Well as the boys get a little older, we tend to sleep in a little longer each year.  When Mom forced everyone to get up at 8am on Christmas morning even Alex managed to get up on the first request (on most school days this would have taken double-digit requests/threats before Alex would make it out of bed).  So even though Alex and Sam might not be quite as excited as they were when they were 4, Christmas still holds a little special something for them…. hopefully they will never out grow that part of the holidays.

Farley may not be the coldest beer in the fridge but he sure knows what happens on Christmas morning.  I think he was more excited than the boys….  🙂

Well at least another loss means more playing time for Alex…. he got a chance to play most of the 2nd half.  Alex again showed some good defense and even roughed it up a little with 3 fouls in the game but needs more confidence on the offensive side of the court.

Our wonderful boys pose for the annual Christmas photo – kinda feels like it’s been that kind of a year.  🙂

Alex is starting to get a little bit of playing time on the basketball team.  Although he is pretty reluctant to get involved on the offensive side, he does quite well on defense.  Hopefully after he gets a few shots under his belt he will gain some more confidence.

Alex pulls down a rebound

Alex shuts down #3 – there best 3 point shooter after he comes into the game.

Fighting for another rebound.

Sam getting ready to go to church…. yes that place with the big steeple.  Anyway, he has on Dad’s old Doc Martins, Mom’s skinny jeans and an old dress shirt of Dads.  Such a handsome boy.

Mom and Sam teasing the dog today…..

Last Saturday’s soccer games were the last of the season and at the opening kick for Sam’s game the temperature was a balmy 36 degrees.  Sam’s team lost another game, but once again they had Sam playing striker and he got in some good kicks.  Unfortunately Sam’s team spent most of the game playing defense so he was he didn’t stay very warm.
Alex’s team was playing for 1st place in their game and it was quite close – so close that it went to a double sudden death penalty kick.  Alex’s friend Matt scored the goal to tie the game with just a couple of minutes left in the game.  The first set of 5 penalty kicks ended in another tie.  Alex had a score on the second set of penalty kicks and then the game ended on the next to last penalty kick when Alex’s goalie scored the final goal.  Quite an exciting game to end the season.

Sam decided he still wanted to play on the inflatables at the Fall Festival last week…. we certainly hope this will be his last year as he was almost bouncing down the slide because he was so big!

Mom scored….. we mean Sam scored a 100% on his Science project.  The project was to create a 3D animal cell.  He used a styrofoam balls painted and cut in half as his base and then pipe cleaners, tin foil and candy to finish it off.  Since he scored 100% Sam had to take his presentation and present it to the sophomore biology class.  Matt and Josh (Alex’s friends) were in the class and led the class in clapping for his presentation.