OK, so throughout October I've either been extremely busy, or extra extremely lazy. It was such a great month for our family. We threw two birthday parties, one for me and one for Brayden. Brayden and I went to my parents farm to help make firewood for the second weekend of the month, and the last weekend was our Halloween Spooktacular (not really, i just like that word). It went by so fast that before I knew it, I was over a month behind on our blog.
I'll put a few slide shows in this post. First is my party. I turned 29 this year. Susie threw such a great party. Friends and family from the area were there, and my college friends and their families from Sioux City came up for the weekend too. The party lasted from noon till I passed out, and the next morning we took all the kids swimming at the hotel our friends stayed at. After brunch we went to Nickelodeon Universe at the MOA for the afternoon.
I forgot to take the camera when we went to Wisconsin, but I don't know when I've seen Brayden have more fun. He loved riding the 4 wheeler and tractor. He got a kid's chainsaw from our grandma Peggy for his birthday, so he was out in the woods cutting small branches off the firewood my dad and I cut.
The weekend before his birthday, we threw Brayden a party. He had some friends come over and they played and played till they couldn't walk anymore. Brayden got a lot of great gifts and hasn't stopped playing with them to this day. Right now is the most interested he's been in playing with his toys and using his imagination. It's nice how he can now entertain himself and his little brother Adam. Every night they have a half hour laugh off before bed. I think my abs are getting tighter from laughing at the two of them setting each other off.
The night after his party, we went to Chuck E Cheese with Russ, Katie, Justin, and Emily. The kids had a blast, but it's amazing that 600 tickets can just get you a crappy pencil case.
So, after the parties, we celebrated Halloween. We took the kids to the zoo, where we met some of Susie's friends from work. They had treat stations set up though out, so Brayden got to trick or treat there before we went out on the town.
On Halloween night, we went to Farmington and Trick or Treated with Chris and Caleb. Susie, Adam, Emily, and Eli stayed back at the house. Brayden did really well this year, but he got tired out about halfway through the houses, he made it all the way last year.
So, that was our month. I would also like to say, congratulations to our new President-Elect. Now we just have to wait another 76 days for the trash to be taken out.
