Fall 2010

I'm trying to get this blog up to date before this baby comes. I've got less than 4 weeks to go and so much to do!

In October, we were lucky to have my sister Jane Ellen and her husband John come out and visit us. John came out for a conference for work, so Jane Ellen was able to spend the week with me. It was so much fun to show her around where we live.

One afternoon we went to the Arboretum. It was decorated for fall. It wasn't as pretty as it usually is in the summer, but we still had a fun time.

One afternoon, Doug took off from work and we went into Minneapolis and showed John and Jane Ellen Minnehaha Falls. We took a picnic and also ate lunch there.

Andrew was thrilled to be in this picture, as you can tell.

Halloween was on Sunday this year, so our ward had a BIG Fall party on Saturday night. The boys were excited to get all dressed up for the trunk or treat where they filled their bags with plenty of candy.

This was Danny's first Halloween where he really enjoyed all the festivities

Jacob is a SCARY Skeleton

Andrew is ready to get some CANDY!

One afternoon Danny was eating Oreos, boy did he get messy!

This year for Thanksgiving we had a relaxing dinner at home. We had a great meal and enjoyed football and playing games together as a family. Here is Danny ready to dig in.

Andrew was also excited about the food, but more excited to watch football with Dad.

Jacob is always ready for a FEAST!

Danny loves to get this BIG coloring book out and lay on the floor and color.

Throughout the past year, I have been collecting Christmas books. Some I find at garage sales and others I have bought. Each night in December the boys pick a book that is wrapped from under the tree and we would read it before the boys went to bed.  The boys really enjoyed this new tradition.