Happy Halloween!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween!! Here are some of my favorite pics from the past week or so.........

Here are our jack-o-lanterns. We had a great time carving them and the kids loved to go out everynight and see them all lit up.
not a bit afraid of getting dirty this year!!!

Brodie prefered using the spoon to clean out the guts.

My 3 boys!!

Here's Cory in his Mark Mangino costume. You may be wondering what the white stuff is on his mouth in the pic below. It is twinkie filling!!! He went to work in this costume, handed out twinkies to everyone adn ended up winning first place in the GTM costume contest. What a hoot!!!!

Chase was Captain Jack and Brodie was a farmer. Chase really loved getting all dressed up in his costume this year. He of course loved the candy too. Brodie wasn't sure at first, but once he realized we got candy from each house, he was all in!!! By the end of the night, he was telling everyone "Happy Halloween" and "thank-you".

To close, here's a Happy Halloween message from my 2 cuties.

No More Training Wheels

Today, Chase decided, would be the day he learned to ride his bike with no training wheels!! It is something we have been talking about all Summer and he finally got the gumption to just go for it. It was a breeze for him. the video below is the actual first try and it looked to me like he was already a pro. We have speant the majority of the day riding bikes and so far only one major wipe out with just a little bit of blood. So far so good.

Brodie Kaiden

Here are some recent pics of Brodie. He is just over 21 months now and Cory and I are constantly saying how we can't believe how fast he is growing up. In the past month, he has gone from barely speaking any words to making on 2 and 3 word sentences. Our house is filled with the sound of him saying "I go down", "I go out", "sit down", "play football", "play baseball", "I sit with mama" and more. He is full of energy and I think turning out to be a "little Cory junior". He is happy and spunky and constantly making all of us laugh.

Happy Birthday Grandma

My Mom's birthday was on September 2nd. The weekend before, we all met in York at Chance's R Restaurant for a little birthday celebration. Here are a few pics of her with the my kiddos and my sisters little cutie, Kade. Too cute.

Fan Appreciation Night

Last night we took the boys to Fan Appreciation Night. Chase was so excited to get his football filled with autographs. I'm pretty sure he got most of the team, bu I have only included pictures of his favorites.

Here he is with his very favorite player, Brandon Banks. Chase was wearing his jersey and when it got to be his turn to get his ball signed, Banks said "Hey I like your jersey little man" Chase's eyes about popped out of his head, he was so excited.

While Chase was getting signatures, I followed Brodie around while he enjoyed wide open spaces to run and jump and.......

pretend to be one of the K-State Greats.

Our last stop was with the Great One, Bill Snyder himself. Chase was in heaven!!

Fall Soccer

We have started a new season with Soccer. Chase is on a new team with a new coach this Fall. He is having a great time!! One of the boys from his preschool class is on the team, so they are of course having fun. This weekend, Chase got to be team captain. He scored also scored 2 goals. We have been giving him some coaching on being a team player and a good sport. It was fun to see him actually grasping the idea. He was out there giving his teamates high five and cheering them on when they were getting ready to score.
Here's Brodie trying really hard to be a good sport and support his brother. If he had it his way, he would be out on the field playing soccer too. He is almost 2 going on 5 i swear!!

CoCo Key Water Resort

Last weekend we took the kids and my sister Emilie to the CoCo Key Water Resort in Kansas City. As you can see from the pics, the kids had a blast!! If you are looking to visit an indoor water park and don't want to pay the $250-$400 to visit Great Wolf, I would recomend this place. It has a littel kiddie area with small slides, a jungle gym area with some medium sized slides adn the 2 or 3 big tube slides for about 1/2 the price.

Gardening with Grandma and Grandpa

A few weeks ago we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for a visit. Usually when we go home to visit, Cory will help my Dad with the farming. Just this Summer, Chase has really taken an interest in helping too. He really gets into wearing the boots and hat and getting dirty. Here are some pics of him picking sweet corn with my Dad and helping my Mom in the garden.

During this visit, he really enjoyed posing for the camera. I came outside to get a picture of his gettup and he said "oh wait, let me stand by Grandpa's truck, that'll make a good picture.
We all thought it was pretty funny, so my Dad decided he would join him, way to "work it" for the camera boys!!
Here's Brodie and Daddy getting ready to pick sweet corn.

Chase in the corn field, he really liked this part.

After picking sweet corn, my Mom and I went for a drive to get Brodie to take a nap. About 30 minutes later, we found these three in Byron looking for the nearest soda machine. What a bunch!!

We all met up back and Grandma and Grandpa's and shucked the corn.

Brodie like helping too.

A little later on, Chase and Grandma went out to her garden to pick green beans and tomatoes. Chase has been asking me to grow a garden for the past year, but I have no clue what I'm doing. He was extra excited to help Grandma with her garden.

when he picked this bean, he said "look Mom, you gotta take a picture of this one, it's huge."

Look at all those beans!!

Summer Fun

It has been entirely too long since my last post. I really don't have a good excuse other than we have had an amazing yet very busy Summer. I have posted some of my favorite pics and thought I would fill you all in on the highlights. We have spent lots of time outside, splashed in the pool a few times, enjoyed our first season of tee-ball, celebrated a 5th birthday and took an amazing one week vacation to fabulous Walt Disney World. All in all it has been wonderful, but very busy. Hopefully, from now on, I won't go 3 months in-between posts. Hope everyone else enjoying thier summers as well!!