Silver Dollar City

A couple of weeks ago, Kyle, Katie and I met my mom and her husband, Dale, and my cousin, John, and his family down in Branson. We had a great evening at Silver Dollar City, spent the night in a motel, and spent the next day back at Silver Dollar City. We then went back to John and Axi's and spent the night and headed home on Sunday. We had a wonderful time!!



I just had to slip this picture in. Kyle seemed so big to me this weekend. And here he is walking around with his gloves hanging out of his pockets. How cute is he! Aiden, Kyle and Katie at the big clubhouse climbing thing. It was cold - but they didn't seem to mind!

Katie and her cinnamon roll at the motel. Eating on the bed - such a treat!!

King of the bed!! Kyle and his cinnamon roll - all the way IN the bed and eating - does life get any better?!?!

Poppy Time!

When we were in Arkansas a couple of weeks ago, the kids got to spend time with their Poppy (Chris' dad)as well as their cousins. They all had a great time. Poppy is such fun - and a great sport. Here are all the kids ganging up on him with the leaves.

Chris was trying to get some pictures of Kyle and Katie with Poppy. I don't know who is more ornery - Poppy or the kids. But they were having a great time! They were all cracking up!! It's fun to see your kids laughing!
And finally a bit more serious and a cute picture. Here is Kyle, Katie, and Poppy Ron.

Bonfire

Every year my dad hosts a family bonfire. We went last weekend and had a great time! This was a rare year when we were missing only 3 people - my sister's husband, Ron and his son, Zach, and my brother-in-law's son, Andrew. Here are a few pictures showing a great time was had by all! This first one is of the grandkids eating there roasted hotdogs. Yum!

Below - cute family! John, Leslie and baby Marley.

Dad and Anita - the "hosts" of the event.

Introducing Ty Jacob!!!

Meet Ty Jacob - my newest nephew. Isn't he the CUTEST?!?! This past weekend we were able to travel to Arkansas to meet Ty in person - just 2 days after he was born! So Sweet!! We had a great time meeting Ty and visiting Kinley, Kaden and Jackson - oh yea, Becky and Gordon too.

This (above) is the first family picture with the new addition. What a crew! Cousins. Now, talk about a group! Whew! But they are all so sweet and so much fun!

Kyle enjoyed getting to hold Ty.

Katie was in her element holding her newest baby cousin. This is the smallest (and youngest) baby she has ever held.

Happy Halloween!!

We are never real creative when it comes to Halloween, and this year was not the exception. It is usually a few days before and I'll say, "Hey - what do you want to be?", and they'll answer something easy that we already have the stuff for. Kyle has always been either a football player or a hunter. This year KATIE was the football player. She was a cute football player!

Last week we happened to be at Deals and Kyle picked up this mask, put it on, and started doing the disco. I was cracking up! So, of course, I bought the mask. The hard part was deciding what to call it - so we decided to say he was a "funny old man". Hhhmmm...

Here is the cute couple! (and Hershey's tail sticking up in the middle) Edwardsville has the 3rd largest Halloween parade in the nation. Yes, you heard me right - our little Edwardsville. It is a "known" around here that everyone trick-or-treats on the 30th and goes to the parade on the 31st. The Little Tiger football players and cheerleaders are in the parade each year. It is a lot of fun. Parents get to walk with the kids and throw out the candy. That was fun!