Tyler's Birthday Party

I can't believe he's 4!


Dad was pretty excited about the toy he picked out for Tyler!


The Party Guests
Joel, dinosaur
Brooklen, Margo, and Adi, Ninja, Dorothy I think, and Vampiress?
Lucas and Allison, The Incredibles
Rylee, not sure... Retro Chic?
Weston, Bob the Builder
Evelyn, butterfly.

I missed getting pictures of Drew, a boxer, Isaac, the little devil, Jaden, a haphazard Belle, and Denny as Indiana Jones. Kudos to Denny and Margo for dressing up!!


And the Birthday Boy!




Tyler tore into his presents so fast, I'm not sure what came from whom, but he loves them all! THANK YOU!



Tyler's cake


Joel and Evelyn... this was too cute! They are 3 months apart, which for a while seemed like a big difference, but it'll be fun to see how he harasses her and Allison now that he's catching up!

ZOO Birthday Day

Tyler decided he wanted to go to the Zoo for his birthday and see the penguins. So that's what we did! The zoo was doing some Halloween thing, so it was absolutely packed, but the kids got some candy, so they were happy! We also rode the carousel since it was a "special" day, which we've never done before. (The Zoo is free, why should I pay for anything?) Then we went out to lunch so Tyler could get a (free)dessert. Hmm.. I guess that was our theme for the day, cause we ate at O'Charley's where kids eat free.

Thierbach's Apple Junction

We were out for a pumpkin adventure Sunday after church and headed out to Aholt Farms where we'd gone with the kids' preschool. However, they now charge general admission and wanted and arm and two legs to get in, so we moved on out to Thierbach's. I was glad we did though! We had a lot of fun for a lot less $ and came home with pumpkins and delicious apples!

Erica's Baby Shower

My friend Erica's baby shower was lots of fun, I hope I didn't wear out my welcome staying a couple hours after it was over! Our babies are due 3 weeks apart, but too bad we'll be 14 hours apart and both at home with newborns- we won't see eachother or the new babies for a few months!

Tyler's Field Trip to Aholt Farm

The boys and I had a great time on Tyler's field trip last week! Tyler is such a sweet little boy. He's so wild at home sometimes, I forget how sweet he can be. It's fun to take him somewhere where he can use all his energy, and have fun! You might notice in the last picture, Joel did yet another faceplant in the gravel and scraped up his nose pretty good. Poor little guy!

Joel's Bump

Joel got this nice huge bump on his head, and I just had to document it! He was playing in the garage and tried to stand up holding a ball- well the ball rolled and Joel just tipped forward onto his forehead. It didn't seem that bad til he turned around and immediately had the darkening bump! The pictures don't even do it justice, it was huge!