This weekend has been an exciting adventure to start the New Year. We have enjoyed the 3-day weekend with Bill being home from work. We went to bed early on New Year’s Eve. And slept in! Yesterday, we drove up north to the Tonto Fish Hatchery to feed the trout. We planned to do some pictures in the woods, but Brendan was feeling a little car sick so we came home instead.

Today, we had a brand new adventure. The city of Mesa has built a 35 acre bike park with trails, ramps, jumps, and bowls all in a very natural desert setting – with really nice bathrooms!

The boys were so excited. Brendan went the entire 3/4 mile perimeter trail with 11% grades. He didn’t want to stop once, and he never asked to be carried. Both boys wiped out plenty but got right back up. They amazed me.

This is a little “skills” area with lumps and bowls in very smooth dirt. I could not believe how easily both boys handled the slopes. They were naturals, and Brendan is fearless sometimes!!

Bike see-saw? Yeah, Brendan could not be stopped!

Trevor rode it like a pro.

We had a lunch outside in 70 degree sunshine, then spent some time at the car wash de-mudding the van from our forest adventure. We are sorry this weekend has to end!

Second post of the day, don’t miss Part One!!

I have a collection of Trevor pictures from the last week. I am not sure why Brendan was not in any of them!

Trevor has been helping with chores. He really loves to mop. We have found that the rubbery-treaded hospital socks make perfect no-slip mopping socks.

Unless you put one sock on both feet.

He was very thoughtful. He ran to the playroom and got out the traffic cones by himself and set up warnings for the wet floor.

We bought a big box of blackberries at Costco and they ended up being too sour for Trevor to eat. So he helped me make them in to a blackberry buckle.

Seriously YUM!!

He’s also been doing yard work. He is using his combo to pile up leaves.

The boys have a very special message for their cousin today. Happy 3rd birthday, Kieran! Brendan and Trevor wanted to share a robe dance with you. 🙂

2015 is all done, and we hope that 2016 brings all good news. Brendan could potentially get his heart surgery this summer. Maybe they will figure out how to get the trach out. It is all unknown! We just have to make the most of every day.

I knit a sweater for each of the boys to match one that I made Bill a number of years ago. (the photo of all three together will be coming soon) I raced to get the sweaters done in time for holiday photos, but Brendan ended up being sick and then spent the week in the hospital. So photos had to be postponed until he was feeling better and looking less blue.

Just in time for New Year’s Day, our latest portraits..

And of course, we can’t have a photo shoot without outtakes!