Fun with Nana and Papa

Fun things the boys did with Nana and Papa.....played in the leaves, built a snowman, went swimming, blew lots of bubbles, decorated cookies, rode around on "horsie Papa's" back....and played, played played!

Snowstorm!

We got lots of snow yesterday - Erik even worked from home (the NEVER happens). The boys and I tried to accommodate and be quiet and out of his way (so I could prove to him that he could work here once in a while), but of course it didn't work. When Daddy is home the boys want to be right by his side. Oh well, we got one day! Jake and Ben went out to help Erik shovel in the morning. We didn't have shovels for them, so they improvised with hockey sticks (we bought them their own shovels later in the day). As you can see by the pictures, the snow was wet and coming down hard - I think we ended up with about a foot! Although Ben HAD to be cold, he wouldn't come in until Erik did. Jake and Jackson on the other hand, were ready to come in for hot chocolate (and a meaty bone).

Be Vewy Vewy Quiet.....we are hunting Pumpkins!

Went to the pumpkin patch to pick out our Halloween goodies this weekend.

 

The bottom piks are taken in the car after a long morning of hunting pumpkins......see what happens to Ben? Now look at Jake.....he's ready to go for more!


 

I thought the boys were taking a nap.......

but when I walked into their room, this is what I saw....

Wenger Wedding

We went to Dan and Jamie's wedding last weekend - the wedding was in a cute church in the mountains/foothills with a beautiful view, and the reception was held at Fossil Trace Golf Club. We had a great time. I could only find one picture of the bride and groom where you can see both of their faces, but we got quite a few of the rest of the gang (whose wedding was it anyway?)

Joel caught the garter.....I think the girl that caught the bouquet was maybe 21 - GO JOEL! :)

Rainy Days and Mondays

Guess what I saw when I came down the stairs this morning? For those of you who know me well, you're probably thinking "what's the big deal? she gets at least one of these every single day". But to me, it is one of the most thoughtful things to have your husband go out before he leaves for work, on a rainy....cold.... Monday morning and bring you back a 'grande, 3 pump vanilla, nonfat latte' - just to be nice! Thanks Honey.

Big Boy Bed

Ben started climbing out of his crib a couple of weeks ago, so we decided it was time to convert their cribs into 'toddler beds'. What a challenge! Although it really stinks that the boys can get out of bed by themselves (usually between 5:30-6:00 am), this scene melts my heart (see below) - Jake climbs into bed with Ben - cute, cute, cute!

Zachary Alexander Young

Congratulations to our friends Chris and Heather who had a little baby boy on the 11th of September. Welcome to the big wide world Zack - the boys are way excited to have a new little buddy.

Some pictures - because I've been asked :)

The pictures go something like this:

playing in the sandbox - Lunch with DebWa - getting ready for a walk when it was cold last week.

Small Update - and the color of the week is ORANGE!

Not too much to report. Erik and I went to Vegas for the weekend and I didn't bring my camera (what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.....). Mom came to stay with the boys. I don't know who had more fun, her or them. Geeeez! I looked at the blog after this post - do I like the color orange or what? Maybe I'm just visually preparing myself for fall and Pumpkin Day!




Oh! This is new....The talking has begun! And now is the time to be careful what we say. I was making dinner tonight and Jake was sitting at the breakfast bar coloring. I spilled something and said "oh poop!" Jake said "oh poop, poop, oh poop, poop, poop". I'm glad I only said poop.

CU vs CSU

We had tickets to take the boys to their first University of Colorado football game today. We didn't end up getting out of hospital in time to go (see below), so we ended up watching it at home. The wrong team won :( but the boys seemed to enjoy watching the game anyway.