Brayden's 6th birthday!

While we were in Tenn. we celebrated Brayden's 6th birthday! He wanted to have a Mario Brothers Cake... Gary did an awesome job on it (but it never even was cut - we ended up eating the cupcakes instead)! We had a great day at Wonderworks, Tony Romas, playing Bingo, and breaking a pinata!

Tennessee

For fall break this year we went to Tennessee with 3 families that live on our street - Polleys, Kecks, and Hassingers. We stayed in a 5 bedroom cabin that had a fun movie room in the basement and a bunch of different arcade style games. The kids got along as good as they possibly could have! Everyone stayed healthy - until we got home anyway;) Here are some highlights from the trip!
Walking to Grotto Falls (1.4 miles each way with 8 adults and 10 kids)... The kids were awesome! And we only got a little muddy!
Look carefully and you can see me and Brayden behind the waterfall! Gary carried Brianna the whole time!

Gorgeous! If it had been about 15 degrees warmer you probably wouldn't have been able to pull me away!

Here's the whole group!

Crazy hot tub time! No relaxing for this group!

Wonderworks! Very fun!

A few other memorable things: Long showers;), 3 colanders and no pot, and seeing a black baby bear run across the parking lot as we were leaving the cabin!

Presents!!!

Brayden got a lot of fun gifts today! Uncle D, Aunt Kim, Uncle Matt, and Bona got him these cute frogs! Brayden's face was SO CUTE when he saw them for the first time! Now we just need to name our new family members!

Gary and I made the kids a clubhouse in the basement under the stairs. He had to complete 3 missions before he could see it...

#1 Target practice (shoot down the cobras)

#2 Boot Camp (complete the obstacle course) - Go Sam!

#3 Report to Headquarters (find the clubhouse behind the mountain picture)

Lower level of the clubhouse (Brianna showing him all the accessories)

Upper level of clubhouse!

Gary got Buckeye cornhole from my family!

GI Joe Party!

Today we had a GI Joe birthday party for Gary and Brayden today. We had our families over to celebrate with us. Here is the cake: Happy Birthday Gary and Brayden!

Make a wish!

Just thought this pic was cute of Boston, Bri, and Aunt Alli!

Gary's 32nd Birthday:)

Yesterday was Gary's 32nd birthday! We had a fun day:) It was too wet and cold to go golfing (which was his birthday wish) - so instead we went to the Golf Dome (indoor driving range). We had the whole place to ourselves - which is a good thing since I stink! Later he opened presents and we went out to BJ Brewhouse for some awesome food!
Here's Brayden and Brianna giving him the poster we had made of the Buckeye stadium: Spread the germs - I mean love...

"The best presents ever!"

#1

#2

(They were so funny wrapping themselves up!)

At BJ's Brewhouse getting ready to eat his free pizzaookie!

Anderson Orchard

Today we had an awesome fall day! First, we went to ride bikes at Southeastway Park then we headed over to Anderson Orchard and picked our own apples (and ate a carmel apple). The only thing that would have made it better is if Brayden could have gone with us! We didn't read the signs until afterward - I guess we weren't supposed to climb the trees - oops! But it was so fun! Takes me back to when I was a kid - I LOVED to climb trees (and make tents in them). As you can see - Brianna really enjoyed it too!

Afterwards, we made mini apple pies - yummy!

Soccer and Dance

Brianna started an Intro to Dance class at the YMCA - it's pretty cute!

Brayden is doing pretty well at soccer! He had an awesome game on sunday - scored 2 goals and was a great team player. Number 4 is Ryan - a kid in his class at school and he also goes to Indian Creek:)