Walker Johnston Park

Checking out the pond at Walker Johnston Parker with Grandma Jo after school.

Happy Halloween

 

These two muggles are ready for school!

Here's a picture from Parker's class

Tonight, we got together with our cousins for some fun trick-or-treating!

Swimming Birthday Party

This year for Aiden's birthday, we decided to rent the pool out and invite lots of families to come swimming with us!  It was so much fun and everyone wants to do it again!

 

  

 

Afterwards, we headed home and let Aiden open his presents.

This year he had an ice cream cake, yum!

Cousins

 

We are so excited that our cousins now live only minutes (instead of hours) away from us!  Move in day!

Reiman Gardens, Hickory Park, and Boone Scenic Valley Railroad

 

This morning, we headed to Reiman Gardens to meet up with Grandma and Great Grandma to celebrate our fall birthdays.

Reiman Gardens has started a major renovation project.  Can't wait to see what happens at the hillside garden.  The plans look amazing!

Throwing a few rocks into the pond looking for frogs.

Great Grandma really enjoyed all of the roses!

Mom and Great Grandma

Emery and Cy...we cannot pass Cy without getting a picture taken.

  

It wouldn't be a birthday celebration without heading to Hickory Park!

After lunch, we headed to Boone to ride the train!

The fall leaves were just starting to change and gave us some very beautiful sights.

Looking out over the river.

 

We also spent some time entertaining Great Grandma and teaching her about Pokemon!

Leah Playdate

Leah came to Des Moines with her Mom on a business trip to have a play date with Aunt Erin.  You can never be too safe eating lunch at my house!

 

These two had a great time playing before Emery had to head to school.

After we dropped Emery off at school, we headed to Parker's school to join him for recess.

 

Leah had a great time playing with him as well!

After recess, we decided that we should head to another park and play around.

 

We had an awesome afternoon together!  I glad she wanted to come spend some time with me.

Happy 95th Birthday, Great Grandma!

We are blessed to be able to celebrate this young lady's 95th birthday!  We decided to take her to the Amana Colonies for the day.

The boys checking out the swing.

My favorite niece

We saw lots of pretty flowers today.

 

We really liked the chocolate.

We headed over to a park for a little cousin bonding time.

Emery was king of the playground!

Great Grandma loved watching the kids run around and play.

Uncle Mike getting a free ride from Leah.

 

Cade was all smiles!

We ended the afternoon with some cupcakes.  Can't wait to celebrate Great Grandma's next birthday!