Halloween 2010

The pumpkins for 2010 at the Gogis' house revolved around a Mario theme... From left to right we have "Boo", "Bowser", "Mario", and "Princess Peach"! They turned out really cute! We always have such a good time carving our pumpkins and roasting the seeds! Here we are picking out our perfect pumpkins!

Another thing we like to do every year is ZooBoo. Here is Brayden Mario doing some pumpkin bowling!

2 super cute spiders:)

Princess Peach Brianna posing in her favorite little space at the zoo aquarium!

Princess Peach and Mario!

Brayden's 7th birthday!

This year Brayden had 3 parties! One with Gary's side of the family, one with my side of the family, and a combined kids party with Brayden Polley. So far I've found the pictures of his pizza party with his cousins! Here they are playing pizza bingo: Gary presenting the pizza cake! What a goof!

The kids making their own pizzas:

Brayden and Grace;)

Brayden acting excited for his new bike! (He's wearing an apron that Gary designed for all the kids to wear - so cute!)

With my family we went to Allison's house then later we had fun at Crazy Pins in Ft. Wayne. For the kids party - we had a Halloween themed party at our house. Fun games outside and a slightly haunted basement for the kids to walk through - it all went really well!

Gary's 33rd birthday!

This year for Gary's birthday we had a busy day playing Putt Putt, eating at Fireside, and going to Brayden's last soccer practice. I think he had a good day - I did:)
Cute pic of the fam: My little comedian thought it would be "hilarious" if she got her daddy some underwear - and she was right!

Such a sweet picture of my 2 boys!

Anderson Orchard and Waterman's

For Gary's birthday this year I decided to get him a dual reclining loveseat. While shopping, Brianna decided she needed to take a couple of pictures - one of me... and one of Gary:)

This year we found a couple of caterpillars - and for the first time were able to watch it form a coccoon and turn into this gorgeous Buckeye butterfly! Wouldn't you know it would be a Buckeye!!!

For the last several years we have gone to Waterman's. This year I was able to go with Brianna and her classmates!

One of Brianna's favorite things to do is feed the animals:)

Here she is riding the big bike for the first time!

Brianna loves this dark hay maze! She went through it at least 10 times!

Here's a picture of her class!

Picking out her pumpkin! I'm so glad my schedule worked out that I could go with her!!!

This is the 2nd year we've gone out to Anderson Orchard and broke the rules of no tree climbing! I love climbing trees! Brayden loved it too - despite his fear of heights!

Of course my daredevil loved it too!

Way up high in the apple tree - 4 little apples smiled down at me!

Brayden's photography in action!

October 2010

On October 3rd, Alivia Ryan Delagrange was born! We are so excited to add a new little girl to our family! Fortunately, Gary, Brianna, and I were able to drive up to Ft. Wayne the next day to meet her! I love this pics of all the ladies (just wish my grandma was in this pic)! Grandma Ginny with Miss Alivia:) (and Ryan watching from the side!)

Brianna holding her new "sissy"! She loves her already!

One of the last really warm nights of the season Gary suprised us with an outdoor movie night! He brought out space heaters and set up the projector - it was so fun!

We watched The Muppets Take Manhatten! An oldie but a goodie!

Here's another pic from Brayden's soccer season! The one game that they won was due to his one goal of the season! Go Brayden!

Soccer 2010

Brayden moved up to the U-8 division this year for soccer. He's really doing very well - getting in there and trying real hard! He seems to be enjoying it this year! We're really proud of him! Here are a couple pics from sunday's game - Brianna sweating on the sidelines! Brayden kicking the ball... I'm sure we'll have more pics to post in the future!

Labor Day weekend, Zoo, etc.

One of our funday mondays we took Brianna to the zoo - we hadn't seen the cheetahs yet. They were really active for cheetahs - this one was very interested in Brianna (let's just say it's a good thing there was a fence here)! It kept hiding then peeking out at her... Brianna giving the goat some love:)

Give me a kiss!

Brianna stuck between the tusks:

Our favorite - the sea lions and seals!

Last sunday we wanted to do some putt putt in honor of Gary and my first date 13 years ago - but Great Times was closed. So instead we went to Rustic miniature golf and driving range. Here's an attempted pic of the kids...

Brianna's photo shoot - next to our butterfly garden!

Old fishing dog Boston - chilling in the boat over Labor Day weekend!

Ryan and Brayden going on the fixed jet ski!

Indian's game

For a Father's Day gift we told Gary we would take him to an Indian's game - but being gone all summer at the lake we almost didn't make it! Last minute we decided to go after one of Brianna's gymnastics classes. Bri wasn't too sure about it at first - she kept thinking Brayden was going to go play soccer or something. But as soon as she saw the field, she and Brayden's eyes lit up! It was such a fun night of eating junk food, dancing goofy to the music, and giving Rowdy high fives! We even won 4 free car washes for sitting in the winning section!

Baby shower for Alivia:)

Back in August I hosted a baby shower for my sister at my mom's house:) We're so excited to meet baby Alivia! Here are a few pics from the shower:
Brianna, Alli, cousin Amy: Ryan's mom Kathy, baby Braxton - and Ryan's sister Erin:

Denise, Aunt Marilyn, and Grandma Bryan:

Rita and Donna (Brianna and mom in background):

Bri, Alli, Amy

Aunt Georgeann, Grandma Rousseau, Suzanne:

Allie, Nellie, Amy:

The 3 girls - Alli, mom, me:) Take note of the baby carriage fruit bowl!

The cake:) Gary and I had a lot of fun making this!