Enjoying a Beautiful Fall Day with Cousins.

On Thanksgiving Monday I took Curtis and Kelsey to Indian Battle Park with us for the afternoon. It was great to have the extra hands and the cousins had so much fun hanging out together. 

October in a nutshell

 Playing trains

 I took the boys on their first movie theatre experience. Despicable Me 2.

 The VanderHeide's joined us.

 Auntie Tracy bought a huge bag of popcorn and we asked for 8 little bags to split it up.

 Miss Emma working in her kitchen.

Luke and his buddy Seth at the Thanksgiving assembly.

 Boys started hockey last week. Luke was super excited.

 Isaac and Emma taste-tasted some playdoh.

 Ken helped the boys build a birdhouse kit.

 I started taking Luke, Isaac and Emma skating on Mondays. This is Isaac's first experience on skates.

Taking a rest.



October Projects

Luke's pillow.

Finally re-finished my deacons bench.

re-finished bread box

 Our new playroom chevron curtain.

Emma's pillow.

 Laundry room before.

Before.

 After.

 

It's been a productive month for projects and oh...so much fun! I re-did the laundry as a surprise when Ken was away at the teacher's convention for 2 nights. My first complete paint job by myself. It should be fun doing laundry now.

 

Siblings, Cousins and Friends.

 Cousin Shawna.

 Cousin Brad

 Cousin Simone

 Lukey the monkey.

 Andrew and Isaac.

Andrew and his buddy Nathan. Never too big for the play center.

Hanging out in Uncle Pete's backyard

A few Sunday's ago after church Uncle Pete invited Ken, Andrew, Sam and Luke for an outing in the coulees which are pretty much his back yard. They were going to check Uncle Pete's hunting stand in the tree and check his hunting camera for any deer footage. They enjoyed making memories with Uncle Pete even if they whined a bit about the long walk. When they got home they watched on the computer any deer passing thru where Uncle Pete's stand is. Pretty exciting stuff. Since then the boys have been drawing pictures and writing stories about hunting with Uncle Pete. Hopefully one day Uncle Pete will be up for that challenge! Thanks Uncle Pete! You rock!