Game Time

Benny has started playing board games. His favorite is Candyland. Here he is playing with Daddy.

Pumpkin Carving

Our Life Group from church had a pumpkin carving party. Benny had fun playing with his friends. He was very excited about eating his first caramel apple.

Benny and his pumpkin.

Benny and his finished pumpkin. I helped him draw the face on the pumpkin before I carved it for him.

Our finished pumpkins! (Benny's is the 2nd from the left and mine is to the right of his.)

Trick or Treat Halloween 2010

Benny attended his first Halloween Party this year. He had a great time. Afterward, we all went trick or treating. He rode in the wagon with his friend Xander. I don't have any pictures from the party :( but here are pictures of the kids in their costumes.

My little pumpkin!

Watch out for the Tiger!

Update!

So, I just wanted everyone to know that Brad has put in for a supervisor position at his work. Please pray for God's will to be done here. We have been going through colds for the past month. First the kids had it and now Brad and I are trying to fight off colds. We hope to hear before the end of the year whether Brad gets the job or not. It would be a wonderful Christmas present if he did.

St. Louis Zoo 2010

Before going to visit Grandma and Grandpa's house in IL, we stopped by the St. Louis Zoo. We had a wonderful time. The weather was great and we all had fun. This is the sign you can see from the highway.

Benny liked the fact that this Zoo had a train to ride. Here he is riding the train.

Timmy and I are riding the train.

Daddy and Benny riding the carousel or as Benny calls it the "up/down horses".

Timmy's first carousel ride!

Daddy and Benny petting the goats.

Benny sitting on a frog.

Benny sitting on a giant beetle outside the insecterium.

Benny and the snake (no, it is not real).

Across the highway is a park called turtle park. It has a lot of giant turtle statues. I thought Aunt Jill would like this. (I have no idea who the people are in this picture.)

St. Louis Zoo 2010 Part 2

Here is the new baby giraffe. The Elephants! They were working on enlarging the enclosure because one of the elephants is pregnant!

Hello, Rhino!

Lions!

And Tigers!

And Bears! Oh MY!

Puyallup Fair 2010

Here are some more pictures from the fair. Here is Benny and Xander with their banana hats! We always stop by the barn where the kids can pet the animals.

This is part of the fair where you can see how life was like in the Pioneer days.

Here is Benny grinding corn.

Here we are doing some laundry.

Puyallup Fair 2010 The Rides

We had a blast at the Puyallup Fair this year. Benny's new friend Xander had never been to the fair, so Benny had a great time showing him around. Benny was not only old enough to ride the rides, he was also tall enough. It helped that his buddy Xander was excited about riding the rides too.

Benny loved this boat ride. It was the only ride that he cried when he had to get off.

Here is Benny and Xander riding the fire truck ride. It is like the Rush Street Flyer ride at Six Flags (Grandpa should remember that ride).

Here is the helicopter ride. I wasn't so sure about this one because it went up and down as well as around and around. I think Benny felt safe with his friend.

This was the first ride Benny wanted to go on. He had a great time.

Benny liked visiting the fire station at the Fair. Xander wasn't interested in putting on the coat, but Benny did.