Brody and Allison had some friends over to hang out for the day. The boys made fortune tellers:

The girls made this awesome fort:



Playing outside in the beautiful weather:

More random pictures:
Brody reading The Hobbit surrounded by food:

Allison lost her front tooth:

Grandpa Binder playing Monopoly with the kids:

At the show:

Kids being cute:

Playing with friends:

My other brown-eyed beauty:

I drive by this tree about 6 times a day on my way to and from school. One tree has green, yellow, orange, red. So pretty:

Allison yanking on her loose tooth on the way to school:

Homework time:

After dropping Brody off at school, I come home to this quite often - the forgotten lunch on the table:

Morning activities include making rocket ships out of boxes:

Me, hanging out at my mom's house:

Allison caught of pigeon at the park:

Allison looking gangsta on the way to play basketball / Benjamin photobombing:

Making smashed potatoes:

making stuff:

Friday nights, we all watch Legend of Korra:

Lazy Saturday mornings:

Benjamin figured out how to use a pencil... on my scriptures and the desk:

Found some sharpie on the wall and on Benjamin's lips - This is his GUILTY face:

Flying kites with the neighbors:

Three Shirtless Koehler Men:

My nephew's baptism:

Picnic at the Kindergarten playground:

Totally random pictures:


Typical weekday night - homework and dinner:

I make my 11-vegetable minestrone a lot during the cold months - Allison helps make it and eat it:

School pictures:

Allison glued to her chess game:

We had a great weekend with some family in town. I made prime rib, we saw La Reve... but mostly we just stayed at home and enjoyed each others company. I am so lucky to have such great in-laws!!!

This table was waiting ALL DAY for dinner:

I tried to do something fancy with Allison's hair... This looks NOTHING like what it was supposed to... but I still liked it:

Getting ready for Trick-or-treating:

Benjamin is very suspicious of the carwash:

This beautiful pumpkin gave us seeds to feed us for days:

Fall Festival - Brody won a fish:






Benjamin, the TORNADO!

The family's new favorite food - green posole. Leighton asks me to make it a few times a month. When Benjamin smells it, he climbs up and says "want some"

And, the puppy: