Decorating the Tree

This evening we attempted to decorate our Christmas tree. This was Blake's first real attempt and other than running into bedtime with a crabby boy, it went pretty well.

Brady really had a great time. He was all about putting up the ornaments.

We convinced Blake to do some too!

The tree was a tad weighted at the bottom initially........but we spread them out and ended up with a nice looking tree!

Another New Cousin!

On November 18th at 6:28 pm we welcomed Makyla Loretta Wade into the family!
She was 7 lbs 14 oz and was 19 inches long

Blake was more interested this round in a new baby and was up for "gentle" touching. Now the count is even on the O'Donnell side: 3 girls and 3 boys!

New Cousin!

On Thursday November 10th, at 5:05am, Casey and Leilani welcomed their daughter Kailea into the world!

The family went to visit on Thursday night. Brady loved the baby. Blake.....not so much.

Brady really wanted to hold her. He loves his new cousin!

We are so excited to welcome our new niece/cousin into the family! Congratulations to Casey and Lani!

Trick-or-Treat

This year for Halloween we had a dragon(thanks to Gma Karen) and a scarecrow(thanks to Gma Karen 2 years ago)!

The boys loved trick-or-treating!

We often had to remind Brady to use his manors because he was in such a hurry to get to the next house to "get more candy!"

It was a fun night. Both kids were old enough to enjoy it so that made it more fun for Brian and me! Definitely worth all the work!

Pumpkins

Today Brian had the day off so we took the opportunity to carve pumpkins before I went into work tonight. Brady didn't like the "guts" but Blake did!

Brian had some help carving out the face!

Brady and I made the ghosts and Blake and Brian made the face! Family fun when the kids weren't crying because of the guts or being denied the carving knife!

Tractor Cart Rides

The boys and I went out to Dad's to enjoy one of the last really nice fall days! I think the temp was 70 degrees. Perfect for a cart ride pulled by Grandpa's tractor. As you can see, Blake wasn't quite sold yet because this was his first ride.

Once we stopped to pull a couple of ears of feed corn to play with he was a lot happier!

The boys loved shucking the kernels off.........

and throwing them out of the cart!

We stopped mid-ride to jump on some bales of hay!

Once Brady got the hang of it, he loved it!

Done with the hay romp and back to the tractor.

Back at Grandpa's house we grabbed a healthy snack of potato chips and chocolate milk!

The kids were so tired that Brady fell asleep in the car on the way home around 5ish and was out for the rest of the night. Blake went down early too! The country and fresh air mixed with tractor rides apparently really does small boys in!

Post game with Daddy

Brian is coaching junior high football again this year and the boys love going to the games. Mostly they love going because once the game is finished they get to play football with Dad on the field!

Brady runs endzone to endzone!

It's great because they come home really tired!