October is always a busy month. We start with our anniversary, shortly followed by my annual trip to Minnesota with my mom and sister. We go every year towards the beginning of October to the Mall of America and start our Christmas shopping. It's so much fun! We eat yummy food and shop for 10 hours straight. It takes a coffee or two as well to keep us going. It started a few years ago and we look forward to it every year now. We also go up to St. Joseph, where my mom's parents live, and spend one evening with them. This year it was my Aunt Runay's birthday while we were there, so we got to celebrate with her too! Also, my cousin Nicole just had precious little Paige only a month ago and we got to meet her and see my Grandma and cousins for a little. It was a great trip, except for the fact that my Grandpa isn't doing well with his health, so my mom stayed to be with them while they try to figure out what is going on with him. My mom's jaw is also wired shut and we all felt guilty eating in front of her. She didn't let it get to her though and we had a blast...already looking forward to MOA 2012!
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| Chupe never took a break...even with baby Carson in tow. |
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| Delicious dinner after a long day with a few glasses of wine to ease our sore feet :) |
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| Shuttling back to the hotel at 10pm with all our crap...sadly not nearly as many Christmas gifts as we'd planned. |
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| I think we brought a little luck to the Vikes this day because they won their first game of the season :) |
Cam's birthday was this past week. We went down to his work and surprised him with some balloons that Caden picked out, and because of his latest obsession, they were Toy Story. When Cam got home he didn't feel well so he laid down and fell asleep. Caden woke him up later so we could sing 'Happy Birthday' and have some ice cream cake. Birthdays just aren't nearly as much fun when you're an old man :)
This weekend we took the boys to the pumpkin patch. The weather was beautiful and we had a lot of fun. Caden followed Nana around everywhere saying, "Look at that one!" He and Cameron also threw tiny green pumpkins that they called "grenades" at Auntie Ashley. There was a petting zoo that Parker really enjoyed, and bouncy castles that Caden spent some time in as well. It's always fun to go to the pumpkin patch, especially when we have weather like we've been having.
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| The boys couldn't stop kicking the pumpkins for long enough to look at the camera. |
