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Merry Christmas

Anna's Birthday Party!

Our niece Anna turned 10 years old on December 17th. For her birthday we decorated gingerbread Christmas trees. The twins shared and decorated a tree together. This was their first introduction to sugar and we couldn't get them to stop. Dad started the tree for them while they snacked on the decorations.

... and this is how their tree ended.

Happy Birthday Anna!!

Zoo Lights

Last weekend Teegan and I were able to spend some time together (with friends). On Friday night we went to see the lights at the Zoo. I had no idea of what to expect and I did not expect the experience we had. It was absolutely hectic (and I only had one kid to look after). There were so many people and of course it was dark. I was not the most brilliant since I dressed Teegan in dark clothes. Anyway, the lights are something else and it was a great time. Teegan was able to play with some friends he doesn't get to see too often (Carli, Eli and Charlie).

Thanks for the invite Janice.

Fall Family Photos

Halloween

I know it is more than a week past Halloween, but I am now finally finding a couple minutes to re-live our Halloween and share it with you.

Teegan wanted to be Spiderman for Halloween this year. Teegan also wanted to spend the day with his cousin Anna, so I took the day off of work and we went to pick up Anna. Later that afternoon we went to Teegan's school parade and Halloween party. One of his grandma's beat us there and was in costume. It actually took Teegan a few minutes before realizing who it was.

After the school parade and party we grabbed some dinner and headed home for trick-or treating. Ryton was a purple dinosaur and Jaida bug was a ladybug. Cousin Anna was a lion. After dark we loaded the twins into the wagon and made our way through the neighborhood. After about 10 house me and the twins went home to hand out candy while Neil, Teegan, and Anna went to the next neighborhood over. It was a great Halloween with way too much candy. It's a good thing Teegan shares.

This is for anyone who has been curious to know, "When is the Pumpkin Carving Party?"

Well, our intentions were to have our Pumpkin Carving party just like last year, but the twins really throw a kink in things. They have been pretty sick and well, life is just difficult now. However, next year, you should all count on it. I can only imagine how many pumpkin plants Neil will plant next year. Anyhow, last weekend we had cousin Anna and Vanessa over at our house to carve pumpkins. We thought that since we had a 100 or so we should probably get started with the carvings. Teegan was so anxious and excited to carve pumpkins, but the number of pumpkins we had to carve became to overwhelming for the little guy and his excitement died quickly. He only made it through a few of the pumpkin cleanings and then he was ready to go play. We tried several times to get him to carve a pumpkin but he had lost interest.

And I thought I would throw the below pictures in so you could all see what the competition is like for next year. Ryton seemed impressed!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!

Pumpkins everywhere!

All of the pumpkins have been picked and set up for display in our front yard. The pumpkins are lining our front walk -- and the last count was over 100 pumpkins. Out of the 100 pumpkins there are only about 10 (maybe 15) that are good carving material. The others are smaller and may be quite difficult to carve. We aren't sure why the pumpkins didn't get bigger, but we think it may have something to do with our water being not existent in our back ditch this summer. However, a lot of the pumpkins do look like over grown munchkin pumpkins. So, anyhow -- we have no idea what happened. In addition to the 100 pumpkins lining our sidewalk we also have bags full of the munchkin pumpkins. There are so many of these that we have started getting creative with them at our house and decided to give Jaida a pumpkin bath!

Cabin Fever

This past weekend we went for a drive up to Oakley to see the progress on Susan (Neil's mom) and Jeff's cabin. The cabin was designed by Neil and looks incredible. It is so fun to see something that was just an idea of Neils come to life. Teegan is so good about telling his dad just how great he is. He is constantly patting Neil on the back for his great cabin project. The goal was to get the outside finished before the snow falls and then work on the inside (possibly) this winter or start back up next Spring. As you can see the outside of the cabin is close.

Teegan loves to go up to the cabin and once we get there he never wants to leave. One of his favorite things to do up at the cabin is to go for a ride on Grandpa Jeff's 4-wheeler.


It is starting to look as if my camping days are getting closer.

The Tough Days of being a stay-at-home DAD!!

First Soccer Game!

Headline News: Teegan scores the first goal at his first soccer game!!

Teegan is finally on a Soccer team. His dad has waited for this day for a long time. He is playing indoor soccer with the Millcreek Recreation Center. His first game was last Saturday, September 27th. The first 30 minutes they warm-up/practice and then they play two 12 minute halves. His team name is, "The Transformers" -- and his best pal Ripley is on his team.

Grandma Susan has promised him a dollor for every goal that he scores -- and sure enough, the first goal scored was by Teegan. We were all so excited for him. He seemed to be more in shock then anything. We watched the video the same night so he could see his goal.

Teegan very well had more spectators than any of the other players: Mom, Dad, Ryton & Jaida, Grandma Cyn & Mike, Grandma Susan and Grandpa Jeff, and Grandma and Grandpa Smith. We were all there to cheer him on and show him our support.

He did great!!