Halloween

Our neighborhood had their annual Halloween parade so all the kiddos get to wear their costumes and walk down the street. Of course at the end there are snacks and hot chocolate. Brayden was totally hilarious as Superman. He has blonde hair normally so it was very striking to see him with jet black hair.





Trever was dressed as a knight but insisted on wearing a Frankenstein head for the parade. :)



Here I am wearing my Dad's overalls that he picked up in junior girls department and a mask from Grandma. I mentioned that I looked like Ed Gein and got lots blank stares but lots of people said I looked like the guy from Texas Chainsaw Massacre (of course Ed Gein the serial killer from Wisconsin was the basis for the movie - I guess he isn't too well known).



Eric is fascinated with Pablo much like his brother was. The first time he put on his costume he started jumping up and down and kept yelling "Pablo!" over and over for about 20 minutes.







Ryan and Brayden posing just before setting out. Notice the house across the street from them. They really put out a spread this year. Instead of candy they brought the grill and served fresh grilled hot dogs with soda or hot apple cider.



Eric and Preston didn't actually go up to very many houses but they obviously enjoyed the candy!!

Seriously??? In mid-October???

Hard to believe the weather was this nice just a few days before Halloween!!!

Family Vacation Part 2

We all went for a walk in the Glen Miller park. There some nice trails around through the woods.

Jason decided that pushing Eric in the stroller looked like fun.

Ryan leading Nathan up the "trail"

Nathan!!! Are you coming?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Jason was too tired to push Eric so Christopher had to step in for a bit.



This downhill part is pretty easy Grandma.



Grandpa will carry me now....I am so excited I can barely keep my eyes open.

The end of the trail and the end of anything resembling seriousness from any of this herd of boys.



Daddy??? I walked a long way, can you carry me now?



Jon, Linda, all the boys (except Eric) and I took a side path down by the river to skip rocks. Here Ryan has a serious throwing rock. Not sure that it skipped so well.





After a long day on the trail Ryan passed out for a much needed rest.

Eric in his usual position.

Family Vacation

Vacation with Jon, Linda and the boys...we all met somewhere in Ohio right on the Indiana border. Our hotel was actually in Ohio but just a few blocks away towards the city we crossed over into Indiana.

Here is Nathan, Ryan and Christopher playing some sort of boy thing. ;)





Ryan and Daddy reading books.

Uncle Sean will read books, maybe we should all join in.

Forget books, wrestling is so much more fun!!!!

Ryan and Jason were instant best friends.

more random

Somewhere there is a picture of me in an outfit not all that much unlike this one. I will see if I can drag it up.

Random Ryan and Eric

Ryan getting ready for soccer season...there will be more soccer soon.


What can I say? A proud dad with a kid that is just as cute as can be. ;)














If this doesn't make you smile you are no longer a human.



Little guy on big brother's skateboard.

Look at me I am so cooooool...

Why are both my boys so photogenic in places like the highchair??? In a normal setting where they should take good pictures, they don't.