Friday, October 9, 2009

Apple picking

One of my favorite fall activities is going Apple Picking! Kate and I ventured up north to Wisconsin for a day of fun with Aaron and Connor at Apple Holler a couple of weekends ago. The boys had a great time picking (and eating) tons of apples! They jumped in the bouncy house and rode on a 'train', which was really a lawn tractor pulling some trailers! We had a great time and are still eating our apples, apple crisp, apple dumplings, etc! Mmmmmmm













We decided that it was a little too early to purchase our pumpkins, but we had fun goofing around in the pumpkin patch too. Aaron was determined that he was going to pick up a pumpkin and did manage to at least move a few of them!













Happy 2nd Birthday, Connor!

I'm a little late uploading these photos, but wanted to share a few from Connor's 2nd birthday party. Connor's Oma brought a pinata, which Connor wasn't real keen on hitting with the stick (golf club)! He did, however, enjoy hitting it with his hammer!





The day of Connor's party, we took the boys to the Cook County Fair that was at a nearby park. They had fun jumping in the bouncy castle and riding on the ponies!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Family fun!

Sharing a few photos of our weekend with the family in Iowa. (I had to steal these from my Amy's blog because I didn't take any photos!)

We spent Friday in Fort Dodge visiting Nan and Papa and left Saturday morning to join Amy, Dan, Brett, Claire, Tony, Angie, Emma, Jacob, and Olivia on a camping trip at Blackhawk Lake. The camp ground gets all decorated for Halloween and the kids get to put on their costumes and go trick-or-treating. Unfortunately, we forgot to get Aaron's costume from Nan and Papa's house, so we had to come up with a costume on the fly! He was a 'rock star' - we spiked up his hair (as much as we could), put on his distressed jeans and cool jacket, and had him carry his guitar! It wasn't the best costume ever, but it worked! The trick-or-treating didn't start until about 7, so Aaron was getting tired and was content to be pushed around in a stroller and eat some candy! He didn't want his candy to go in his bag, but right in his hand instead, so he could think about eating it right away!

We had a great time visiting with the family and it was fun to watch Aaron play with his cousins! Can't wait till we can see them all again! We won't have to wait long because Nan and Papa are coming to Chicago to visit us this upcoming weekend! Watch this space for photos. :)



Friday, September 11, 2009

NYC and BIG news......

We had a really fun trip to New York City to visit Tom over the long Labor Day weekend. Sharing some pics of our adventures visiting Tom's office, Central Park, and just hanging out at Tom's place in the East Village. We were so lucky that a friend was able to watch Aaron while we went to West Side Story on Broadway! And we didn't eat Patsy's pizza or Pink Berry at all..... well, maybe just a little!!! :)

One more bit of news from our end- Aaron is going to be a big brother in mid March of 2010! We are very excited to share the news of baby Coenen #2!


These are the views from Tom's office! Glad that he has something nice to look at during those long days!! :)