Our New Baby Brother

Thomas John Brooks
Born: December 14, 2008

We can already tell he will be smart because he has figured out how to drink out of a big boy bottle and never had to use a preemie bottle. :)

Joey loves to go to the hospital to see his little brother Tommy. It is hard because he has only seen him through the glass and wants to hold him. He has had some funny things to say ...

"When are they going to take Tommy out of that tote."

His grandma was giving Joey a hug good-bye and said I sure love you Joey and Joey replied, "Don't forget to be loving my baby brother."

Joey is loving the snow!

Playing with friends

So Joey was playing with his friends this afternoon and suddenly they come running into the house SCREAMING!!!! I thought something was seriously wrong, but was mistaken. They were SOOOO excited because they had been trying for a long time to get all the basketballs stuck in the basketball hoop. They laughed themselves silly. It was quite an exciting moment! Way to go boys!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Here are Nate and Tara. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with all my brothers here, except Kenny who is on his mission in Ireland. I had to steal these pics off Tara's blog since I didn't take any. THANKS TARA! That is why you and Nate get the top spot!

Dad, Mom, Nate, Joe, Julianne, Diane and Norm
note ... we never did get a whole group picture of us all, but here are some of us

We had a fun weekend playing games and hanging out. We also went to Tuacahn and saw the live nativity.

Shooting hoops with the cousins

Go Cougars

We are BLUE!

Lost Tooth

Yeah! Look who lost his first tooth!

Soccer Season is Over

This is one intense player!

Go Red Raiders!!!

Note ... this is one of the few times we will ever cheer for a RED team

What a lucky boy to not only have Grandma & Grandpa, but also Gma (great grandma) and Don at a game!

And last but not least .... the long awaited trophy!

Happy Halloween!

A baseball player and an In-and-Out worker. Hope you can tell which is which ....