Halloween 2013

We had such a fun Halloween this year!  The family went as superheroes (Dave's choice)...so Dave was Spiderman, Ike was Robin, Josh was Batman, and I was Wonder Woman.  Our church puts on a community-wide trunk-or-treat party and we got to participate in that by having a trunk.  We handed out soooo much candy and had a blast.  Then, White's (where we live) had a Halloween party in the gym for the staff kids to go to.  Good food and fun to see all the kids on campus dressed up!

Dave helped finish up my skyline for our trunk.  He was fantastic at helping put on the squares to look like lights.










The line ready to start going through trunk-or-treat.

Wonder Woman and Robin (with a zombie in the background).  












The boys were not very cooperative with pictures together!

Family superhero picture.

Batman and Spiderman.

Robin hanging out in our trunk.

Ike not feeling so happy during the White's Halloween party.

Dave doing the chicken dance.  Here's a video of him "being Spiderman" at home one night.

All the kids dressed up!

Lark Ranch

 As I mentioned in my previous post, we went to a pumpkin patch Friday evening called Lark Ranch.  It was by far the best pumpkin patch I have ever been to.  It had everything from hay rides and corn mazes to zip lines and corn cob shooting.  Basically every fall activity you have ever wanted to try.






Going out on the hay ride and pumpkin picking.

Smith family on the hayride.

Papa and Caleb.

Grandma and Sophie.

Ike really wanted to pick up this pumpkin.  

Dave leading us through the corn maze.

Weekend in Loogootee

We just got back from a fun-filled weekend down in Loogootee with Josh's family.  His parents rented a house on a lake and we spent three days hanging out and visiting with each other (oh, and don't forget eating!).  It was a nice break, and it was great to see everybody for an extended period of time (and actually get to play games once the kids went to sleep!).  I took a ton of pictures, so here goes...






Barry, Dave, and Josh playing games.

Divana and Zac-you can kind of see the view we had of the lake, gorgeous!

They were being super cooperative for this picture.

Grandma taking a walk with the big kids.

Dave ready to go on a boat ride.

I learned that I am definitely not cut out for rowing...I didn't even face the right direction.














This group was a little more prepared and took a much longer trip.

Ike and I getting some sun out on the deck

Sophie and Dave goofing around.  Here's a video of them pretending to work at Chick-Fil-A.







On Friday, we went to Lark's Pumpkin Patch (which I will post about in a separate post).  Then on Saturday, we took a train ride out of French Lick.  We rode in a train car that was around 90 years old!  Crazy. 

Group picture on the train!

Family picture with the lake in the background.  Dave's being his typical crazy self.

Our last sunset, such a majestic view!

Pumpkin Patch and Hanging with Sophie and Caleb

After Sam's wedding, Sophie and Caleb came home with Josh's parents.  We went over to the pumpkin patch on Sunday for a bit and then hung out with them for a while in the afternoon.

Dave and Caleb really wanted to pet that goat.  











Chilling on the giant pumpkins.










Sophie wasn't feeling like posing for the camera  :)   On Monday, I watched them for a while until Divana got off work to take them back home. It was super crazy, but everyone got along pretty well.  Four kids under four is a busy afternoon!

Caleb loves this little four wheeler.

Sophie showing me her crazy face.

Ike and Soph looking adorable.

Caleb with a chainsaw...feels like a bad combination at this point.

Look how sweet she is!  She carried that little pumpkin decoration around with her all afternoon.

Muncie Children's Museum and Sam's Wedding

Last weekend, Josh's uncle Sam got married down in Muncie, so we decided to make a day out of it.  Dave is obsessed with the children's museum and Ike had not been there yet.  I think Ike enjoyed himself (he is a big people watcher, so he likes any kind of crowd) and Dave had a blast.






Ike is very serious about building blocks.

Dave and Josh in the semi.  It is his favorite attraction.

Ike was pretty pumped about it too!

Dave shopping in the supermarket.

Our little grocer.










After the museum, it was wedding time!  Kim (Sam's wife) did such a great job with it-they had a 1920s theme and everything looked fantastic.  

Dave actually sat through the whole thing!  Ike...not so much.

Sophie and Dave loved the coloring books they provided.

Who doesn't like a photo booth?  This one is with the ladies of the Bowyer family.

Grand kids with Grandma Bertie.













We had a really fun day, but it sure was busy!  Dave and Ike did reasonably well at their first wedding.  I definitely enjoy attending weddings more without kids though!

Bowyers in Kansas

Last Friday, my dad and I headed out to Kansas to see my grandma.  I had not been out there since the summer of 2011, so she had never met Ike and hadn't seen Dave in a couple years.  It was so nice to see everybody, especially grandma-she has Alzheimer's, but still remembers people for the most part now (just has trouble with really recent stuff). 

Grandma and Aunt Candy playing with Ike.












Dad and Ike playing one morning.

Uncle Tim and Ike hanging out in the garage.  

Dave and Ike playing in grandma's walker.

Uncle Steve tasked Dave with making toast one morning.  He was PUMPED to help out!

Grandma with the boys.

Ike really started walking around while we were out there.

Ike and my cousin Sabrina.  She was Dave's best buddy the whole time we were out there.








My Aunt Keri bought Dave a sweet bubble gun, so he had a blast playing with it one night. 








My cousin Bree and Ike running through the sea of bubbles.

Dave attacking the bubbles with the ninja sword Uncle Steve made him.  (He wanted to be a ninja turtle.)






It was a really nice, but quick visit.  Dad had a lot of business to take care of for grandma, so he was pretty busy.  The kids and I hung out with grandma and played during the day and then all the family came over most of the nights to have dinner.  It was a little stressful for me because the noise the kids created disturbed grandma sometimes, but they did a fantastic job and adapted pretty well.  Grandma even got in on the fun sometimes...she really enjoyed playing catch with all the balloons that Dave insisted on blowing up!  I was definitely happy to get home (Josh didn't come with us, he had to work), but we had a great trip!