JOSH KELLY/ERIC CHURCH/MIRANDA LAMBERT=KELLY's BDAY SURPRISE!!!

Well my surprise turned out great for Kel.  He was clueless about his bday present I was surprising him with, and loved every minute of it.  We met our friends Tash and Cory in SFalls and headed to Brookings for the concert.  Our tickets were in the pit...which made the surprise even better...and we were in touching distance of the performers.  We LOVED LOVED LOVED the concert.  Eric Church is a nut and Miranda is awesome.  HIGHLY recommend seeing them any time!!!

His bday is actually the 26th...he will be 28 this year.  STILL a young pup!

I'm 5!!!!!! ( or Alic is...)

Well my little man had his first friend bday party!  He was SUPER SUPER excited to do this!  He picked four of his friends from daycare and our general friends and invited them.  We went last Saturday and headed up to Brandon, SD to the Pizza Ranch.  He had really wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese, but mom had her reservations. :)  We heard that the Brandon PR had a fun house next door and just as good as Chuck E Cheese, and better pizza!!!  So we picked up the munchkins around 10:30 and headed up.  We ate and had a little ice cream and they were dying to go play.  We went and bout our token card and went to town.  For about 2 hours they played and played and played.
We ran out of money and steam around 2:15 and went home.  We brought them to my place so Alic could open presents.  Again, fun time.  He got some cute stuff and was a happy camper.  I hauled them all home around 4 pm and Alic crashed for a while.  He had fun and was so happy...I can't believe how big he has gotten.  I am so proud of my little man.

Halloween time!

Well it is that time of year again.  Above you can see my "scary" boys!  My nephew Owen (Ryan's son) had a sleepover with us and joined us trick or treating Saturday night in Rock Valley.  They had a great time together!

Fall is slipping by fast.  The end of the first quarter came and went.  Fall sports are sadly over.  Our girls vb team lost in the first round, and our boys fb team lost to Harlan on Monday night.  What a fun season...my favorite of them all!  Ready for a little r & r in this house though! As I sit here and type, I just emailed off a xmas list to one of the grandmas, am looking at the inch of dust on my furniture, and thinking of the school work I should accomplish yet tonight...or maybe go to bed! :)

Boys are great.  Eric got all A's at school on the report card, and is doing super. He is currently just finishing subtracting numbers in the 100's and now moving on to multiplying!  Crazy!!! Alic also got superb remarks from his teacher and is really showing his growth on writing his name, cutting and learning the letters.  Alic got to go to the Pizza Ranch today for a field trip and tomorrow gets to wear his pajamas to school for a pajama party...(it's P week!).

Kelly has been running his butt off as usual...he broke down last week for two days, but is running strong this week.  He is looking forward to getting his boys for the week of Thanksgiving...me too..miss the little guys!!!

Get those xmas lists ready everyone...it'll be here before we know it!