The Twins are 10!!!!

Happy 10th Birthday, Alex and Brady! I can't believe I have been a parent for a decade! They are definitely not the teeny, tiny, little babies I gave birth to ten years ago today. Now that they are in the double digits it just reminds me even more that the dreaded teen years are rapidly approaching. Tonight we went out to dinner at Playtime Fun Center, which is a Chuck E. Cheese knockoff here in Wentzville. All three of them had a good time playing (although the food sucked) and the boys were very proud that they earned 510 tickets! Tomorrow we are having a small family get-together to celebrate and then on Sunday the boys are having a party with their friends at the new Brunswick Zone bowling alley that just opened up in St. Peters. They are very excited about it, but it is definitely going to be a very busy weekend for everyone. The pictures are their birthday pictures we had taken a couple weeks ago and also a few of all of them together to give out for X-mas. Hopefully I will get X-mas cards out next week sometime and again Happy Birthday, Alex & Brady!

Happy Belated Halloween!

Since I started my new job, I've gotten a little behind on blog posts, reading email, checking my myspace, etc., so I would like to wish everyone a Happy Belated Halloween! I got off 30 minutes early on the 31st so I could get a head start and raced to get the kids and get home to get them in their costumes. We went to Brenda's first and trick or treated around her circle, then it was off to my mom and Bill's for some more candy and a walk down to the scary house at the end of their street, which is a Halloween tradition. Alena was petrified of the place and a little scared of her brothers at times, but all in all it was a good, albeit rushed,Halloween night.

A Great Day at the Pumpkin Patch

Amy and I took Alivia, Alena, Alex, and Brady to the pumpkin patch at Eckert's in Millstadt, Il. Every since the boys were little we have always gone to the patch in Chesterfield Valley, so when Amy asked if we wanted to go to Eckert's, I jumped at the chance to get a change of scenery for the annual pictures. It was a beautiful day, windy but warm, Alena and I even got a mild sunburn, very rare for late October. The patch was great, they had rides and tons of animals to pet and feed. Alena took a pony ride and the boys got a kick out of the pumpkin cannon and the pig races. I spent a ton of money, but we had a lot of fun and got some great pictures. Here are a few...