My birthday was especially nice this year since it fell on Steve's day off. We went out for breakfast, went to the zoo, had nap time, and rounded out the day with a quick dinner.
Isaiah loves to take pictures
We participated in our 2nd annual Trunk or Treat at our church this year. I love Halloween, so I always try to come up with a theme for our trunk that matches our costumes. This year it was Sesame Street.
Super Grover, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster
We also went to a pumpkin patch to pick our own pumpkins. Brielle would make her choice, then change her mind. She would have walked all over the patch until she found the perfect pumpkin. She settled on one finally.
Waiting to get our wristbands
Wagon ride to the patch
Searching.....
Found one!
Brielle found one
and another..
and another!
Bouncing on the huge pillow trampoline
The week of Halloween found our house extremely sick. Both Isaiah and Brielle had 103 temps. We spent most of the week watching Halloween movies and shows and of course the Imagination Movers (a TV show). They were feeling a little better, so we let them go to a few houses for trick or treating.
Ready to go trick or treating
Collin's first Halloween
He passed out while I passed out candy
The Friday after Halloween brought Brielle's 2nd birthday. She knew it was her birthday and that she was turning 2. Just ask and she will tell you, along with show you two with her fingers!
Brielle and her cake
The Cake
"sota" (as in Minnesota) Grandma and Brielle
The food....We had banana splits, monkey bread, monkey poop (choc covered raisins), banana bread muffins and monkey munch.
and jungle juice to drink
Banana split toppings
the boys in the bounce house
pile on Daddy
blowing out the candles
With Daddy's help
Brielle and her future husband
Combing Daddy's hair with her brush from her new vanity set.
That was the end of our celebrations, but in the middle of all of that, Steve has been working on refinishing the cupboards. He has sanded, stained and varnished each one. They look beautiful. Last Friday he and Pastor Charlie put in most of our new counter top. Steve finished the weekend off by putting in our new sink and faucet. Here are some before and after shots.
Old Sink
old counter top
old counter top
Where the sink was
Old counter top is gone
This is a collection on peanut shells and mouse poop.
We have never had whole peanuts in our house. GROSS!
Closer view
More mouse poop
Finished! No more gap!
Finished
New sink
Mostly done
close up of counter top
And then there is this........This is the breakfast bar (part of it). It has been cemented to the 2x4 so it is almost impossible to get off. Hopefully it will be done soon, but it requires a lot of work.
We love our new kitchen. We will add a back splash, possibly under cabinet lighting and eventually flooring but we need to plant another money tree before we do that!
And now you are up to date on our happenings.
Oh yeah, somehow during all of this Collin turned 4 months old!!!
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