Jaelyn's Birthday Party Weekend

We loaded up the dogs and Maddy and went up north for the weekend to celebrate Jaelyn's 3rd birthday. It was a beautiful fall weekend with a little chill in the air. We spent a lot of time outside...

...riding on the lawn mower

...playing in the leaves

...swinging on the swing set

...riding in the wagon

and a little bit of time inside...

...watching Rapunzel together on the coach

...and finally cleaning up
(Isn't little John sure a lucky guy?)

We spent Saturday afternoon out at camp for Jaelyn's party. We got a little bit of 4-wheeling in before the pumpkin carving started (see post below). We took a little time out for dinner, birthday cake, and pictures.

"Happy Birthday Jaelyn"

All 9 Grandkids looking festive
(Sorry this one's blurry, but that's kinda how we were feeling at this point)

Grandma and Grandpa with the gang in their costumes:
(top left to right) Brooke - Pirate, Jordyn - Genie,
Izzy - Princess, John - Thomas the Train
(bottom left to right) Maddy - Gator, Addisyn - Eeyore,
Lexi - Pumpkin, Jack - Beaver, Jaelyn - Fairy

Here are a few close-ups:

Alexaundrea the Great "Pumpkin"

Addisyn and Grandma

Jack the Beaver with Jack the Beaver Trapper

Maddy the Train Conducting Alligator

John V the Drag Pirate

This Family is CRAZY

We sure had a blast this weekend with my family. We got absolutely no sleep, especially Saturday night at camp as Maddy decided to stay up until midnight and then wake up at 6 am. It was still worth it to stay out there though and enjoy the experience of everyone sharing the same bunk room. The kids are all really growing fast and playing well together so it is a ton of fun. I can't wait until Christmas break to have more than just a short weekend up north with the family, hopefully my parents new house will be done so we have some room to spread out.