Clark and Russ find the tree... I mean Lee and Jake!

This past Saturday we took a ride out to Copenhagen NY in search of the Christmas tree! It was 6 years ago that we met a wonderful family while cutting down our tree, the Charltons, and this year we made the effort to go together to find our trees! Jacob picked the perfect tree, we had a horse drawn sleigh ride and topped it off with hot chocolate afterwards! It was a great way to start the season! Be Merry!

November...is it really over?

A quick recap...we love our fireplace and this year decided to get wood, just enough to get us through winter, or maybe 2 winters! I snuck away for an amazing trip with my forever battle buddy, what an awesome time we had! We played outside, raked more leaves, travelled to Nana's for turkey and while we were there played with cousins and made a gingerbread house! We stuffed a turkey, ate yummy food, and raced back home to get a tree and start the Christmas season! And to think, November is almost over! Phheeww where did it go?

GOOOAAALLLLL!!!

This past Saturday was Jacob's first official hockey game! I got a little teary eyed when I saw him get on the ice with his team but then the hockey mom kicked in and I was all about cheering! It was so much fun to watch and he had a great time, scored a goal and blocked a few on his turn playing goalie! We are so proud of him and his dedication to something he loves! It definitely requires a lot of time and hard work but we are right behind him ! Go Red Mites! A few pictures of him in action and one with some of his hockey buddies!

Fun for Girls and Boys...and Lee

This past Saturday we went to a super fun Pirate themed birthday party for the Sweet twins. They were celebrating their 4th birthday, however, I think Lee was celebrating his too! He had as much fun as the kids and now I know exactly where he is having his next birthday bash at!!

Halloween x3!

This year the kids got a lot of use out of their costumes. First they wore them to the Halloween festival at Lee's unit, then Boo at the Zoo, Jacob's Halloween parade at school and finally to go Trick or Treating. Thank goodness we have friends that live in a neighborhood! We do have one favorite neighbor that always gives the kids a treat but then we head "downtown" and they had a blast again this year!

Fall Fun!

Every fall we gets millions of leaves in our yard. We rake and rake and rake but we keep all the leaves underneath our big tree so the kids can jump in them and make their famous "scary man"!! This year was no different than the rest! This year was a scary hockey player! go figure