Busy day at the car wash
Such a climber
Ezra
Standing and swinging
Climbing Noah
Ezra wen to his room to calm down, sleep helps everyone
They did their first 5k!
Matt got to drive a nascar!
Random pics
Category Archives: Life
Fire Station Open House
Today the boys went to Tempe Fire’s open house. They had a ton of fun and were the only ones there! They told the firefighters all about the fire trucks, fire safety, and that they did push-ups every day so they could grow up to be firefighters. Our local fire station even has fire poles! They weren’t allowed to go down them though, but they thought it was super cool.
Wearing the headsets
Checking out the tools
Noah and the nozzle
Ezra and the nozzle
Watching the poles in action
Noah driving, serious business
Ezra driving
Gun show for the firefighters.
No more naps
Long time no blog, I know. The thing is we’ve given up naps. So finding the time, energy, and desire to post is hard. Matt and I both love looking back over previous years and are super bummed about our blogging efforts in 2012. Hopefully we can get back into documenting our lives.
Age 3 is an absolute blast, and also absolutely exhausting (mentally and physically). I feel like I live several episodes of curious George a day. I just wish I was as patient and understanding as the man in the yellow hat. Also I wish things magically worked out for the boys the way they do for George.
Crap this didn’t actually wear them out!
We’ve moved!
The last couple of months have been super hectic, stressful, and exciting.
We’ve toyed with the idea of moving off and on for years. Mostly out of state. We’ve even visited some of our dream cities. After much debate and discussion we finally settled on a new city. We are in Tempe, AZ!
Yup I couldn’t leave my home state in the end. We are excited about all Tempe has to offer and are looking forward to exploring our new city.
Our new house has a much bigger yard and a walkscore of 71. We were also able move the business office closer to ASU. Matt’s wanted to be near a university for a long time.
The boys are doing great with the transition. Moving itself was a little hard on them since mom and dad were so busy and stressed, but we are settling back into life and our routine nicely.
If you know us in the real world and would like our new address please contact us.
10 years of awesome
im a pretty lucky guy to have this awesome woman as my wife. Better yet it has been 10 years and I still love everything about her.
Photo fun
I really meant to stay more consistent with blogging, but life has been crazy. Plus two three year olds keep me busy, busy!
Taking a walk
One of my goals this year is to spend more time with the boys without any other distractions (for me, let’s face it almost anything is a distraction to a 3 year old). I decided to start taking a walk around the block with them every day, the walk can take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes. I don’t use my phone or having anything else to distract me, it’s just me and them. We’ve all enjoyed this so far. There are lots of rocks, dirt, trees, flowers, cars, and even a train or two to see! Yesterday the boys noticed someone had littered, “he made a mess, we need to clean it up.” I told them that we could take a bag next time we walked and clean up. We remembered our bag today and picked up some litter. They loved it. 
I did use my phone today to snap a few pictures.
First Dentist Appointment
The boys had their first dentist appointment last month. It went really well. Daddy walked them through the process the night before, and they were excited to meet Dr. Karen. She showed them how to brush their teeth, did a quick exam and cleaning. Ezra seemed to enjoy the whole process. Noah was a little apprehensive when it was his turn to get in the chair, but he did it and no tears! They were super excited about their new light-up tooth brushes and that they got to pick out a treasure when they were all done.
Big Financial Goal Conquered
Warning this post discusses our personal finances. We usually do not discuss our personal finances, but we wanted to do a post on this subject for two reasons:
- A record for ourselves. Something for us to look back on and remember, we learned a lot in the last two years and would just like a record for ourselves.
- Encouragement/inspiration for others trying to work on their financial goals. We’ve read a lot of financial success stories over the years and they have always kept us going. It is a nice reminder to know you can do it!
We use our blog to primarily keep friends and family updated on the boys, but it is also a record of our life as a family and this step was important to us. If you do not want to read about our personal finances please stop reading now.
First Hike
We took the boys on their first hike today, okay really a walk through the desert. They had a lot of fun and really enjoyed all the sand. Ezra saw his first jack rabbit, then chased after it. Don’t worry the rabbit was much faster than him. We packed a picnic lunch and the boys scarfed it down! For the most we were able to keep them on the trail, and they walked almost the whole way. We had to carry them for a bit when we were almost back to the car. Here are some pictures of our little adventure, just click on a picture to see it bigger.
2nd Birthday Party
Running around in circles while dancing and screaming
We had the boys’ birthday party yesterday and it was a beautiful day. We had a lot of fun and the boys were WILD. I think they were super excited to have so many of their favorite people all together.
My wild but happy Noah
Ez was super wild the whole party
Abby all tangled with the balloons
Ez reading a card, he really loves cards.
The boys received trikes from Nama and Papa (my parents) and it is one of those moments I wished we had the video camera rolling. They were beyond excited when they saw them.
Ez on Noah's trike
Noah on Ez's trike
Ez driving Noah around
Abby driving Noah around, yea I am noticing a theme here.
Ez blew out all the candles this year, Noah just stared and occasionally tried to touch them.
Mr. Potato Head Cakes
Ez blowing out his candles
Noah checking out the candles
Ez came over and blew them out for Noah
Silly String Time
Noah shooting Ez
Abby apparently thought we gave her spray deodorant
Abby and Jason
We were all exhausted by time nap-time! You can see more photos here.
Photo Friday – 11.12.2010
When you don't want to get your hammer just grab the kids'.
Showing off their synchronistic abilities.
and again...
Climbing the cubes.
Helping dad.
awww diaper booties.
My two crazy boys.
Legos!
Coloring.
Playing in the garlic powder mess Ezra made.
It was a lot of fun.
Rubbing some on his face.
They need to improve their mischief skills, they left evidence behind.
Photo Friday – 11.05.2010
Yes he grabbed two lighters and shared with his brother, and yes we took a picture before taking them away. That's what the child safety part is for right?
Noah doing his hair.
Sitting and playing. Okay Ez is almost sitting, but it's hard when your brother is hogging the toy!
Get ready.
Ahhhhh!
That just doesn't look comfortable.
Arm, arm, arm? Okay he says arm instead of hand.
Puzzles!
Abby's just chillin'
Just hanging out.
Cousins having fun.
Someone has been needing his blanket more.
Blankets in the swings.
Happy to have is blanket.
Don’t mess with his blanket.
Lastly a short video of Noah reading to mommy. He loves reading to me. 
Noah Reading from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
Halloween 2010
Cleaning the pumpkin together.
Ez loved it.
He takes after his mommy and likes playing with the guts.
Noah didn't have the same love. It's on my foot!
But he did like the blue bowl.
Michelle and Jason working hard.
Carving away.
Ranger/zoo keeper found some wild animals.
Hooray! We got them to put the heads on for one picture.
Trick or Treat!