It's winter

Hanging with buddies Owen and Collin

Culder at the indoor play park

Kessler sporting his new winter hat

Caulder helping shovel

Kessler bouncing in the new jumper they got for their Birthday.

We've been so bad about updating our blog lately. The holidays have been busy. I'm trying to make up for being tardy with the blog by posting multiple posts. Here are some winter photos.

Happy Second Birthday boys!!!!!

Kessler and Caulder trying out their new toys.

Caulder wearing, I mean eating cake.

Blowing out the candles.

Keaton riding two horses

Caulder, Kessler and Grandma Katie.

Kessler and his Mr. Potato head

The monkey cake.

Caulder the monkey

Caulder and Kessler are now two!!!!! We can hardly believe it! We had a small Birthday party for them with a monkey theme, which is very fitting for our two little monkeys. We were joined by Grandma Katie; Mike and Keaton Dahlberg; Ryan, Robyn, Owen, and Collin Morris, Uncle Chad, and Kevin and Ruth Schultz-Early. The boys had a great time and received many fabulous gifts. Happy Birthday Caulder and Kessler - We love you very much!

Climbing out of the crib

Well, it's finally happened....Caulder climbed out of his crib. But it's not what you would expect. The day before he climbed out, he actually climbed in while I was changing Kessler. Then the next day Grandma Katie found him in Kessler's crib after their nap. I'm happy to know that he'd rather join his brother than explore the house. Kesler was happy about it too. He ran around the house for the rest of the day recapping Caulders launch into his crib.

The attached photo is of a steelhead Mat caught in the Boise River in town. The boys got to watch Mat gut and clean it. And of course they insisted on kissing the fish. Yuck.

Halloween

Taking count of their loot

Kessler the Tiger
The Tiger and the Monkey.

Caulder the onkey

Caulder in the Corn maze

Kessler and Grandma

Caulder driving the car

Caulder roping a calf

Monkey Mat

The boys got their first taste of Trick-or-treating this year. We went with a few three year olds, and the boys had so much fun trying to keep up. They ended up with lots of candy (mostly because they did not understand that they were allowed to take only '1' candy frm each bowl). Since Caulder is such a Monkey, we picked out the costume for him. But, Kessler saw the tiger costume in the store and wouldn't leave without it. Earlier in the day we went to a pumpkin patch with a corn maze, pony rides, and a pig races. It was a great fall day. We also had a fun visit from Grandma Deedee and Anutie Jean. The boys had tons of fun

Yellowstone in the Fall

We took a four day trip to Yellowstone National Park in October. It's our favorite time of the year to visit the park, becuase it's empty and the animals are active. We lucked out on the weather with a breif break in the snow over the weekend. We toured most of the guyser basins, and saw a lot of wildlife. The boys even got to see their first grizzley bear! Mat also spent a morning fishing in the park with some success. The boys are developing such fun personalities, and were great entertainment all the way to MT.

The End of Summer

Thanks Dahlbergs for sending Keaton over to do a little housework!

Kessler coloring. I guess he doesn't realize that he is supposed to color on the paper.

Caulder hanging out at home.

Biking in the water???

On a walk and hoping the cracks.

Kessler contemplating the covered wagon at 3-Mile Crossing State Park.

The family on a covered wagon.

On a walk with the Grandparents and a very happy pups.

Grandpa and Kessler navigating the 3 mile crossing launch.

Picnicing with Grandparents.

On a hike during our camping trip.

Bridger pooped out.

The Summer has come to an end and we are looking toward cold temperatures and maybe even snow??!!! The summer wrapped up nicely. We had a short visit from Grandpa Dick and Grandma DeeDee in early September. We spent the weekend picnicing and exploring State Parks near Twin Falls. We even took a brief visit to a winery.

We also went camping for the last time this summer near Sun Valley. We had great weather and a great time. The four of us were joined by the Schultz-Early's and the Morris's.

Mat went on his annual fishing trip a couple of weeks ago in Eastern Idaho. As usual they had a great time. I'm sure Mat will post details and photos.

Recently, we have been hanging out around Boise and enjoying time with friends and local activities.