Hillridge Farms

This past Saturday, we headed out to a local pumpkin farm. Hillridge Farms has a LOT of activities for kids & Brayden had a blast!!

He enjoyed his 1st train ride, went down a giant slide, saw chickens, horses, ducks, turkeys, bunnies, and goats. Brayden also enjoyed playing in a corn pit, in the jay jump, and walk through a hay tunnel!

Coming down the giant slide!! Wheee!!!

Very excited to be on his first train ride!

Hay tunnel

Playing in the corn pit

Hay jump---literally a building full of hay that the kids can climb on & jump of off!

At the end of our trip, we went on a hayride around the farm to the pumpkin patch where we got to pick out 2 pumpkins. Brayden had a great time picking out the pumpkins & spending time with Mommy & Daddy! It was a great day & we can't wait to go back next year!

Wagon ride...I think he wanted to be back on the train!

Birthday Boy!!

Today is Brayden's 2nd birthday!! Where has the time gone? Seems like just yesterday we were at the hospital getting ready to bring him home.

October 20, 2008 - 2 days old

October 20, 2009 - 1 year old

October 20, 2010 - 2 years old

We let Brayden open his gifts from us last night, which he enjoyed a lot this year. He was SO serious & careful when opening his gifts. It was sort of cute :)

Opening his first gift

A train!!

So serious!

Loving his new trains!

Brayden had a small party at daycare today during afternoon snack. The kids enjoyed a special Jello treat that we took in & then tonight I made his favorite dinner, spaghetti. After dinner, we went to small group & enjoyed Elmo cupcakes. Our small group also sang to him, which Brayden wasn't so sure about.

Elmo cupcake decorations that I made

Not so sure what to think of the singing...

Blowing out the candles

We will celebrate this weekend with family & a trip to Hillridge Farms (photos to come next week)

Happy Birthday Brayden!! Mommy & Daddy are SO very proud of you & the little boy that you have become. May God continue to bless you! We love you!

Wolfpack Football

We have enjoyed Wolfpack tailgating this year! Brayden has enjoyed tailgating & watching the games as much as the rest of us. At the last game, he met 2 little boys who were about his age while we were tailgating. Their parking space was directly behind ours so it was easy to keep an eye on all 3 boys.

Brayden enjoys playing cornhole and football while we are tailgating.
Since Matt's parents, brother, & sister-in-law also go to the football games, we try to split Brayden's game time between our seats & their seats. It is also nice because their seats tend to be a bit more shaded than our seats, so it keeps Brayden out of the hot sun. He really gets into the games & loves watching the action!

We look forward to a few more football games this season & hopefully the Wolfpack will pull out some big wins!! Go Pack!!

Last beach trip of the summer

About a month ago we went on our last beach trip of the summer with our great friends from church. The Ertel's have a family beach house & invited us and another couple in our small group down for the weekend. All three couples have boys 3 and under so it was a crazy full house!

The weather was perfect and the boys had a great time playing together on the beach & at the house! Thanks Ertel's for a wonderful weekend getaway!!

Road construction on the beach

John & Brayden
Brian (white), John (orange) and Brayden (red) -
I couldn't get a shot of all 3 boys facing front to save my life!!I LOVE these next 3 shots!!

John & Brayden loved sitting on the frogs!All three boys looking - Brayden, Brian, and John