hours at the ER where Ethan received 1 internal stitch and 10 external stitches since the cut went to the bone. He actually wasn't given any drugs during the process and we were amazed when he feel asleep while being stitched up.
Bops Birthday
This year Mommy took the boys to the Sawdust Factory to make Bops birthday present. Ethan helped paint his new tool box which says Bop's Little Helpers and has cutouts of the boys hands on it. We had lots of fun and can't wait to go back soon!
Happy Halloween!
We had a wonderful time celebrating Halloween! We let Ethan pick out his own outfit this year and he was even able to wear it on four different occasions. Last night we went to GG and Bops house for dinner then out for trick or treating with the cousins. Ethan really enjoyed the whole process of tromping up to someones home, ringing the door bell, attempting to say trick or treat, setting his bucket down then carefully picking out two or three pieces of candy. Brandon on the other hand was really uninterested, but enjoyed how warm and snugglie the ketchup packet was. Mommy especially enjoyed the pumpkins this year and grew 8 of them in her garden. Besides the two small ones she carved she's used the others to make pumpkin butter and pumpkin puree for pumpkin pie :)






The Boys Prayer Book
Every night we pray with the boys. Since half our family lives so far away we want to make sure the boys see eveyone everyday.
Four Months
Brandon is now four months and weighs 16 lb. 4 oz! We love to see his little personality shining thru. He loves his swing; thank goodness, and his big brother who loved to make him laugh.
Cal Poly Pumpkin Festival
Saturday we had time to head over to the pumpkin festival with the boys and their wagon. We had fun taking pictures and chasing Ethan.
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