Introducing the new happy couple...
Today, we decided to just relax as a family and enjoy the pool. Mommy and Daddy thought it would be necessary to make sure we both were well rested for the big wedding later on this evening.
We had a great time jumping, swimming and splashing in the pool all by ourselves!!! Even the hot tube was empty!!
James was practicing swimming with out floaties, he was working really hard!
Mommy thought it would be funny to see everyone's pruny feet!
Daddy is such a good sport!
Double Kiss Daddy!!!
Double Kiss Amelia!!!
Now, it is time to hit the hot tube! Ahhhh.....
One of the coolest features our new truck has is a DVD player!!! And an even cooler part for the parents is...HEADPHONES!!! The kids have been patiently waiting to watch movies in the car and this was a "special" drive that they would get to watch a bunch of movies all the way there and back! The kids were in heaven! Here were some of the features that were playing on the road; Tom and Jerry, John Deere Heaven, James 1st airshow video, and a cheesy old Superman video from the Dollar store (it was a gag gift for a party).
Almost there!
A barge on the Ohio River.
We made it!
On the bus and headed to the McHenry County Div. of Transportation!
The engineers talked to us about how they make roads and what some of the things that can get in the way to make a road go from one place to the other, like animal habitats, lakes, houses, etc.
After, the road was "built" we were each given a little car to drive down the road to the bank. The best part was at the "bank" there was a bag of suckers for us to have!!
Sign shop! Mommy took this picture for Daddy and Uncle Peter.
We got to see the machine cut out the smiley faces on to the blue sticker paper that are used on signs to add color, symbols and letters.
Here we were given a garbage picker-upper thingy just like the people how volunteer for Adopt a Highway program uses.
This game was like red light/green light!
It is so high up here! I really wanted to beep the horn, but I didn't.
Mrs. Kappelle came up with a fun game for us to do while the remaining classmates got to sit in the snow plow truck, it was like Simon Says. Roary the mascot was standing on top of a platform and was copying every movement we made! He was so silly!
A quick pic before heading home.
Owen and I are ready to work!
Time to board the bus and head back to the beach. What a fun field trip we had!
It's that time of year again! It's time to yank out the pumpkin guts and play in the ooey-gooey mess! Even Daddy had fun grabbing handfuls and plopping it in the bucket.
Amelia had fun scooping out the "guts" (she and Daddy had a small argument about how the insides of pumpkins are it's guts, she didn't like that for some reason) and then playing with the slippery pumpkin seeds.
James had the cleanest pumpkin by far! Nice work big guy!
That is our "Crazy Auntie Rita" and she is really being CRAZY!!!
Um, what were you to doing? You have very mischievous looking faces on...
Daddy had to reposition himself to be able to get the fine details carved out for James.
A Cackling witch for James.
Mommy's silly scarecrow.
After carving, Daddy roasted the pumpkin seed for us to nibble on a little before and after dinner. Speaking of dinner, Auntie not only drove all the way out to our house to carve pumpkins with us, she made us a very yummy and healthy dinner! Thanks Auntie Rita for spending the evening with us and for all of the awesome food! We love you!
Mommy could barely get a picture of all four of us, because we were to busy running, jumping into the leaves, jumping out of the leaves and running back into leaves!
James had no fear of pumpkin goo, he dug right in!
Amelia's "goat" aka ghost is the first one on the left.Everyone did a great job!
After pumpkin carving we all enjoyed a fantastic dinner followed by many yummy treats!
