Oh and here's our Halloween pics!

Our boys were storm troopers this year No scratch that Clone troopers!  They loved it

The Sky was awesome!  We stopped and Grandma and Grandpas and Kristian decided to stay...so we let him. He loves those guys.

Here we are trying to carve pumpkins....does anyone else wonder why we do this..it's gross and not really a kid friendly activity here take a sharp knife and cut in this pumpkin?

So we got them all prepped and the great pumpkin carver came while the boys were asleep!

Boys Playing!

Here's a few pictures of our boys playing!  We built some lincoln log structures and then the boys kept bringing cars to "the party" they said...I hope this isn't foreshadowing!

We took the boys to Wahooz for the first time the other day...some time in October to ride go karts!  We were actually going to go for a hike but I think they were all hiked out b/c they kept whining so we surprised them with  this....I think we may go again for track break...maybe RACECAR day!!! Yes I shamelessly copy my friend Kelly who has theme days for her kids (she's full of great ideas).  I've only actually done it once but it's a blast for everyone!
Poor Kristian had to ride w/ Spiderman

Hawkin was soooo serious, really focused on the task at hand.
Here he is receiving instructions

Here he is running to tell us all about it.

And here he is trying to keep from smiling...can you tell he had fun?

Soren got to go on the bigger track with Daddy which was fun but he can't wait to drive his own!
Here are the boys playing with their backugons' from McDonalds! They loved it...until one broke :( Go figure!
And that's what we did in October!

SERENA!

Serena! Looks like you've won you and your family a day at the West YMCA!  We can go together and play or you can pick a day that works for your family and I'll get you signed in! 

I recommend swimming or reserving a raquet ball court and just going wild w/ balls, or you can even rock climb!   

A Give Away!

Yep, it's post #200 (well I think there may be some drafts in there) and it's time for a Give away!

Last year I gave away a year subscription to a magazine...this year I've been racking my brain to figure out what and for some reason this idea keeps coming to my mind.

A fun family day at the YMCA!

I love the Y and this month marks my second year there as a swim instructor.  Each year I get 6 guest passes and have just 1 left till Jan.  On one hand I thought....that's cheesey Summer it doesn't cost me anything.  On the other hand we have tons of fun as a family at the Y and I think it would be great fun to share the love!

Obviously this is a local give away since I won't be flying anyone in and I have to be there to sign you in...however, if you're not local and want enter...and you win, I'll find something to bless you with ;0)

So to enter all you have to do is tell me what sort of ACTIVE things you like to do as a family. Each ACTIVE entry will count as one entry....so the more active you are the more entries you'll have.  All entries will go in a hat and my kids will pick the winner. That's it, easy prize, easy entry!

The winner can spend the day with us at the Y or I can simply sign you in and let your family go for it! (in case schedules don't match up).

Here are some of the things we've enjoyed as a family both at the Y and in the great outdoors!

Rockclimbing, Raquetball (or ball madness inside a raquetball cort), basketball, swimming, laps around the track, hiking, and biking the green belt. (for example this would count as 7 entries)

Truly the Y has been a great place for us, I work 4-5 hours a week and pay only $21/mnth for a family membership which includes 2hrs a day of childcare (so if I'm not working I can workout).  We have so much fun as a family there, I hope you will too!

The Farmstead!

So tuesday night we went to The Farmstead courtesy of David's work, which was nice b/c with snacks, cocoa and all it would have cost us about $50!  We had a great time and stayed out WAY later than we planned!  When we started it was a warm & sunny Autumn afternoon.





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I think this was our boys' first encounter w/cotton candy! 
We ended all bundled up cheering on the pigs racing. This is Kristian saying Go piggy's go!

A pinch to grow an inch! *edited*

*Um if you read this post please realize that....when measuring your children make sure the same person or the same routine takes place each time* ;0) Sheepishly, I admit that David measured the boys the first time and then I measured them the second time and while the kids have grown in the past month it is not as much as what we once thought ;) ;)



We finally found the SPOT in which to mark the boys height. So we started in Aug. and thought lets measure them again to see if they've grown any in the last month....

...the answer is, YES they have! We were surprised to see that each of our boys have grown an inch in the past month! YIKES! Time to go shopping!

Here's a little video from our most recent Hidden Springs hike...really they are just nature/explorer walks in hopes that someday our kids will like hiking and we will struggle to keep up with them! But for now we stop, we look, we listen, and we play w/grasshoppers!

Just some pics b/c they make me happy!

Soren's first day of 4 year old Preschool! Ms. Susan is fantastic!

Here the boys are w/their tiedye shirts and swirl push pops after Art in the Park!

This was too funny, our boys one by one decided to spike their hair Hawkin first, then Soren, and finally Kristian! too cute!

Goodnight! what a goofball! love that kid.

Some videos...just for fun.

Oh and if you think of it, please pray for me I'm struggling trying to adjust to this new schedule. I feel whimpy saying that but...ya it's just been hard. thanks! 

*just to clarify the adjustment is to David working swings*