Parker had the boys over for a game of boot hockey.
His boys he calls them. That would be the infamous trio of
Bradyn, Max & Nate.
Steph headed out to Alaska for a wedding and needed some help one day with the boys. After I made them take a nap I let them loose in the backyard with sticks and a puck.
Miraculously nobody was injured.
Nate, Parker and (Wild) Max. This picture says it all. Max...Max...Max. The face was priceless. He was in charge on the rink. Flying around like a wild man, diving for the puck, sliding on his knees to block a shot. He does it all.
The Twins-Nate & Max. You may think they look so much alike but you show
Emmitt a picture of them and ask who it is and he'll be right every.single.time.
Max and Parker taking
each other down and fighting for the puck.
ummm...Wild Max again.
and again...
Bradyn, the oldest brother of the three. Responsible, funny, but willing to play with 4 year
olds all the time. He takes well to
Emmitt too. Even changes a diaper or two when asked.
Max of course has a sweet side too. He can sure ham it up when he needs to. He is more of a
momma's boy and wasn't too sure he wanted her to be gone to Alaska.
Nate-the daddy's boy. I asked him just once to get himself dressed to head outside and before I had the other 3 dressed he was already out the door, fully clothed and ready to go.
If Steph ever got her phone fixed so that she could receive pictures on it via a text message, I would have sent them that way...but she didn't (that I know of) so these are for her viewing more than anybody's.
In honor of the 30th Gizzard run and my 30th in April, I made myself a pretty stylin' t-shirt. 
I did eventually put on my skates and after about 20 minutes my feet hurt...I retreated to my boots too! Anytime we go out to play hockey, Parker wants to be the goalie. As much as we try to deter that he keeps ending up at the end of the rink. I am a believer in "let your kids do what they want"...unless it's be a goalie!
Emmitt is a trooper outside. He might be the one who loves it the most. He follows Parker around, just copying whatever he does. Parker has figured that out pretty fast too. When it starts getting dark out the motion light comes on. I taught Parker to "trip" the light when it goes off by walking in front of it. Well he did it and then he showed Emmitt how to do it. So I look out and there are little Emmitt tracks to and from the light. By the time he would walk all the way back to playing the light would be off again and Parker would tell him to do it again!
Emmitt got on skates Christmas weekend. It was pretty fun to see him actually stay upright. He would march on the ice if we asked him to. It's like watching him learn how to walk all over again. He was so proud of himself when he actually made it to the other parent with arms open and waiting.
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