It's a Boy!

We found out on Monday that we will be adding another little boy to our family in March. Dante and Bennett are very excited to have a baby in the house. They keep asking when the baby will come. They just can't wait and want him to be here tomorrow. We don't have any names picked out yet and so far can't seem to agree on any. The boys want to call him "Stinky Poo Head" but I shot that down pretty quick. We look forward to this new arrival.

Halloween

Late as usual I know. Any way here are a few pictures from Halloween. I forgot to have someone take a picture of me with my camera. Terrible I know. Dante and Bennett had a great time. Justin was a trouper for wearing 30lbs of chain mail. (I always knew he was a knight in shining armor!)

The Zoo (Finally)

On Thursday October 2nd we took the kids to the zoo, and I am finally taking the time to post about it. We started out in the play ground and the boys would have been happy to spend the whole day there. They loved it.





We were there all day. We had a picnic lunch and saw the elephant show. The boys did not want to come home. Dante was our guide for the day. They hand out maps when you come and he took charge of ours. He made sure that we saw every animal in the zoo and kept us from getting lost.


He is such a smart kid. He knew where we were, where we were going, and where we had been. I have a hard time keeping up with him. I think the favorite animal was the tiger. He was so big. The elephant was voted the biggest and the camel the stinkiest. It was a great day.

Dirt

What could be more fun than digging a giant hole in the dirt with daddy? Playing in the hole of course. I think that summer is all about dirt. These two are always covered in it. Bennett especially. Every time they have a bath there is a layer of mud on the bottom of the tub! As long as they are having fun I can live with it.

Getting Back to Normal

Since this is my first post to this blog or any blog for that matter,I will start with a summary of last weeks events. Between having family in town for the Quarles family reunion, and the family reunion itself, there has not been much time to relax. The family reunion was great. Unfortunately the finals of the horse shoe tournament were rained out. So it looks like Steve and Phil will hold the title for two more years. This year I had my best performance in the tournament. I wish I had some pictures, but they are still on Calista's camera. She got some nice action shots. My teammate was my brother-in-law Clint, who is a pretty good shoe thrower. He kept us in the running. Things look good for some new names to appear on the trophy in two years. I am not saying it will be my name, but there were some new participants this year that looked very promising.

Well now that everyone has gone home, things should be returning to normal. I do not exactly know what normal is, but the pace at home will be a little slower. There will only be 2 kids tearing up the place instead of 4. It was great to visit with my mother, sister, and brother-in-law. Unfortunately my dad was not able to make it for a visit. I really missed getting to visit with him. That pretty much covers the week. Next time I will try to put in some pictures.

In the Beginning...

There was a blog. It was a little blog. It was a blog all about Mommy. Soon a new blog was born. A Family Blog! Staring, in no particular order, Dante and Bennett. Supporting cast includes Justin and Calista, a.k.a Dad and Mom.

We thought we would like to try a blog to keep family and friends updated on the latest news and happenings from the De Vries family. We look forward to sharing with all of you.