Weekend fun

We went to Minnesota this past weekend to visit Zach's family & to help his dad with a project at the cabin he's building.  Leif is building a cabin on their farm & this was the weekend he needed help putting up the second floor.  I went out with the boys so they could run around and play but it was pretty chilly.  Isaac was done after an hour.  Both boys wanted to help get the large posts off the trailer.  It took 5 strong men to get the one off the trailer so I'm pretty sure the boys were no help!  They had fun trying though. :)

Caleb really is trying to lift this post!

Isaac is just posing for the picture

The boys sitting on the trailer waiting for the men to be done

We had a pretty good weekend although emotions seemed stronger than the previous weekend we visited.  Both Zach & I are finding it interesting how the further out from his mom's death, the more we hurt and feel the void.  Logic tells you the opposite but I guess grief isn't logical.  We made beef stroganoff for Grandpa Don's 87th birthday.  It has been a tradition to make that for his birthday and we were happy to honor the memory of Mary and carry it on.

Last Thursday Caleb decided he wanted to wear Pullups.  I'm pretty sure I am not ready for this yet but I let him start wearing them with the understanding that he had to start practicing on the potty.  We haven't had any success but that's okay.  He loves to read his Potty Elmo book while he sits, it's pretty cute.  

Caleb reading his Potty Elmo while practicing on the potty

Howell's Pumpkin Patch

It has been a little while since we updated the blog.  Isaac is really enjoying preschool a lot.  Caleb is continuing to grow and talking more and more.  Yesterday we went to a pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin and I wanted to share some pictures from the outing.  I took the afternoon off of work so that we could go before the rain thunderstorms got here on Saturday.  Regina picked me up from work and we headed out to the pumpkin patch.  Caleb and Isaac were eating some Doritos so I took a picture of Caleb's dirty hands.

Caleb's showing me his hands, note his sun glasses.

At the pumpkin patch we got to ride a trailer pulled by a tractor out to the corn maze and pumpkin patch.  Regina and the boys loading up on the trailer to go out to the corn maze and pumpkin patch.

Regina and the boys.

Part of the corn maze had pedal carts to go around a circular track.  We took some pictures of Isaac riding with Regina and Caleb riding with me.  This was a really good workout for Regina and my legs.

Regina and Isaac on pedal cart.

Zach and Caleb on pedal cart.

Isaac and Caleb in the corn maze.

Isaac and Caleb with the pumpkin that we picked out to carve.  We also picked out two small ones for them to draw on.

 At the corn maze they had a combine modified with a large platform on top.  You could climb up on the combine and look out over the corn maze.  It was pretty cool.

Regina, Isaac, and Caleb on top of the combine.

 After we picked out our pumpkin we went back to the play area for the kids.  Isaac and Caleb played with the pedal tractors and a number of other things before we came home.

Isaac on the pedal tractor.

I will leave you with a picture of the boys creativity when they are playing outside at our house.