Fall fun

Brant's parents are almost done with their time as temple president and matron so they are moving down to their permanent home. This is the pond by the temple president's house so we went there a last time with Grandma to feed the ducks. The few ducks in the pond are wary of people so most didn't come close to us. Spencer didn't mind, he just likes to throw the bread in the water. Hopefully the ducks got a good snack after we left.
Friday night we went to a football game at Brant's old high school just for fun. We taught Spencer to say, "Go Bears!" instead of his usual, "Go Buckeyes!" Our cheering wasn't enough for a victory, though.
Spencer came up with his own cheer when someone would get tackled. He would say, "Yes! Good crash!" That was an accurate description.
Spencer loved watching the football players and especially the band. He thought it was awesome that people were walking around playing the drums.
We drove to Kuhlwein's Pumpkin Patch on Saturday with our good friends, the Buskens. We went on a tractor ride, through a corn maze, and then got to pick out pumpkins in the field.
Spencer and two of his best friends, Riley and Lucy.

Spencer did a really good job carrying his pumpkin...

... until he decided it was easier to kick it.

We made a stop at the Bouncy House before leaving the pumpkin patch. Why don't they have those for grown ups?

Gavin in his pumpkin shirt (he wore this approx. 4 minutes before a blow-out occured.)

Spencer likes to get really close to Gavin's face. He really is a great big brother.

The Trejos came over to carve pumpkins. The best one is the one I carved. I'm kidding because I only had about 10 minutes total to clean out and carve mine between feeding Gavin and putting him to bed. I think they all look great. You can see Spencer and Seattle in this picture. They love to play together. Spencer also loves to wear his pumpkin boy costume from last year whenever he gets a chance.

Our little Buckeye turns 3!

Our theme for Spencer's 3rd birthday party was Buckeye football. He was so excited for his birthday. He kept wanting me to sing the happy birthday song to him and he would sing it to himself. Here is a picture of Spencer 'helping' me make cookies for the party.
Brant was the decorations committee and I think he did a great job!
We played a couple of games and this game was called "throw the football through the goal posts". There was no organization to it, but I think the kids had a good time.
Pin the hat on Brutus!
Spencer really got the hang of opening presents and was sad when that came to an end. He loved everything he got so thanks everyone who came!
Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting! Spencer was so happy. I think it was even cooler since it was in the shape of a football.
Our Buckeye family. :)
One of Spencer's favorite presents was a giant puzzle from the Buskens. He loves doing all kinds of puzzles so it was fun to have one as big as he is!
He also loved his food cutting set. I've been wanting to get him this for a long time.

Kite flying

I found a cheapy kite on clearance at the grocery store and Spencer has gotten really good at flying it. I don't think he could ever get tired of it.

Sleeping Gavin

Gavin loves to sleep and we love when he does. He generally prefers to be held, but he's happy pretty much anywhere.

Gavin in all of his chubbiness!

The happiest day of my life...

...was when I married Brant. Right up there, though, is when we went to see Wicked. It was amazing! We bought tickets back in November so we've been looking forward to it for almost a year. It was even better than I thought it would be. Brant loved it too. Definitely go and see it if you have a chance.

Spencer Blake

Spencer is constantly making up songs. Yesterday he was singing the treat song. It goes a little something like this, "I love treats, I love treats, I love treats". My favorite is the I love you song. "I love you, I love you, I love you". He's also always going places. When he finds Daddy's tie he puts it on and says, "Bye, Mommy. I go to church." When he puts on his pirate hat he says he's going to his pirate ship. He also goes to the library a lot since he always has his books.

Spencer gets so excited when his friends Riley and Lucy come over and play! Jumping on a couch with good friends, it doesn't get much better than that.

Spencer throwing the blackberries into the blender for our milkshake. He and Brant have a lot of fun in the kitchen.

One cool dude

Spencer looking longingly out the window. We're stuck inside a lot since our little baby loves to eat as often as possible. I made this little backpack for him. As I was sewing it he kept saying how it was a backpack for his horse. Sure enough, when I gave it to him he opened it up, put his toy horse in, closed it, and wore it until nap time. I guess his horse needed a special place to live.

I know it's mean when moms do this, but I couldn't resist putting a potty picture on. It's just so cute. He has yet to go potty in his potty, but he sure likes to sit on it (as long as he has a good book to read).

Big brother, little brother

We got Spencer a "Big Brother" shirt when Gavin was born and then I found a "Little Brother" shirt for Gavin. Gavin doesn't seem too thrilled in this picture. Life's hard when you can't sit up yet. Spencer was showing Gavin one of our yard sale finds (a pair of goggles to go in his dress up kit). He loves to hold his hand. I did a little photo session of Gavin on a blanket and as soon as I moved him Spencer jumped up on the blanket for his turn. I'll happily take pictures of cute Spencer anytime.

He wouldn't show his teeth when he smiled because "babies don't have teeth".

Gavin keeps trying to find his thumb and here he succeeded!