Zoo lights

We took the kids to the zoo last week, and we stayed for zoo lights. After trying for quite a while to get some good pictures in front of the animal lights, we gave up and headed to the car and found this little area with lots of white lights, it was so beautiful, and I was able to get some great pictures. We actually got a couple cute family pictures, too, but they are on Jesse's camera, and at the moment it is MIA.

Christmas with a Toddler!

We had so much fun on Christmas morning. Jesse and I got Cooper a kitchen and had it all set up in the morning when she got up, and it was so fun to watch how excited she was. She is young enough that she didn't know to be impatient, she was excited to play with each present as she opened it, but old enough to be excited about opening presents and getting new toys. She would open a something and wonder off to play, and Jesse and I opened stuff, and watched her, and had a really fun, chill morning. And Zeke slept through the whole thing :).


Putting away dishes in her new kitchen


Using her new camera


Opening a gift


Helping Daddy set up a new toy.

Update pics

Zeke hanging out, trying to keep warm while his big sister plays outside.


Being like Daddy, working away.


What, I wasn't touching the presents!


The Z man practicing his standing skills.

The cutest girl ever

The Stodas invade Tarkiln State Park

There is a state park just down the street from our house, and we love to take the kids and dog down there and walk the boardwalk out to the water. And it was a great place to practice with my new camera!

Close ups of my cute kiddos

Ah, Dad


So tired right now


Busy doing something


Beautiful blue eyes, just like big sis


Okay, maybe not a close up, but a great picture, I had to throw it in. She was totally hamming for me

Operation Homecoming

Here are all the pictures of Jesse's homecoming. I can only post five at a time, and I forgot that they post in reverse order, so this post is actually the last group of pictures, working backwards to the first. But, you still get to see them all at least ;). Enjoy!




Ah, being all romantical


Zeke was fighting so hard to not go to sleep


I don't know why no one takes us seriously


Actually a good picture with three of us looking!