Halloween Party

Noah and Ava's neighbor friend Will had a little Halloween party at his house today with a few of the neighborhood kids....an afternoon of Halloween fun.....playing the game I Spy, Pinata loaded with tons of Halloween treats and prizes, crafts and cupcakes!!!! The kids had a blast!!!

One of Ava's favorite prizes...Witches fingers

Noah's favorite prize....eyeball patch and vampire fangs!!!

Boy FUN.....

Noah went up north for the day/night with Papa on Saturday and met up with his cousin Bradley!! A fun filled day of fishing, shooting their bows, campfire(with smores of course) and a dinner out for pizza!!! What more could a 6 year old boy ask for.....

This week at our house.....

Getting ready for Trick or Treating is always an exciting time of the year for the kids......Ava thought of switching her costume and going as a "scary man".....I turn my head for a minute and this little stinker was trying to scare me in Target!!!
Ava had a pumpkin carving display at her school this year...Ava and her neighborhood friend Allie were all about making this fancy pumpkin! they had fun "bedazzling" it and gluing all the jewels on it! This is such an "Ava" pumpkin......glitter, jewels, tiara and tutu!!!!

Ava woke up and wanted to play Barbies with dad.....It was the cutest thing...Ava-"Daddy will you play Barbies with me, I have a boy Barbie you can play with...his name is Ken". How do you say NO to that!!!

Noah had his last football game this week(Sean helped coach)....he had a GREAT season and improved tremendously with each game every week!!!! He is AWESOME on defense...you tell him to go after the flag on the opposite team's guy....there is no stopping him!!! Noah has also been working really hard on receiving passes and running with the ball! Good job Noah!!!!!

Next up....Basketball.....

After a long, busy week.....these two are pooped out!!! How sweet is this.........

Chair Lift Ride

Every year Granite Peak has the big chair lift open for two weekends in the fall for people to come and take a ride up to the top of Rib Mountain and back down again to check out all the beautiful colors of fall and take a glimpse at our beautiful city of Wausau!! (the view from here doesn't even compare to the views I had out in Colorado a few weekends ago) :-)
We had a gorgeous sunny day and a nice warm breeze...so we thought we'd check it out for ourselves. I was a little hesitant on taking Ava, thinking she would be too scared, but to my surprise....the kids LOVED it and so did I!!!!

Grandparent's Celebration

Last Friday at Ava's school.....they had a special Grandparent's Celebration Day. Ava was soooo excited to have both of her "nana's" (and papa Joe too) there!! They spent the time doing special little crafts and having a special treat (all of Ava's favorite things to do)!!!

Colorado.....

The end of September I did a little "weekend getaway" in Colorado with my sister-in-law Katie and Sean's Aunt Mary(who lives out there)......and I keep asking myself since then....Why do we live in Wisconsin??? I cannot begin to explain how beautiful the mountains are and why we live in cow fields??
We started the weekend in denver (where Mary lives) and took a scenic road trip over to Breckenridge and Estes Park....WOW what a beautiful drive!! We had the most beautiful weather....sunny and 75 degrees the entire time we were there!!
Our days were spent sleeping in, having coffee, shopping, hiking, and great food!!! Perfect!

The Elk just roam freely....as seen here on a local golf course....CRAZY!! And crazy how close we were able to get to them with out charging us....well maybe.....that's a whole other story!!