Pictures

The boys LOVE getting ready for Halloween. We decorated our pumpkins this past week. The boys had a great time making their pumpkins into a clown and vampire. We carved 1 pumpkin as a family, the boys didn't last long with that!
These Mr. Potato Heads are the best way for kids to decorate! I bought them half off several years ago, and we reuse them each year!

Picking out our halloween costumes, it took us 4 stores to find just what we wanted. Carter will be superman and Ben will be ironman. We have finally hit the superhero era!

My mother, sister, and niece came to visit last weekend. The weather was not very friendly to them, but that didn't keep us down! We took them to eat deep dish pizza, we took the train to the city and went to the Shedd, went to the French market and library, and they even tried a Chicago hot dog! We were all every sad when we had to take them back to the airport!

Ben's 5th Birthday

Can't belive my little man turned 5! He is getting so big and tall. Benjamin is such a sweet boy. I love the fact he is so active, always ready to go. He loves going to school, learning, and showing us his school work! For his birthday, he chose to go to Chuck E Cheese for dinner (one of the boys favorite places to go!) We had a great time together as family! Above Benjamin in his Bears jersey, he has been asking for it since Carter got one in February.
Couldn't resist this funny picture of Carter playing a game. He is soooo serious about it.

Ben with his football helmets. They now have landed a role on the coffee table because there is always a game going on between two teams. (The are the Big 12 schools if you are questioning.)

Our sweet friends in Texas gave Benjamin Target gift cards so he could pick out his gift here instead of trying to fly back with something. Benjamin has said he wanted a skateboard for sometime now. I have been trying to talk him into a Razor (one with a handle), but oh no, he wanted a true skateboard to use on the stairs IN our house. I very quickly had to let him know you don't got down the stairs you just jump them! He decided to avoid the stairs altogether - YEA! So this picture above is of him after purchasing the skateboard. Carter had to get in there too for this big purchase.

Again at the check out line very excited about buying a skateboard!

Yes, we then went to the skateboard park. We took Carter's bike for him, and for about 30 minutes the boys had a blast "Playing" with the skateboard. I don't think Ben ever had both feet on the board. It was mainly one foot on and one foot off scooting. They also enjoyed laying on it and pushing around with their hands. After about 30 minutes, 3 teenagers came to skate so we moved and watched them. They were very nice to the boys showing them tricks (Thanks guys, we are only 5). They also encouraged the boys to skate. We haven't been back to the skate park due to the massive downpour of rain here. I will try and take pictures next time we go, pretty funny!

Back Home Again

We got back today from 1 1/2 in Texas visiting family and friends. We did so much in a little time, I will have to blog separately about each event. We started out with my parents, and then went to stay with friends over the first weekend, went to the State Fair of Texas, I got to leave the boys and visit my old co-workers, attended my 15th high school reunion and homecoming, Ben's birthday party with family and friends, and the we ended our trip at the Great Wolf Lodge. I have lots of pictures of each event. These pictures today are just the boys we friends and family! We got back to home with cooler weather and a fun week planned!
The boys with Zane and Brittany. I do not know why the boys always take their shirts off when they are around Zane. We had a great time visiting with them, wished it was longer!

Boys with Uncle Kyle - Uncle Kyle couldn't go to the state fair with us as planned, so he came to the hotel early to see and play with us.

Carter, Parker, Benjamin, and Emaline before church on Sunday.

I thought this was the sweetest picture. I took this at Ryan's birthday dinner.