Halloween 2013!

I owe an explanation and many posts before this however Halloween cometh! The Herd does not miss a Halloween. Some know others are out of the loop, but We moved to NYC and Now we live in Australia. I know sounds crazy, and it is true, and WE love it. We live in Sydney, Australia and have been here 3 1/2 months. It is almost full Summer here and we are in the ocean daily.

 But back to the costumes. The Location was our inspiration, and the boys each picked and animal from Australia.

Everett (the Huntsman spider) Guy (the Great White Shark) Lincoln (a Kangaroo) Severin (A Python)

 Everett as a Huntsman Spider (scary,fuzzy, huge, and has fangs...a hit)

Severin as a Python Snake (I personally love his jazzersize costume that matches!)

Guy the Great White Shark (shine-y ooooo)

 Lincoln as a Kangaroo (he loved his built in pouch to carry candy!

Another year gone by but in a different country! Australia has only really been celebrating Halloween the past few years and considers it an American holiday. So we stood out even more than usual knocking on doors while they scratched through there purses for some mints...no matter the boys were thrilled and hopped with glee. 

Happy Halloween from Down Under!!!

Easter

Truth be told we were traveling to NYC road trip style on Easter. Good thing I made my kids dress in there best grandpa style suits a few days prior. I seriously take hundreds of shots to get one kinda sorta- good one.  A good one for me is capturing their personalities. Can't you see them in future prom photos, or each others weddings, oh the comedy. Love you boys!

Sold

So the house sold as mentioned a while back and i took some shots of fun projects I did around the house.  And for anyone who knew me well during this house knows I took one year to hang the back splash in my kitchen but 6 years to grout it...why do we always make a house perfect for others and not ourselves.

I loved this house, it was crazy imperfect, but I love old houses (pre-war.) This old house has grown our family has watched me raise my boys. From bottle feedings, nap times, potty training and training and training and training, walking and talking, bike ramps, play houses and growing gardens..this house held my Herd.

We sold our house when no one had sold a thing, with only a few months on the market, and then we had the impossible feat of moving out in less than 48 hours...(seriously 1am hauling boxes, not fun.) So grateful, but so sad to leave it.

Pics of the boys room. I built the bed out of dry erase boards...easy to clean and I didn't have to paint it. The boys used it as a stage in day light hours.

 Stairs with painted plexy.  The play house below..such fun worth every penny

 

And the addition, I loved you little house thank you for the fun.

Shirts are off!

 The shirts are off and the sun is warming us up. We have had a tough winter in the Kimball house, bad stuff i tell you..but it didn't lick us, close ..too close. But here we run towrds summer with the reeds bending at our will. We are packed up and moving back to NYC....what a light at the end of a long tunnel. The boys are bigger but have maintained their need for running shirtless through the fields. Sending warmth your way.

 Brent loving/ tickling Guy, so cute these two.

One kiss for mom