Happy Halloween!

Mini Mites

This weekend marked the beginning of Mini Mites (Hockey) for Brayden. He's wanted to do it for so long so we started him this year. He's been in regular skating lessons for over a year, but this was a totally different situation for him and outside of his little comfort zone he's been in the last year with skating. There was some apprehension, shyness, and a few tears the first day. Day two was better- he only came to give mommy a hug once, and then went back out on the ice with the coach when the balls came out that they could shoot at the nets. The coaches were great with him (and others). They were all little 4-6 year olds and they all looked so cute!!! He enjoyed it more the second day and now will not stop talking about it!! Here are a few pictures I took today, bright and early...he had to be there by 7am today. Whew. Good thing we don't get any sleep in the Sickler house anyways! :) ENJOY.

Matching PJs...it's a tradition!

From our latest Sickler/Pace Saturday night fun!

Teething Bites

Thanks to Tara for the cute "Teething Bites" shirts for the babies! SO cute and SO appropriate!!

Anatomy of a Meltdown

Gotta love the drama!

Mindy's wedding

This weekend was Mindy and Dusty's wedding. Brayden and I were in the wedding and it was a great time! Everything went well and the weather was perfect. Here are some pics from this weekend that we took. Congrats Dusty and Mindy!!!

Mom and Brayden getting ready

Brayden at the wedding, the beginning of the sugar high, no nap meltdown
Me and Steve All three of us- Burke was home with Gma and Gpa Sickler

The wedding party

Mindy and Brayden

Brayden

Mom and Brayden

B- looking like a little stud

Lake of The Woods

This past labor day, we ventured all the way up north to the Lake of the Woods to visit grandpa Ed. It had been 2 years since we were there last! We fished, hung out, played Cribbage and just enjoyed time with family. It was a long drive (8 hours) but the kids did well and we had a fun time. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Walking to the dock

The deer in the yard in the morning
A picture from the dock

Steve and Maxi-boy in the boat

Me with my fish- I caught the first one. They MADE me hold it for the pic!

Brayden on the 4-wheeler

Burke on the boat

Brayden

Steve and one of his fish

All the fish we caught on our second fishing trip

Uncle Eddie and Brayden

Burke fell asleep on the boat! We had to make him a mini-bed, where he napped, happily, for about an hour!

Burke trying to eat a weed

Overall, we had a great time.