Halloween Fun Run

This morning Steve, the kids and I went to watch the annual Halloween Fun Run. They have a costume contest as well, so you always see a lot of unique outfits! Laurel and Seth were running and our neighbors were walking, so we wanted to go cheer them on! We also saw a lot of other people we knew too. Good job everyone! Signe wants to do it next year, so maybe we'll be in the photos next year:)

Uncle Seth as Lt. Dangle from "Reno 911"

Auntie Laurel as a bunch of grapes- she won "Best Female Costume"- way to go Laurel!

Linda Zuhlsdorf- Looking good, Linda!

Noelle Neubauer- this cat broke away from the rest of her group and is racing to the finish line!

Joyce Harvey as a tiger and her daughter Maddie in the background.

The rest of the cats- Kim and Kaylee Neubauer and their friends Heidi and Heidi's daughter

Sam Stuewe as Buzz Lightyear. Not technically part of the race, but decided to join midway through with Mom! Hey, if everyone else in costume is running, why not me?

Signe's Birthday Pizza Party

We've gotten into the routine the past few years of having Signe's birthday party in October. With the start of football and school the end of August, we never seem to find a good time to fit it in then. I think Signe likes this though, because it makes her birthday stretch out over a month and a half. (If you know Signe, you know that her world revolves around her birthday). This year we took some friends, Mom, Dad, Isaac, Grandma Cindy and Auntie YaYa (Laurel, for those of you who don't speak "Isaac") to Dino's Pizzeria in lower North Mankato. It was wonderful! They got to make their own pizzas and ice cream sundaes and boy were they creative! So, while my mom was reminiscing about the good old days of simple birthday parties, I was sitting back and enjoying the kids having fun and making a huge mess in someone else's domain! :) Check out the pictures below:

The whole gang (from front left, going clockwise): Sydney, Abbey, Adeline, Signe, Trinity, Lexi, Amelia, Isaac, Carter, Jeremy and Rebecca

Isaac, enjoying the party from the next table!

Isaac, Carter and Signe, anxiously awaiting to make their pizzas!

Jeremy, Rebecca, Sydney, Abbey and Adeline getting instructions on pizza making

Trinity, Lexi and Amelia

Sydney, Abbey and Adeline

Trinity, Lexi and Amelia get pizza making tips from Master Chef Steve!

Bon Appetit!

Making ice cream sundaes

We hope everyone had a great time! Happy Birthday Signe!

Monday morning

Usually the kids are pretty good about getting up in the morning, but we had a particularly busy weekend so it took a little more time to get going than usual. Here is a picture of them after the third time I had gone in to wake them up. Notice that they both somehow ended up on Signe's floor in the middle of the night, which also may have contributed to their early morning grogginess!

Steve Junior

Steve spent a good deal of time of Saturday aerating our lawn. Isaac was completely fascinated with the concept of aeration and since he couldn't join Dad he decided to "help out" by doing a little aerating himself on his big wheels....