Annual Checkup & Birthday Boy

The past week was a very eventful one around our house. Tuesday was avery's annual checkup with his cardiologist, Dr Burton. He was given a clean bill of health. Everything is looking great and we go back to see him in another year! He did so well with all the tests. So glad to have the appointment behind us. Afer the trip to the dr we went to the Mall of America. We took the kids on some rides and then to the Underwater World. You should have seen their eyes when we walked into the mall...they were both in awe. It was a great day!



Then Thursday we celebrated Thanksgiving with our first official Thanksgiving at our house. Everything went great and it was a great relaxing day.

Finally we celebrated Avery's 4th birthday! He was so excited for his birthday but he couldn't decide what he wanted for a gift. The only thing he told us he wanted was an Iowa Hawkeyes sweatshirt. I believe he has one coming from Grandpa & Grandma Berg but he hasn't stopped asking about it since Saturday. He is so excited for it. Mike asked him on Friday (while I was out Black Friday shopping) what he wanted for his birthday and his response was 'I don't know but I better figure it out because my birthday is tomorrow!'

We are hoping that him turning 4 flips the switch to make him act older and be more well behaved. So far so good on that front! Hoping that it continues!

Good Report

We had our first conferences with Blake's Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Morrison, this week. We got a fabulous report. It seems Blake is in the advanced reading group and his testing scores were above the average for the school. Made me want to swell with pride! We know he is smart and a good kid but it is nice to hear it from someone else!

Next week is Thanksgiving and I feel like I haven't started Christmas shopping this year but I do have a few things. Did a little shopping today and then went over to do some more things at uncle Mark's house. We are still working on cleaning it out so it can be sold. Lots to do!

Tomorrow is hockey!

Halloween

I just realized that I haven't posted any pictures from Halloween yet! It was a fun time this year. The boys really got into it. Avery has really figured out what it is all about...the candy!

Jack-O-Lanterns


Hometown Heros


Directing Traffic

More October

We ended up getting tickets to the Vikings game vs. the Ravens at the last minute. So we packed up the truck and headed to the Metrodome. It is the first live Vikings game that any of us had ever attended. We were kind of worried about Avery as he doesn't like loud noises but he did pretty well actually. He covered his ears a lot of the time when it got loud but he still had a lot of fun! We all managed to have a good time despite getting bad news at the beginning of the game that Mike's uncle Mark had passed away. Here are some pictures from our exciting day!

Such a slacker...

Okay I know it's been an entire month since I've posted. We've had quite a month. We've celebrated two birthdays, started hockey, saw a Vikings game live and Mike & I took a trip to Vegas.

Blake turned 6 on October 11th. It was a fun time as we celebrated in a construction theme. He had a friend party at the local cheap theater where they got to have a behind the scenes tour of the inner workings of the theater. THe birthday boy also got to push 'Play' before we went to watch the movie.

More updates soon...

Out of the Mouths of Babes!

So Avery has always been our comedian but some days it come out more than others! He is so crazy sometimes. Sunday he was full of it. When we were getting ready for church he was putting some dress shoes on and I told him he looked handsome. He looked at me and said 'Some people say that.' I couldn't even hold back the laughter.

Then later at lunch the same day he told us that he 'doesn't want to be 4 1/2 but just wants to be 5 right away' ...could he be any funnier! The funniest part of that story is that we couldn't remember what it was that he had said so we asked him and at first he didn't remember but last night at supper he repeated the story because he remembered what he had said. Stinker!

Happy 60th Birthday

Over the weekend we had a surprise birthday party for Grandma Sue. It was a very fun time and a HUGE surprise to her. She had family come from Florida and Missouri and was very shocked to see them. It was a great time had by all! Our whole family was up until 2 am. Blake slept until noon the next day. Avery was up at 9 asking to go to Sunday school.