Date Night

About a year and a half ago, Travis and I started our own tradition- Date Night! We made up our own "rules" and set out to have a Date Night once a month. We take turns every other month; we have to plan the night, drive, pull out chairs, open doors, and order for the other person. It gets pretty interesting when I am opening the doors and pulling out chairs for Travis!

We were supposed to have date night on Thursday this week, but Travis was gone working in Duluth, so we rescheduled for today and brought Aiden with! It was Travis's date night- so he brought us to the Chinese Buffet for lunch. Travis and Aiden LOVE Chinese Buffet- this is a picture of Aiden's dessert...yes those are gummy bears with chocolate sauce, sprinkles and butterscotch- yummy! :)

After lunch, we went mini golfing- in the dark! The whole place as lit by black light- it was really cool to see all of the things glowing in the dark.

Aiden was trying to immitate this guy- he did a pretty good job! Travis ended up winning with the least shots, but we all had a great time!

Allyson's 7th Birthday

Travis's neice Allyson turned 7 this year-we got to go to her house for a pizza party!

The big kids had an idea for the little kids to play a balloon popping game- so we tied balloons to each of the kids's legs and had them try to pop eachother's balloon.

It was quite hilarious and the grass ended up being the winner! The kids would run to get eachother's balloons and the grass would pop the balloons instead!

We tried to move the game inside- but then it was too hard to pop the balloons!

It was a very fun day and Alllyson got some great gifts- Happy Birthday Ally!

Tina and Nathan's Wedding- The Thompsons!

On Saturday, November 7th we got to celebrate the wedding day of my cousin Tina and her new husband Nathan. Apparently, I was so photoed out from the other weddings we had, I forgot to take many pictures of the Bride and Groom! Aiden sure had fun with my camera though- him and Travis came down to celebrate too. Aiden found the candy bowls right away, and visited them a few too many times that night. We had a great time, the food was amazing and everyone looked wonderful. Congratulations Tina and Nathan!

Again- Aiden's handywork...:)

The one picture that Aiden would let us take (below)- he was being a little pesky when Erin tried to take this for us...I think we should have taken pictures BEFORE we hit the candy bowls!

Halloween 2009

I am finally catching up from Halloween! We had an amazing Halloween this year...we got to carve pumpkins with Aiden, Levi and Ava early in the week. They did a great job, their pumpkins looked awesome!

Then, on Halloween we got to see Levi, Ava and Gavin in their costumes. Travis put on his Batman costume and Gavin was also a little Batman. Gavin couldn't stop staring at Travis, he didn't know what to think! Levi was dressed as Optamus Prime and Ava was a little strawberry Fairy- she was sooo cute!

Later that night, we were invited to my friend Kara's house for a Super Hero Halloween party. We had an amazing time. I think Travis and I had a little too much fun dressing as the "old school" Batman and Robin.

On October 24th- our good friends Anna and Cory got married in Eau Claire, Wisc. Travis, Aiden and I got to be part of the fun! It started out pretty interesting- with a snow storm on Friday night! Everyone got in to town just fine, but then we had a power outtage at the Church- so rehearsal started out in the dark. Eventually the lights came on and everything went smoothly from there. Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day. We had a great time at the wedding and we were so happy we could be part of Cory and Anna's special day!