The February Recap

Our February was FULL! So much to say...the slideshows might be a little long but so worth it (in my opinion of course) to see all that was going on.

The first slideshow is of Isaiah's 8th Birthday! Our baby is 8! Can you believe it? He is such an amazing kid...he is growing like a monster, is a fantastic big brother and is so incredibly loving and soft hearted. We are so blessed to have him.

He chose to have a few friends over for a slumber party, they enjoyed pizza and a sundae bar for dessert. They crashed out on the living room floor watching a movie and were up and ready to roll earlier than I would have guessed the next morning :)




This next slideshow is the rest of our crazy February...the first few pics are just of the boys and Quinn at 10 months old. Feb.10th was Chloe's birthday (our niece) and we enjoyed fun in the snow in Ohio. We took a little weekend family trip to Indy where we visited our friends, Kevin, Jen & Nolan and Dory & Tom. Unfortunately I realizes later that I only thought totake pics when the babes were playing. Sorry Dory & Tom. :( Kevin and Jen offered to watch Quinn while we took Isaiah to the Children's Museum as a surprise. We had a great time but didn't get any pics there either since when we walked in the door I realized the camera battery was completely dead. Sigh. Oh well, I guess we always have memories.....

Our January

Here are some pics from the rest of our January....

Happy 1st birthday, Quinn!

Happy 1st Birthday Quinn!!!

My poor baby was so incredibly sick and miserable for his first birthday and all of Easter weekend. :( He was running a fever and barely maintained so I didn't get many good pics...BUT...

QUINN,

what a surprise you were and what a blessing you are! From your perfect smile to your crazy, wild hair, you are amazing. God knew we needed you in our family...to brighten us with your laughter and silliness and to keep us on our toes with your spunk.

We love you!

Daddy, Momma, Isaiah (and Jeb)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2010 is here. Craziness.

This year we spent the evening with our friends, Shane & Nichole. Isaiah spent the night at his friend's house and we took Quinn with us. We started the evening by serenading Shane for his birthday...(yes, he is a NY's baby: the debate would be, do you always get jipped on your bday if it is NYW or is it cool because there is always something going on?) Anyway, we ate a ton of food, played cards, talked, laughed hysterically and had a fabulous time. We enjoyed getting to know S&N's good friends, Jen & Rick and their 2 kids. It was a wonderful, low-key way to bring in the New Year with people we have come to love and cherish!

Football Fun

As stated in previous blog, there was some football being played while the snow was falling. I could have included it with the whole "Troyer Christmas" entry, but I thought the boys deserved their own little post. I thought the one with E blocking the boys while Isaiah made a run for it was priceless! So....these are just for pure enjoyment. :)

Victory for S & S

Isaiah running for it while his dad runs a mean defense....

Troyer Christmas 2009!

As I put in blogs previous...I was very excited for Christmas this year. The Troyer family Christmas was no exception...it was such a wonderful weekend! It's crazy what a difference little children make. Even though 2 of these children have no idea that it was Christmas, they won't remember it nor did they care about their gifts; it was just so much fun to watch Isaiah, Leegan, Chloe and Quinn opening gifts, eating wrapping paper, dancing around and in general having a great time. I think it just somehow changes perspective for everyone. In my opinion, the best present of the year was the PJ's G'ma made for all the grandkids. They were adorable! She made little pants and bboty/slippers in matching fabric for the boys and matching fabric for the girls. I'm not sure Quinn really cares at this point but Isaiah didn't take them off for an entire day once we were home!

We went home for a long weekend. Last year we started a tradition of the men cooking Christmas dinner/lunch. It went so well we thought it should continue (at least the women did), so continue it did! Meanwhile, the ladies left the house, went out for coffee and a bagel and played some word games at Panera. Once again, the men did a fabulous job and we ate more than we needed to! We also celebrated Brent's completion of college with a cake and some singing! (CONGRATS BRENT! We are very proud of you!) We spent the evening opening presents, playing "4 on a couch" (much to the dismay of Scott & Seth who were not fans), "Would you Rather?" and other games. The rest of the weekend was spent playing games, eating more food, watching movies, football outside, sledding and just being together.

I love you family!

Our Christmas with TWO babes!

To us a Child of Hope is Born!



So with all going on this season, I did not get any Christmas cards made, sent or even planned. That said, the top pic is what you're getting via my blog. :) Merry Christmas!
We had a wonderful time this year...even though Quinn did not care much about the whole hullabaloo, it was so much fun to have two babes this Christmas. Although we kept most of our traditions, there were a few minor changes: we did order pizza from E's favorite pizza place but we weren't able to go to a Candlelight service (no times that we found could work with Quinn's crank night-time self and his bedtime). We always read the Christmas story but this year Isaiah did it! While he probably didn't think much of it, I was so proud I could have burst. He is so grown up. We then opened presents (the part Isaiah was waiting for :) ). It was an amazing night together. Thank you God for sending us Your Son!