Football Season

I love fall. The cooler weather, the changing leaves and of course ... football season. Chris and I really enjoy our Sunday afternoons relaxing, eating good food and watching the game. In fact, it's such a big event that this year we even ordered cable, just so we could catch all the games. There is a bit of tension being that I'm a Packer fan (born & raised in GB) and Chris is a Viking fan. So there's some ribbing and teasing and a lot of channel flipping to try and catch both games. I swear it makes me dizzy. But still, it's fun. I even caught my two boys watching the game together. Aren't they cute? Now the question is ... will Brooks cheer for green and gold or for those other guys??

Vacations

Wow, it's been a while since my last post. Here's some pictures from our first family road trip to the twin cities in August. We went to my cousin's wedding in St. Paul and Brooks was a hit with the whole family ... even though Grandpa Dave hardly let anyone else hold him. I realized later I didn't actually take pictures of the wedding, but here's some shots from our afternoon at the Sculpture Garden the next day.

Uncle John, my mom, Aunt Betty

sleepy baby

Chris & I at the Garden

Then over Labor Day weekend Brooks and I hit the road by ourselves to visit some friends in Minnesota. We spend a few days with the Blanchards (Kris, Kellie & the kids), but we also spent time with my college friend Krista, the Green's from our former church and Chris' family who lives in the area. His Grandma was even in town from ND, which was a special treat for her to see Brooks for the first time.

Brooks with his Great Grandma Ardis

Kris enjoyed playing with Brooks.

"Aunt" Kellie

To see all the pictures from these weekends plus some other misc. pictures of Brooks, click here.