I know I have ALREADY been delinquent in my one entry per week goal . . . but I have really been trying!  I just get so busy!  Here are some photos I had very good intentions of posting in January . . .

Uncle Terry (Josh's sister's husband -- Luke, Chase and Taylor's dad) brought us this cool item: big chunks of honey comb full of honey.  It came off of a building they were demolishing or remodeling or something at work.  Terry said the bee keepers handled the bees, but he thought we might think the honey comb was cool.  Josh put it in a jar . . . Cole was fascinated and Josh and Cole ate some.  They said you just chew the wax and spit it out -- leaving delicious honey in your mouth.



Here we have some Captain Underpants action from Christmas-time.  These pictures are of the kids when the gifts from the Kenneys arrived in the mail.  It was quite the fun event -- a couple days before Christmas.  We let them open early.



This is another Christmas-time (yes, I know I am way behind on posting) sequence . . . Henry and Dawson opening gifts from the Mackeys on Christmas Eve.  Matching RC cars!

You might have noticed by now that Cole loves Nerf guns.  He received a couple of new ones at Christmas -- one from the Kenneys and one from Michael.  This added to his collection . . . and they all get used on a daily basis.  He has Nerf wars with the neighborhood kids and with Josh and Henry and cousin Luke . . . especially Luke.  With all these guns, Cole was in need of some extra bullets.  So early in January we gave Cole one of his birthday gifts early -- 100 bullets and a case to store all his ammo.  Here he is posing with some of his guns.


The ammo case was was also necessary to help organize his ammo . . . inJanuary we reorganized the boys' room . . . trying to make a place foreverything and get rid of old toys and put toys that are sets of many,many tiny items back together.  Here is a shot of their room -- as Idon't think I ever gave you a shot of their loft beds that Josh builtthis summer.



For my birthday, Josh bought me some cookie sheets.  Now I know this sounds funny, but I have been wanting new, high-quality cookie sheets . . . the insulated kind (less chance of burning the cookies!) and bigger, so that more cookies fit (cutting down on the in-kitchen time).  The other thing to mention is that Josh is the one who makes the most cookies around here . . . so it was a double gift -- cookie sheets as well as a promise to make more cookies!

Here is the first batch about to go in the oven . . .

And here's the cookie guy . . .