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!!