Pumpkin Ridge 2011

We have been slacking.... but here we go.

We spent a Saturday afternoon at Pumpkin Ridge in Nebraska City.

The kids had a great time searching for that perfect pumpkin!

Alden's photography. Not bad if his lazy father would have just edited the picture you would have never know.

Sam's Find!

Alden Found his!

Not sure what is going on here.

Debbie and Mike Arrive!

The kids with the take.

All those attempts and I'm not sure we got a "good" one but we did capture some great ones.

Sam now has the camera.

I like how the photographer got the tip of her toes.

We all had a great time and Enjoy talking to the owners of the farm. The kids get a kick out of going out into the field and finding their very own pumpkins!

Citizen of the Month

Samantha received the Citizen of the Month award in September for her Kindergarten classroom! We were so proud of her! She received her award at an all school assembly and got to shake her principal and assistant principal's hand.

Mrs. Morrison & Samantha

Proud Parents, Mrs. Morrison, & Samantha

One of Samantha's really good friends - Anna Owen - also received the award for her classroom! (Anna & Samantha went to St. John's preschool together last year! We are very proud of Samantha for choosing good friends! Her best friend in her classroom - Jayda - received the October Citizen of the Month award for her classroom!)

Walking up to receive her award!

Shaking Mr. Michaels's hand - the principal!

Showing off her award! Grandma & Grandpa McKnight came to watch too! Grandma Nancy volunteered to babysit Alden & Clair!

Samantha at Dr. Hopp

Samantha had a check up with her Allergy/Asthma doctor -Dr. Hopp.

She was sick at the time and just getting off a sterod. He "tweaked" her medicine routine and we go back after Thanksgiving!

Still showing off the whole in her mouth!

UNO volleyball

The day after Samantha lost her first tooth, Doug and his dad took Samantha and Alden to a UNO volleyball game to watch Natalie Ebke play. (Doug worked with her mom at the UHC Dental Office.)

It was a white out that night and we got free t-shirts! Susan and Darrell Ebke got us into the game and we had front row seats. The kids thought that was pretty cool. Samantha was excited to tell Susan about losing a tooth because she works with teeth (Dental Hygienist).

The action moves fast in college volleyball and Sam and Alden payed close attention. Natalie is the one with her leg wrapped in the middle of the picture.

Alden was just being Alden between the second and third set.

Here is Susan Ebke and the kids (with Alden looking)

And the next picture with Sam looking. They were a little distracted by all the people wondering around the court after the game. The MAVS played good, but fell to South Dakota State as UNO is making the jump to D1.

St. John's Fall Festival

Alden's school held their fall festival on September 24th. They have a bounce house and games for the kids to play.

Alden made it through one time, but the next time he got stuck, so he crawled out the side because we weren't paying attention!

Our friend Lindsey Gross-Rhode made this out of gutters! The kids had fun making their own "pirate ship" out of styrofoam, tinfoil, sticks, paper and stickers!

MOPS Henry Doorly Zoo Play Date

My MOPS group had a playdate at the Henry Doorly Zoo on September 19th.

Alden, JD, & Clair played on the Lions while we waited for the other moms to arrive!

JD, Alden, & Clair had a great time together!

Alaina has the cutes smile!

And Ashleigh (and Alaina!) are always so stylish!

We had 9 moms & 1 dad and LOTS of kids come to the playdate! Christie's husband Mike was very brave hanging out with all of us women! (Mike took the picture for us!)

Jayger, Alden, Grant, and Mikenna liked to run ahead of all of us! They had so much energy!

We hit the gorillas and then walked over the Petting Zoo. Grant & Mikenna liked the goats.

The kids always find this ball so much fun! They got very soaked this time!

JD & Alden are only a few weeks apart in age and are getting to be pretty good friends!

Alden keeps getting taller and taller and taller....

We had a fun day with our friends, but it was challenging keeping up with all the kids and making sure we didn't lose one or two! My kids slept the whole way home!