Playing with Scarlett

 Scarlett payed us a visit last week and all the kids couldn't  wait for a turn to hold her and play with her.

 Cade playing peekaboo with Scarlett while big cousin Carter hold her.

 Chase wanted in on the fun too.

Avery might be the older cousin but she may not be the bigger cousin for very long!

Happy 80th Birthday to my Grandma Pat

 My Grandmother Pat turned 80 on the 13th of February and had a great party.  Here is a picture of her with her very eager to blow out the candles on the birthday cake great grandkids. I am pretty sure there was no way we were going to get a picture of all the kids looking at the camera at the same time and smiling so this was about as good as it got!

A likely looking bunch, Avery is too cool in those shades to even look at the camera.

Big helpers opening presents!

This girl is getting some cheeks, and chins!

 

Avery can't get enough of her cousin Scarlett!

A few Random pics

Cade and Rance were looking pretty cute in their similar attire.  Cade has been very happy to have a cowboy hat again.  Actually two as he got a black and a straw hat for Christmas.  He lost his last hat in Ronan last suummer and was a very sad cowboy because of it.

Mr. Handsome himself!

Avery loves her babydolls.  This is her newest one which is alternatly named Baby Scarlett and Julie.

The little princess.  She is big on princess stuff lately and dressing up in her play clothes.

Chase and Avery helping me bake some brownies.  They were very excited for the part where they get to lick the spoon.

Kite flying.

Sledding where there are no hills requires a willing power source.  In this case it was me.

Baby Scarlett

 Avery can't get enough of her newest cousin Scarlett June and is always asking when can she go hold her again.  We had Everett over one morning and Corinne came with Scarlett to pick up Everett so Avery was very happy to get to see Scarlett.

 Cade and Scarlett

 Carter and Scarlett

 An attempt at a group picture.  They were all bribed with chocolate chips but Chase was still not happy with the situation.

Halloween

Cade originally was going to be a robot. I even made his costume, but when he discovered it was hard to sit in it he decided to wear last years Spiderman costume. Avery went as a butterfly princess though you can't see her wings because she didn't want to wear them after all!

TRICK OR TREAT!

Grandma Debbie the witch!

Great Grandma Pat's house.

The haunted get up at Grosskoffs. The kids thought it was pretty scary even though they got the tamed down version.

Face Painting

Jami had a lot of face paint left over from Halloween so she sent it over with her kids one day and we had some fun with it.

Cade is being a rodeo clown here. He thought the clown at the last rodeo we went to was really funny.

Avery on her butterfly princess theme

Carter just liked this design. Looks pretty cute on her!

I had fun with Chase's!

Cade Turns 4!!

Make a wish!

So hard to believe Cade is 4 years old. He was so excited for his birthday this year and all he wanted was a Buzz Lightyear.
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Cade, Carter and Chase all had their birthday parties together again this year. We got about 30 helium balloons and the kids thought those were pretty great.

The pinata was also a big hit, everyone got to wack it quite a few times before it finally was cracked open.



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Chase however didn't want to give up the pinata so we could hang it up to swing at it. He was pretty sure it was just for him. He turned 2 years old this year.

We had some foam stickers to decorate little barn scenes to keep the kids busy for awhile.

We also had an easter egg type treasure hunt, and cupcake decorating.

Taking Advantage of the Weather

Rance was busy fencing off part of our hayfield so he could graze the horses on it this fall and the weather was beautiful so the kids and I decided to have a picnic and bring it over to Rance. We took the wagon of course and since Chase was visiting as well the kids had to take turns riding but they finally figured out how to all fit in the two seater.

Avery was clowning around and fell into the wagon.

Close up of Chase

Avery right before she fell in the wagon.

Cheese!


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The fence going in.

Strike a pose.

Did I mention the weather was beautiful. The fall weather has really been great this year. I am so not ready for winter and snow and cold and bad roads and high heating bills, boo.


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