Christmas Tree Farm

On Friday morning after we slept off our turkey coma, Aunt Steph and Uncle Jesse came with us to the Christmas Tree farm to pick up our Christmas Trees. Brady was thrilled and could not wait to get ours home to start decorating and putting the lights on it.

Brady searches through the trees



There it is! Daddy Brad did a great job at finding a perfect tree.



Uncle Jesse and Brady watch as the tree gets cut down.

Brady watches the tractors from atop of a saw dust pile

Thanksgiving Day Feast

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. We enjoyed a quiet day at home. Brady loved watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and seeing all his favorite characters in balloon form. Uncle Jesse and Aunt Steph came over to join in the festivities and we all pitched in to cook a delicious meal.

The Teeple siblings in action in the kitchen

Brad carves the turkey he fried. We are thankful the bird came out unharmed after he set off a mini fire in the lawn :)

Uncle Jesse was a HUGE help with keeping Brady occupied as we scurried around the kitchen getting the meal ready. They made a choo choo track out of pillows on the floor.

...which ended up in a pillow fight

Fun in the Leaves

As Brady was feeling much better after having pneumonia this past week he was very excited to go outside and help us with the leaves. He had fun walking through the big pile of leaves with Daddy Brad and lended a helping hand with putting the leaves in the bags. He enjoyed running around the yard and riding his bike on the driveway as well. We were successful in tiring him out with a result of a 3 hour nap.

Happy Halloween

We hope you all had a healthy and safe Halloween. As Brady was with his Dad on Halloween we decided to have a dress rehearsal a few days early so Brady could show off his new Spiderman costume. He practiced his superpowers on us and loved running around the house pretending to be a superhero. He was hesitant to take off his new prized possession, but was finally willing after we convinced him he would be able to show it off again.

He even put the mask on!

Brady decides to show off his superpowers and tackles Daddy Brad.

Oh No! Look out Mommy I am going to get you!

The Great Wolf Lodge

Thanks to Rick's generous coworkers at the Hereford House Rick, Lori, Meredith, Brad, Brady and I had the opportunity to spend the night at the Great Wolf Lodge and enjoy the great big indoor waterpark. We all had a great time. Meredith learned quickly how to use her lifevest and swim. Brady was a little bit more resistant to the idea, but claimed to have fun nonetheless. The "big" kids (AKA Brad, Rick, Lori and myself) even took some time to enjoy the waterslides.

Great Wolf Lodge Pictures

Brady waits for storytime to begin in the lobby

Brady and Daddy Brad wait for the bucket to dump 10000 liters of water...

WOW! That is A LOT of water!

Uncle Rick and Meredith enjoy the pool.

Jump, Brady!

Mommy and Brady posing for the camera

We climbed up the fort and waved to Daddy Brad down below

WEEEEEE... Meredith loved going down the slide.

Here goes Brady. He did not enjoy it as much :(

Clinging to Mommy

What happens when Brady is NOT clinging to Mommy

Meredith shows off her new swimming skills and spent most of the day swimming circles around her cousin.

Brady is so sad while Daddy Brad tries to teach him how to stay afloat and swim with his lifevest.

The big kids even enjoyed the park.

The fast waterslides were a blast!

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Grandma Cheryl and Grandpa Wes came for a weekend trip from Michigan. We decided to enjoy the beautiul fall weather and take a trip to the pumpkin patch in Lawrence. Aunt Steph and Uncle Jesse came along as well. We enjoyed riding on the tractor hayride, searching for pumpkins, and playing on the slide and the hay tower.