Some of the cutest little animal behinds!

Two monkeys

Caden & Oliver

Kalab

The Grandma's

Halloween

Hmmm! Well, this year Halloween didn't go quite as we planned. Originally Ethan and I were going to dress up for the costume contest my work puts on every year. As most of you know, I was laid off from my job the Thursday before Halloween. Ethan was not laid off, which was my first question when they were telling me that I was being laid off.

The good thing is that I was given a severance package that will keep us okay financially through the 1st week of January. I was planning on leaving my company in January to watch kids from home, so now I basically get paid to have a few months off with Oliver until I start to watch kids.

We ended up going trick r' treating with my cousin Ryan and his wife Alicia and their kids Kalab and Caden. The Grandma's also came along - my mom, Alicia's Mom and my Aunt Nancee. Oliver was a cute little monkey, but didn't last very long since his bedtime is usually around 7:30pm. We took him up to a few doors, just for fun. The highlight of the evening - well, for Mom anyway was the cotton candy one of the neighbors made in his driveway for trick r' treater's.

Mom and Dad Z Visit - October 22nd - 24th

Dad took Thursday and Friday off from work and came up with Mom Wednesday night when she came to watch Oliver.

On Thursday night Mom made Ethan's favorite meal - spaghetti, and we had Karlan and Joan over. After supper we played a game. Mom and Joan were disappointed because Oliver was tired and went to bed early for the night and they didn't get to see him much.

Friday night we met Joan, Karlan and Nancee at Chillies for supper, Mom and Dad drove home from there.

Oliver loved his horsey ride!

October Trip to California (10th - 13th)

We went to California to visit Heather, Aaron and Madalyn. Ethan and I had Columbus day off from work and since we hadn't seen Madalyn for over a month we just had to get to CA. We drove to California Friday night and left Monday afternoon.

Saturday we went to Bates Nut Farm. They had kind of a fair there, with hay and pony rides, food concessions and a pumpkin patch etc. Aaron's cousin Jerry, wife Carla and their kids met us at the farm.

Sunday we went to Special meetings and Monday we went out for breakfast, played tennis and some board games. Then we left around 3pm on Monday.

High School Football Game - September 26th
Ethan wanted to watch a local high school football game. So we went to the football game at a high school a mile away from us. Oliver loved it, there was so much to see. We stayed until around 9pm. - At that point it was quite obvious that the high school we were cheering on was going to win, the other team hadn't even scored one point. Guess we chose the right high school to cheer on. Woohoo! Oliver was wide awake the whole time but could not stay awake during the 5 minute ride home.

Crusssssin'

This is Oliver's new ride. He loves this car. Let me explain this better, he LOVES this car! :) When we put him in the car he sits up straight and acts like it is the only place he wants to be. When we take him around the neighborhood in his car he is completely still taking everything in. He could be fussy and tired and ready for a nap and if we put him in his car immediately he is quiet and ready to go. So I am sorry if there are way to many of the same car photos here, but I could not choose just one or two photos. Wow, I love this boy!!!