Happy Birthday Natalie & Brandon!

Here are some pictures of the kids enjoying their birthday at Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday. It was so jam packed with people we had to wait in line to play the games, but the kids didn't seem to mind as much as the parents did. :-)

Here's a picture of baby #3!

We had a good appointment at the doctor's yesterday. He told us that everything was looking great with the baby. I've labeled it to help identify what you're looking at better.

Pump It Up

We took the kids to Pump It Up on New Years Eve to let them run around and jump a little. Pump It Up is an indoor playground with inflatable slides and bounce houses. They had a lot of fun with Daddy (Mommy couldn't do a lot of jumping)!

The Kids Enjoying Their New Keyboard

Here's a video of the kids performing for us on their new keyboard (at Grandma's house). It's a little long so I hope you are all able to download and watch it without too much trouble. Enjoy!

The Snowman

Daddy helped the kids build a snowman on Saturday. Here's how he turned out.

The Polar Express

The kids had a great time on the Polar Express last night. We started off in Akron where the kids received some "elf dust" to help the train move along quickly along the long trip to the North Pole. On the way to the North Pole the elves read excerpts of The Polar Express book while we enjoyed hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies. When we drew closer to the North Pole the conductor turned out all the lights on the train and all the children moved over to the right side windows where they could get a good glimpse of the North Pole. We were greeted by many elves holding toys they made as well as a snowman and finally Santa came by on his sleigh. After stopping for a few moments to let Santa on we were on our way back to Akron. Santa came to each of our seats so that the kids could sit on his lap and tell them what they want for Christmas. He then gave each child a bell (just like in the book). On the trip back to Akron the elves led us in many Christmas carols. The kids really had a great time! They are already asking to go again! Here are some pictures. I took LOTS and LOTS of pictures. Here are a few of the best ones.

Trick or Treat!

We took the kids out trick or treating before church services last night. They ended up with so much candy that Natalie was asking us to hold her basket before we got back to the house. We only went out for an hour, but most of the houses were handing candy out so we didn't have to go far to get a huge amount of candy. Now, what to do with it all! :-)


Aren't they cute?????

The Pumpkin Patch

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch on Saturday. They had been looking forward to this for several weeks and they were so excited to finally get to go. We took a hayride back to the pumpkin patch and then the kids were able to pick out their own pumpkins. We also did the junior corn maze, which I thought would be a little too confusing for the kids, but they really seemed to enjoy deciding which paths to take. Here are some pictures!

It's Apple Picking Time

Here are some pictures of apple picking on Saturday at the orchard.

Cleveland Children's Museum

Mom and I took the kids to the Cleveland Children's Museum last Saturday. The kids had so much fun they didn't want to leave even after three hours. This is a pretty small museum, but geared to kids up to about 8 years old, so it was lots of fun for them. They were able to play with water, play on a "farm", pretend to ride/drive a bus, pretend to be doctors, change tires, go grocery shopping and more. Here are some pictures of them having fun and learning.