Happy 4th Birthday, Wyatt!!

 

Wyatt turned 4 on January 14th.  He was very happy to celebrate his big day with a monster party.

 

Posing with his monster cake. 

Waiting patiently for the candles to be lit.

Our little stairsteps waiting in front of the "monster gallery".  They were really excited for the friends to arrive.

We had 2 big activities for the monster party: making monster slime and a monster pinata.  Here is the family working on the pinata...

 

...and the monster pinata in action.

 

Merry Christmas 2012

We had Christmas in Monument this year, for the first time since Owen was 2 1/2 years old.  It was fun-filled and wonderful.

 

 Our little Christmas angel was pretty worn out after Santa arrived...

 

 

 Wyatt asked for a guitar from Santa this year.  Here he is, playing with Uncle Jerod (on the other couch).

All ready to open presents...

 Owen asked for this cool shirt, called a "Mouthman" shirt.  He is a tiger.

 Wyatt is a cobra.  Has there ever been a cuter picture than this?

 On Dec 26th, we headed up to the Butterfly Pavilion, north of Denver.  We all had a great time.  It was the perfect size for all of us.  Owen is touching a horseshoe crab here.

A Hobgood bug family portrait!

 

 

 

Happy 2nd Birthday, Molly!

Our little sweet pea is 2!  We celebrated twice this year with a friend party on December15th and a fun family day on December 22nd.

 

We went with a Christmas theme for her birthday, because we wanted to host a little ornament exchange for our friends and their kids.  It was fun and simple, especially since most of our friend's kiddos are closer to Owen and Wyatt's ages.

 

We made a little candy cane ornament.

 
The grandparents stayed past the party for lunch and present opening.  It was a really fun day!

On December 22nd, Molly opened her presents from us.  I love how we reacted with the same facial expression to this card!

 

Josh and I got her a little dollhouse.  She has played with it all day.

After lunch, we headed to a nearby nature-center for a "sleigh ride" and a hike.  It was almost too warm for jackets!

One of the best parts was all the fall leaves.

 Where's Molly??

 

 

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

Thanksgiving 2012 in Salida

This year, the Hobgood clan rented a big house in Salida, so we could all be together.  Josh's brother, sister, and parents all gathered for 4 days of fun, with 7 kids between the ages of 6 and almost 2.  The kids played non-stop from the moment they woke up until after they should have been asleep:-)  We had beautiful weather and were able to spend time outside every day. 

 

 Kid table!!

 We took everyone to a beautiful aspen grove, thinking that the kids would like running in and out of the trees.  What they REALLY loved was breaking the ice on this little stream.  Owen is standing back in the red coat in this picture.  This is the only picture we have of him during this outing.  He was running around on his own missions the entire time.  Wyatt and Molly were much more photogenic.

 

Cousins doing some teamwork coloring...

Watching "Elf"...

Playing at the park in Salida...

October video highlights - some reading, some singing, and some Halloweening

 

Happy Halloween 2012!

As most of you know, Halloween is Wyatt's favorite holiday.  He has been talking about it and making plans for it since April of this year.  Luckily for us, I think Halloween was everything he dreamed of.  We had three big Halloween events this year. 

 

First, a dress-up storytime at the library, complete with a pumpkin scavenger hunt, refreshments and a decorate-your-own-treat-bag craft.  The kids had a blast! 

 

Here's our cute little ladybug, knight, and superhero pumpkin, all ready for storytime.  Owen takes being a knight very seriously.

I couldn't resist some of these outtakes and action shots:-)

Our next event was the annual JDRF sugar-free Halloween party.  This was our 3rd year to attend and the kids continue to have a wonderful time.  It's always one of the highlights of the fall.

Molly was pretty unsure about all the games, but she still had fun running around and being cute.

Wyatt impressed everyone with his strong arm!

This is what Owen looks like when he's having a great time, but doesn't really want his picture taken:-)

 Then, it was finally the big night. They were all too excited about their glowsticks to really stand still, but we got a couple of cute pictures!

 

Owen's glow stick was a sword and Wyatt's was an axe. 

Superhero pumpkins have to know how to jump!