The First Snow!

Yesterday we had our first snow!  We spent a good portion of the day sledding and drinking hot cocoa.  We are excited to be having a white Christmas this year!

Andy Turns 8!

We celebrated Andy's 8th birthday last weekend.  On his actual birthday, we had an indoor soccer game where he scored 2 goals and a basketball game where he played some mean defense.  After all that activity, we relaxed with a movie.  We went to see Disney's "Frozen" followed by pizza and ice cream!  Brrrrr!

On Sunday, we had his party at Incredibowl.  He spent the afternoon with 10 of his friends bowling and putt putt golfing.  He had a blast and we survived!

 

 

Christmas is Coming!

We are getting ready at our house for Santa's arrival.  The Christmas tree is decorated and the stockings are hung.

 

Next on the list is a visit to see Santa.  Once again, the kids had breakfast with Santa at church where they made crafts and shared their Christmas lists with St. Nick.

 

Once again this year, we tested our decorating skills with the Milroys and McKees to see who could cover a gingerbread house with the most frosting and candy.  This has become a very fun and much anticipated tradition.  I suspect that Sarah, Colleen and I will be decorating gingerbread house together well after the kids have lost interest!  



The finished product!

Halloween

Halloween is always a busy day at our house and this year was no exception.  Between carving pumpkins, school parties, costume parades and the annual neighborhood party followed by Trick or Treating, we were exhausted by Friday.  If schools were smart, they would make the day after Halloween a holiday!

Andy's big pumpkin

Peacock Fairy



TK Halloween

The Ninja and his second grade class

Time to Trick or Treat

Fall fun!

This weekend we had visitors from Lincoln!  We started the day off with some soccer.  Andy's team has had a great year with a great coach (Scott).  This was their toughest opponent of the season. It was an intense 40 minutes of soccer and we are very proud of how hard the boys battled.
   

Defending the goal

After soccer, we headed to Lawrence to check out a new pumpkin patch, Schaake's Pumpkin Patch.  We played, picked out some big pumpkins and rode the hayrack.  We also enjoyed some awesome kettle corn and cider on the ride home.  It was a beautiful fall day.

Pumpkin launchers

To top the day off, while Scott and I enjoyed a night out, the kids made applesauce with Grandpa!  His apple pealer was a big hit...maybe even more than the applesauce.