2011 Wissota National Banquet

This past weekend was spent in St. Cloud, having an awesome time with our friends at the Wissota banquet and celebrating Kevin's points championship. We had lots of fun, laughs and drinks and sure didn't have a lot sleep! I'm still exhausted! Kevin and I, our crew, family and friends always look forward to this weekend, its great to get out of town with everyone and have a great time, and I love shopping at the mall there! Thank you to all of our crew, family and friends for all of your hard work and support as we couldn't have won national points without each and everyone of you, Kevin and I appreciate it more than words can say!

The banquet itself was good and went pretty fast, all the champs had nice speeches as well, I enjoy listening to all that they have to say, its great to see how excited they all are and how much they appreciate the honor. I'm a little biased but I enjoyed Kevin's speech the best! Congrats to all the 2011 National Champions!

Friday night at the Green Mill

Our only picture together from the banquet!

The 2011 Wissota National Champions!

Our kids stayed home and were spoiled with love by mom all weekend, by the sounds of it they had a blast! (Thank you mom!!!) It was great to come home to them, Blake and Brooke we're super excited to see us, but had way more energy then their tired parents! :-)

Blake hasn't been up to too much mischief lately, he's sure growing like a weed though, clothes that fit him a month ago no longer fit and he just looks so tall! He's growing out of the toddler stage and into the boyhood stage. He's still quite the character though, he's just a ball of energy with a big imagination, the things he says and does amazes me! Blake is very much into make believe and all of his stuffed animals are his babies, so he talks to them like a parent, its hilarious! He also has to sleep with them, he's usually buried somewhere under them during nap. Blake is my naughtiest child out of all my daycare kids and he will even tell you that, so he gets a lot of time outs and knows the routine of time outs like the back of his hand so if he sees his parents, grandparents, pets doing something he thinks is naughty he will put them in time out! Its so hard not to laugh :-)

Boys and Trains

Trouble! But the best kind!

Brooke has been a spitfire lately! She really has a personality now, she smiles, coos and giggles all the time. She has a very girly, high pitched squeal when she gets super excited. Brooke is starting to get a bit more mobile, she scoots herself around in her crib at night and when she's on the floor playing she will kick and wave her hands so much she inches herself around! Monday night we started baby food and she's done pretty good, it will take some time to get used to tho! We had her 4 month check up on Monday and she is weighing in at 18lbs and 26 inches, so she is in the 98% for her age and developmentally she is right on track!

Always so happy!

The loves of our life!

Hard to believe its already the middle of November! The holiday season is right around the corner, yay! We actually have a busy beginning to our winter lined up already. We are putting a fireplace in our living room, I'm already stressing about the mess! We are planning a quick getaway to the cities in December to bring Blake to Monster Jam and the aquarium at the Mall of America. I'm also hoping to get over to the cities to see the play Cinderella. This week we are also finalizing our plans to go back to Florida with Blake, can you guess where?!? Yup, Disney World! LOL We're not bringing our little princess, as we think it would just be too much for her, my stomach is already in knots thinking about leaving her home, but it will be for the best and a certain little boy will sure enjoy some mommy and daddy time all to himself!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Trick or Treat

Halloween was a lot of fun this year as Blake was so excited about all of it! Blake was a pirate and Brooke was a witch, Blake insists she was a "baby witch!" And our poor embarrassed dog, Paris was a bumble bee! I even wore ears- not sure if they were cat or mouse ears! And Kevin wore a goofy hat, that Blake was thrilled to see! We only lasted an hour or so and that was plenty! Blake started getting bored and Brooke slept most of the time and was tired of being so bundled up!

Our first stop to grandma and grandpa Adams!

And we're off! Paris only made it to one house as it was just too much pushing a stroller and controlling a very excited Pirate!

So fitting a crabby pirate! ;-)

Grandpa Dave and the kiddos!

I think Blake's favorite part of Halloween was the daycare Halloween party, we played games and decorated cupcakes! Brooke seemed not to care about all the hoopla!

The kids have been growing like weeds lately! Brooke will be 4 months on Sunday and she is still the sweetest, easiest little one! She is always happy and is so content to just watch all that is going on around her (her brother!). Brooke smiles, giggles and coos all the time, its sweet! But as soon as the camera comes out she is straight faced and quiet, we have to be sneaky if we want pictures of her smiling! Just this week we finally put her in her crib for bedtime, she's been in our room since birth, as the kids' rooms are on the other end of the house, and I felt better having her close to me at night. Brooke always napped in her room and seems a lot more comfortable in there, so its been an easy transition. Since I've had her, I've always had in the back of mind that she could be my last baby, so she is held quite a bit, ok as much as I can! LOL Brooke actually prefers to lay on the floor or play mat and kick and grab things. Blake has been as much as a handful as ever! As I write this, he seems to be on a sugar high and is driving me nuts! He's really into playing with his tools and "fixing" things, he also has been playing a lot of make believe with all his stuffed animals, its pretty funny listening to him! Even though he has moments of naughtiness (ok many moments) he sure can be sweet. Blake still loves Brooklyn to pieces and it sure is precious to watch him give her hugs and kisses and say "I love you sissy!"

Our anniversary dinner in downtown Minneapolis, it was a much needed getaway, too bad it went so fast!

Have a great weekend to all who read this!