Aedan's 1st Jack-o-Lantern

Aedan "helped" carve his first jack-o-lantern. Actually, Grandpa Howard did most of the work, but Aedan sure was interested once the candle got inside! He loves "turning it on" each night. He tells everyone the teeth are funny and are his favorite part!

DeMoss Pumpkin Farm

We took a trip to the DeMoss pumpkin farm...it's hard to believe we made our first trip over a year ago. The kids LOVED the animals and the tractors, and I've promised Aedan he can ride the tractors when we visit Grandma Dorothy.

Trip to Grandpa and Grandma Howard's

We took a quick trip over to Ames this weekend. The kids got to spend lots of outdoor time. Aedan helped Grandpa Howard "fix" the tractor and the kids probably spent 2 hours riding up and down to the river on it! I'll post the pumpkin farm pictures next.

Updated pics of Aedan and Alana

It's been over a month, and it's amazing how quickly these kids change! Here are some update pictures.

Last Update Before Steve's Home!

Steve, this is the last update I'll make before you're back in Alaska and I get a chance to see you! I can hardly believe it. I finally took some pictures of Alana...I wanted you to see how big she'd gotten. The monkey backpack she has on is the same one we used with Aedan for our Alaska vacation last summer...can you believe it?! She loves that thing and wants to wear it around every day...go figure!

Can't wait to see you. Have a safe trip home!

Aedan's 1st Birthday Party

Aedan and I went to his first birthday party on Saturday. It was for a girl from his Kindermusik class. Aedan had a lot of fun even though he was the only boy there! They had it at a great park, and Aedan played continuously...he even missed opening the presents. I knew you would LOVE the video of him scooting up the climbing wall :-)

Camp-out pictures

These were taken at the Howard Camp-out last weekend. We stayed with Grandpa and Grandma Nathan, AKA GG, but I didn't get any pictures there....as you can see I didn't do a very good job of getting any pictures at all!! But, there is a video of Aedan fishing with his Grandpa Howard, and one of him out for a paddle boat ride with his Aunt Tina. Both kids LOVED the water.