A Halloween Sneak Peak!

Tommy struggled for awhile as to what he wanted to be for Halloween this year. It seemed like he changed his mind about every 5 minutes! So we waited for a bit before buying anything until one day he decided he wanted to be Paul Konerko from the White Sox. As mentioned in previous posts, Tommy is obsessed with baseball, ever since Chris and Poppy T. took him to a White Sox game. So I think it's fitting that he is a White Sox Player. He loved his costume and loves the painted goatee on his face too. Here is a preview of his costume.

Rainbow

One morning back in September we spotted a beautiful full rainbow behind our house. Too pretty not to share.

A Walk in the Woods

A Fun Filled Fall Weekend

Last weekend Uncle Scott and Uncle Brian came to visit with their friends Mary and Maggie. Since they were here we thought we would plan a perfect fall weekend filled with great fall activities. We started our Saturday with a soccer game. Then we were off to Grandpa's Cider Mill in Coloma. We had so much fun tasting all the different ciders and eating their yummy donuts. However, I of course, forgot my camera at this stop. After our bellies were full we headed down the road to Jollay Orchards. There, we fed farm animals, rode the ferris wheel, went on a hayride, and then had a picnic lunch. We then headed back home to celebrate Brian's birthday! Since we didn't have party hats, we decided everyone had to wear some sort of hat while singing and eating cake. After that celebration the adults headed to Weko Beach for the 2nd annual beerfest. We had a blast, it was so much fun. We were worn out by the end of the weekend, but we all had so much fun. Thanks everyone for a great visit!

The Cullen Boys

Ferris Wheel Fun

1,2,3...WHEEEE!

Brian, Maggie, Mary, and Scott

I just don't know what to say about this one...

Brian's Birthday Bash!

Weko Beach

A Visit to a Pumpkin Patch

While Nonni and Poppy T. were here, the weather really turned on us. Luckily we had a few nice days with cooler temps so we thought it would be fun to hit up one of the local pumpkin patches one afternoon. The temps we had that week were nothing like now (80 and sunny!)

DeVries is a pumpkin patch we frequent often in the fall because it's close to our house and they set up a lot of play areas for the kids all for free! When we were there they were just getting everything out, no pumpkins at that time, but they are in full swing now. AJ loved this place. This year he could run around and really participate in all the fun rather than sitting in a stroller like last year. What a difference a year makes!

By the way, I'm still on my quest for a good picture of the two boys together...ugh!

What a cutie!

When Grandparents Visit, Parents Will Go Play!

So again, I know, it's been awhile, and boy did I feel the heat from Uncle Scott this weekend about that! I could still use the excuse of appendicitis, but that was a month ago. So I don't have any excuses other than just trying to keep up! Anyways, I have tons of pictures and I will try to be better about my blogging.

A few weeks ago Nonni and Poppy T. came to visit for a week. While they were here, Chris and I went down to Austin, TX to meet up with some college friends. We had so much fun. It was great to catch up with people, get a break, and sample some beers from Jester King. Jester King is a brewery that our friend Jeff started up. We spent most of the day on Saturday there and then sampled some Texas bbq at The Salt Lick...YUMMY! I think everyone had a food hangover after that meal!

While the grandparents were here they were able to see Tommy play soccer. I think I can say everyone enjoyed the games, they are fun to watch. Thanks again to Nonni and Poppy T. for watching the kids while we went off to play!

Chris driving the boat on Lake Austin...watch out!

Jester King Beers

Jester King Tour

Tommy's First Day of School

This past Wednesday was Tommy's first day of 4 year old preschool! He was very excited. Tommy is attending St. Paul's, where he went last year. He has the same teacher and many of the same classmates. Chris had to drop him off as I was still in the hospital recovering from appendicitis, great timing right? But Chris said Tommy did great and didn't even give him a hug goodbye, I think it was harder on Chris than Tommy! We are so happy the school year is off to a great start!

AJ of course could not be left out!

New Star Wars backpack!

Just Silly

Sorry, I shouldn't say silly...tough right?!

It's Superman and Super Cowboy!

As most everyone knows, AJ is completely obsessed with Toy Story. He must now regularly wear a cowboy hat. It's fun when you want to take a walk around the neighborhood, but we must wear the cowboy hat that keeps blowing off and a grumpy AJ in tow because it won't stay on his head! Anyways, before bedtime AJ insisted on wearing his cowboy hat with his superman jammies, too cute not to take a picture.

Story Time

The boys always read books before bed, but a few weeks ago, AJ decided to start a new tradition. Before they each get their own books read to them, Tommy now reads a book to AJ in his bed. AJ decided this one day, probably because he was delaying the bedtime process and ran into Tommy's room instead of his own. But it's not a bad tradition to keep! Tommy has a handful of books that he has memorized that he reads to AJ. It's very cute to watch them read to each other. Here Tommy is reading "You Are My I Love You."

White Sox Game

About a month ago, Chris, Poppy T, and Tommy attended a White Sox game. This was Tommy's first baseball game ever. Chris said he did great. He has been obsessed with baseball ever since. We play it every evening and he even sits and watches games with Chris now. He knows a ton of players of the White Sox and loves to watch them all play. It's great to see Tommy so interested in baseball. We can't wait to take him to another game soon!

Beaching It Up

Nothing better than summertime in Southwest Michigan