Halloween 2010

We had a very busy weekend celebrating Halloween. It started on Friday afternoon when we took the kids downtown Chippewa Falls trick-or-treating. Then we went to visit Grandpa Scott and Grandma LoLo to show them the kids costumes. Lastly, we went to visit Grandma Karen (Papa was hunting at the cabin). Then on Saturday, we went over to Liz and Jesse's house for a Halloween party (kids too!) On Sunday, we headed to Urgent Care in the afternoon, because the boys' ear infections were not getting better (we had a ROUGH night on Saturday) and got on different antibiotics. Finally, Dad took Jayden out trick-or-treating around our neighborhood and she only lasted about 30-40 minutes, before she said "I have enough candy, I want to go home and see Mommy." :)

Grandpa Scott's Farm

Last weekend we brought the kids out to Grandpa's farm. He has cows, chickens, rabbits, and kitties. The kids LOVED it! They loved chasing the kitties around and feeding the chickens. They had so much fun - they didn't want to leave! If it wasn't for the rainy weather, we could have stayed there for hours. Here are some pictures of the kids with the animals. Notice the one of the baby chick inside Landon's hood. :)

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch last weekend with my family and the kids loved it! It was pretty cold out (only 47 degrees!), but that didn't bother them at all. They loved playing in the bounce house and climbing up the haystacks and sliding down the slides. They also had a petting zoo there, with goats, llamas, puppies, kittens and ponies. The kids had so much fun feeding the animals and also holding the puppies. I fell in love with a little "puggle" (mix between a pug and beagle) - but that will have to wait a few years - our house is already a zoo!! :) Here are some pictures from the pumpkin patch.

Jayden's 5th Birthday

We celebrated Jayden's 5th birthday on Saturday and she had a blast! We had lots of friends and family over to celebrate with us. She got tons of presents, including a baseball bat & tee, guitar, clothes, art stuff, earrings and a John Deere Gator!! She absolutely loves driving that around the yard and all her friends loved playing with it too. The boys would rather just sit in it and not have it moving, but I think eventually they will love it too! We had Spongebob cake and ice cream and when she was blowing out the candles, she had to stand up on the chair just to get them all blown out! :)

Movie Stars

So, I just had to post these pictures of the boys, since they love playing with Jayden's sunglasses all the time. Here they are posing for the camera with Jayden's sunglasses on! (By the way - we shaved their mohawks off - if you didn't notice!)

Jayden got her ears pierced!!

About a week before her birthday party, Jayden told me that she wanted earrings for her birthday. She said she wanted her ears pierced like Chloe (our neighbor). Then she asked me if it would hurt and I said just a little pinch. So, last Friday, we went to the mall to get her ears pierced and brought Chloe along too. She did great! She didn't shed even one tear! I was so proud of her! She was so happy, that was all she could talk about for a few days. Here are pictures we took right after she got them done.

Jayden's 1st day of school

Jayden started 4 year old kindergarten last week and she absolutely loves it! She gets to ride the school bus too! She was so excited to ride the school bus and wasn't scared at all. She is so proud to be going to school like a big girl. My baby girl is growing up too fast! Here are a few pictures of her first day of school and the school bus.

Castle Rock Lake

Two weeks ago, we went down to Castle Rock Lake with my family and stayed at a resort for the entire week. It was beautiful weather (high 70s/low 80s) and not humid, which made it perfect to spend time at the pool or the playground with the kids. The kids had tons of fun! One day we went to Wisconsin Dells and went to a Wildlife Park, where the kids got to feed the animals and see deer, ducks, giraffes, monkeys and much more! Another day we took a trip to the Circus World Museum in Baraboo. First we went to a Kids Interactive Circus, where they ask kids from the audience to volunteer to join in and dress up as the animals and the kids do the tricks that the animals usually do. And to our surprise, Jayden volunteered and actually went up there! She was picked to be an elephant and was the first elephant to walk the tight rope (they laid a rope on the ground and Jayden walked across it). She loved it! She was smiling and waving at us the entire time. We all couldn't believe she was brave enough to do that, since she is usually so shy - I think she is growing up!!
The resort was on a golf course, so every night Corey and Jesse went ball hunting and usually came back with at least 30-40 golf balls! I think they ended the trip at about 150-180 golf balls each and Jesse even found a sand wedge! Crazy, huh? Overall, the trip was tons of fun and it was nice break from work for me. Here are some pictures from the trip.




Peyton loved kissing baby Addison!!













Here is Jayden on stage as an elephant