Boys Being Boys

Hello, family and friends! Greetings from the House
of Hills. Today we'll share with you a random assortment
of photos and video clips shot over the past few weeks.
We'll start with Benton, who is taking his big brother role
very seriously by sporting jamaloos from neighbors Nancy
and Vance.


We think he loves his little brother very much...


Aaaaaaawww!


Benton also rough houses with Iron like any big brother
would. (Wait, who picked this fight?!!)


All this lovin' wears both boys out, and sometimes
Grandma Hills comes to the rescue.


Other times, they crash in bed together. So cute!


Speaking of cute, here are a couple shots of
Iron looking extra alert. First in his car seat...


And then in Daddy's protective arms.


In addition to protection, Daddy serves another
important role: Iron uses him to give us a signal
that he's hungry!


Last weekend we were thrilled to be visited by
Candy (one of Tam's best friends from high school)
and her husband Karl and baby girl Josephine.
We've not seen Candy for many years, so it was
great to catch up over the long weekend, even if
it did rain all but a couple hours of it. Here's the
happy family on the Burke Gilman Trail in the
Fremont neighborhood.


And here's Candy and Karl at the Fremont
Sunday Market.


But my favorite shot is one of Karl and Candy in
front of our Japanese maple. Beautiful! Thanks
for visiting -- we love you lots!


Many of you many have noticed that Benton's hair
was getting a tad long. So a couple days ago, we
took him to see Auntie Dawn for a cut. Benton was
scared throughout most of the trim...


And tried some tricky blocking maneuvers.


But in the end he gave in...


And behold, how handsome he looks!


Grandma joined us for the trip to Dawn's and
kept Iron pacified. Mmmmmm...Grandma is
finger lickin' good!


Upon returning home, our boys went back to
being boys. Here Benton thinks he can steal
Iron's actual pacifier!


Today we thought we'd leave you with a special
treat: Iron is learning to smile. Enjoy!