Hockey...

Saturday night I drove to Peoria to meet up with Brian and then Sunday morning we headed up to Chicago for the end of his team's tournament. His team won in the quarter-finals but lost in overtime in the semi-finals. It was a tough lost, but they played very well. Below are a few pictures of my baby doing what he loves best. I am so proud... I LOVE THE COACH.

Watching the winning goal go into the net in the quarter-final game

Happy Halloween

Halloween was very relaxing this year. I had the day off from work as a comp day from conferences, so it was great to sleep in and do nothing. Brian was gone all week in Peoria for a work conference so I spent Halloween with some friends. The weather was great, lots of people outside trick-or-treating, we had a fun night. Hillary did a great job on Aiden and Blake's costumes, they looked so cute.

Thing 1 (Aiden) and Thing 2 (Blake)

Spiderman (Chase) and Uncle Jason enjoying some candy

Chase was so excited to go trick-or-treating and get some candy for the big people since the babies couldn't have any. I love free candy!!

Spiderman and his parents...

Jason and Chase making scary shadows on the garage door

Thing 1 and Thing 2 later that night...

A Trip to Eckert's

Last weekend Brian and I took a trip to Eckert's Pumpkin Patch and Apple Farm. Phil, Jill, Chase, Katie, Jason, Hillary, Aiden, and Blake all made the trip with us. We had a wonderful day, the sun was shining and the weather was beautiful. I posted a lot of pictures, too many good ones, I couldn't resist.

All of us at Eckert's

Brian being weird
Me and my hubby on the tractor

In the Corn-Maze

Chase protecting our perfect pumpkins

Me, Hillary, Jill (Oh and Aiden too)

This is what happens after a long day at the farm

After nap-time Hillary and Chase played memory

Soon it was time to carve pumpkins... Brian is cleaning out our pumpkin

Brian hard at work

The boys carving pumpkins while Chase played and we hung out with the babies

The finished product, they turned out well. Ours is the first, Jason and Hillary (the twins too) did the middle one, and Phil, Jill, and Chase did the last one.

Matt & Tracy's Wedding

Last weekend Brian and I went a friend's wedding. It was an outside wedding and the weather was beautiful. I just loved the fall colors with the bridesmaids dresses, so pretty. Things around here are going well. We are both extremely busy with work, Brian's hockey, and my master's classes, but are loving every minute of it. Hard to believe October is almost over, I feel like Christmas is just around the corner and every time I enter a store, I feel like it is already here. Well I guess that is it for now... check back later for more updates... tomorrow we are going to get pumpkins with Chase and the twins (and their parents of course).

Brian and his mom
Us and the newly weds (Matt and Tracy)

Jacki and Patrick come to St. Louis

So this past weekend my sister Jacki and her boyfriend Patrick came to visit us. We were really excited and had a lot of fun. On Friday we decided to eat lunch at Fitz's in the Loop and then later that night, we headed to Maryville for an Alumni Event. Jacki and Patrick enjoyed pretending to be Maryville Alumni... Class of 2006.

This picture has nothing to do with the visit, but Aiden looks too cute in it

The four of us at Maryville
Playing air-hockey
Grandma and Grandpa drinking coffee at lunch :)

More fun with Jacki and Patrick

On Saturday afternoon we all went apple picking at Eckert's. It was really hot, but still lots of fun. Later that night we had lots of people over to our house for dinner and apple crisp for dessert. We then played some games and hung out, it was nice to spend some quality time with all our friends.

Jacki, Patrick, Me, and Chase at Eckert's

Uncle Brian and Chase
Picking apples...
Jacki and Patrick eating the apples

Hanging out at our house

Jason and Hillary (and Aiden, who was too fussy to put down)
On Sunday we traveled all over St. Louis. Patrick and Jacki got the royal tour. After church we headed to the Spaghetti Factory for lunch, yummy, then we went to the Arch and Ted Drewes. I think we were all really full and super tired by time the day was over. But it was great to spend time with Jacki and Patrick. Thanks for coming to visit... we loved it.


Brian and I in the arch, don't you just love his funny faces
Sisterly Love
Jacki and Patrick... it was Patrick's first time in the arch
Our famous picture (We now have a Ted Drewes Wall of Fame in our house)

Extreme Home Makeover in St Louis

The tv show Extreme Home Makeover was in St. Louis this past week, building a house for a family. Brian and I took a ride one-night and got to see the house and the workers unloading all of the furniture into the house. It was so cool. We didn't see Ty or anyone, but it still was a really cool experience. The show is supposed to air sometime in November.