The many faces of Connor

Today is Connors Birthday. Happy Halloween (also happy birthday to Aunt Amanda) He is a very special boy and we love him so much.  He has a smile that is infectious and is very quick to share it.  Additionally we have noticed that it is very difficult to get a normal smiling picture of him.  For some reason he always has crazy faces for the camera.  We think he is doing it on purpose because we have too many odd pictures for it to be coincidence.  Here is a blog we will entitle "The Many Faces of Connor". 

One of the only normal smiling pictures we have of the crazy kid

This picture was taken this morning as Cael was getting ready for school.  We don't really know why he was making this face as he was really happy.  It was his birthday and he had just opened up his presents.  Of note, every day we tell Cael to comb his hair before school.  For some reason every day we have to redo his hair for him.  He does the craziest hair-doos if left to his own.  I think this one was a throwback tribute to the down-the-middle part that uncle Brandon always sported in the 90's (we called it the butt-crack) 

 Getting his gameface on for his Quasimodo halloween costume

We see this face a lot, but usually after Cael has been making unspeakable things with his backside

 

Gangster

 This was such a sad time, when he broke his hand.  It didn't slow him down much but occasionally he got frustrated with having to one hand difficult projects 

 What's wrong with this kid?

He loves this hat.  Picked it up in England and he wore it everywhere. 

Happy Birthday Buddy.  We love you. 

Mediterranean Trip



We just got back from a nice trip to the Mediterranean .  We left the boys behind with friends and kept the little one.  Here are some pics of some of the different spots we hit. 

Trevi Fountain in Rome. Beautiful at night. 

Athens.  The Acropolis is beautiful in the background and this was one of our favorite spots to view it. Up close it was hard to appreciate the grandeur of it all.   Notice the baby in the backpack style carrier.  She actually did really well in this thing.

 Us at the Acropolis. 

 Walking through the Agora, below the Acropolis.  Beautiful structures. 

Turkey.  This is the sight of an ancient temple with a mosque and a cathedral in the skyline of the background. 

Turkey, Ephesus.  This was the library.  It was amazing to walk through the streets and try to imagine what life during ancient times would have been like.