Happy Halloween!

We did a couple of fun things for Halloween this year.  

First, we had our church's annual Trunk or Treat on Sunday.  Jonas dressed up as the black Spiderman and walked around and around the gym and got tons of candy.  Then we heard a fun devotion led by Mr. Willert.

 On Thursday we headed to Uncle Mike and Aunt Mary's church for their Trunk or Treat, despite the windy rainy weather.  Jonas dressed up as a shark this time, and Duane dressed up too.  Apparently I was the party pooper with no costume :-)  There were no hot dogs as planned due to the rain, so all 12 of us went to Pizza Hut for some dinner.  Yum!

In keeping with our tradition, we graphed all of our candy.  Duane and Bransen helped us out, and the candy bars won by a long shot!

I hope you all had as much fun with your families as we did.  Happy Halloween!

Happy Birthday Hayden!

We celebrated Hayden's birthday in August.  He's 2!

Playing in the water

We got Hayden a Mickey Mouse scooter!

Bubbles!

Enjoying the camp fire

Sparklers and Fireworks

We love you Hayden!  We sure had a lot of fun at your birthday party!

Pool Party

We spent the afternoon yesterday swimming over at Aunt Marie and Uncle Larry's.  Jonas practiced his underwater diving skills, had a great time playing with all the kids, and chowed down on some yummy watermelon.  Even Great Grandma Vera came to watch.  Hooray for nice weekends (especially ones when you think it's going to rain, and it doesn't)!

Festival of Lights

We brought the kids to the Festival of Lights on Saturday.  I actually didn't get any pictures of lights...weird huh?  But...here's some other cute ones!

From December 2011

This snowsuit was like a baby straight jacket on Abby...hilarious!

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Great Grandma Vera and Jonas in line to see Santa.

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From December 2011

The kids list for Santa - gum, pickles, a blue bear.  I kid you not...our kids are weird!

From December 2011

Jonas was picked during the game show to be a contestant.  He had to throw and try to catch a big blow up rocket.  He didn't catch it, but he had a great throw that his teammate caught!  

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Team huddle:

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They also drove through a big light show, saw a magic show, and saw some reindeer...but somehow I forgot to take pictures of all that!  We had a great time, as always!

Happy Birthday, Bethany....Again!

We celebrated Bethany's actual birthday last night with some presents and ice cream cake! More ponies, princesses, and fancy dresses!

From April 2011

From April 2011

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From April 2011

Jonas might have some issues when he grows up...

From April 2011

More Jonas photography:

From April 2011

From April 2011

Video of singing "Happy Birthday"

From April 2011

Museum Trip

The Buffalo Museum of Science has a dinosaur exhibit going on! Jonas, Great Grandma, and I headed to check it out. Great Grandma read to Jonas all about each kind of dinosaur, and his favorite ones were the Triceratops and the robotic dinosaur.

From August 2010

From August 2010

We saw some other ones, too.

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From August 2010

Jonas was actually super excited about seeing the whole museum, and looked at every exhibit. Here's some highlights:

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We also made crayon rubbings of different dinosaurs, worked on puzzles, weighed ourselves on every planet, and saw tons of different animals!