Fun

Here's Dad after he got home from work and the we attacked him with silly string just as he stepped out of his truck! Then I threw him a can and he chased Cody and Jordan down the driveway laughing and carrying on!

tooth fairy

Jordan lost another tooth. Cody jumped on this opportunity to call him "bucky beaver"! Jordan figured out years ago who the tooth fairy is. When he was about 4 years old he said " I know it's you Mom"!

Halloween Hayride

We went to the community hayride last night. It was fun. Although we had to stand in line to ride for about 2 hours! It was cold. Once on we went for a 3 mile ride through the community. They staged a little "drama" at one of the parks, where a girl was chased by a gorilla and there were zombies. Afterwards they have free hot dogs, popcorn and hot chocolate. That really hit the spot.

Halloween Hangman

Here is a fun game that was sent to me. It is just what the title says Hallwoeen hangman. All the words relate to halloween. Give it a try!

Camp

Today was Columbus Day and as all of you probably know there was no mail today so for our family that means DAD IS OFF! So we spent the weekend at camp. Toasting marshmallows!

Since the pool was closed and it was 86' , we did the next best thing.......mother nature's pool! (Bring back any memories Di?)

Unfortunately the trees weren't changing much yet. The lake is really beautiful when the leaves change!

William Tell Overture

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Heinz Field

Today we went and toured Heinz field. it was free day, and really neat. Here is a picture of the field from the nose bleed seats! The field has special heaters under it to melt the ice and snow in winter. It is also kept at 61' at all times , the optimal tempeture for grass to grow. The field stays green all year! The new scoreboard. Everytime the Steelers get into the "red zone" (near the endzone) these ketchup bottles pop open at the top and red pours down and makes the whole screen red. The guide told us that they don't show it on TV because everytime they would show it the Heinz company would have to pay for advertising.
This is the view from one of the $40,000 a year luxury boxes. And that's a cheap one.
The view from the field.......

Heinz field 2

Part of Heinz field is an area called the Coca Cola Great Hall. Here they have lockers from some of the Steeler greats. Terry Bradshaw, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth. It's pretty neat.

Heinz field 3

We even got to go into the Steelers locker room. It was so cool! Here is Big Ben's locker..... They told us that no one is allowed to walk on the Steelers logo (it's a big superstition)

This one either

Hines Ward's Locker
And Troy......
This is the tunnel that they walk out of at the beginning of the game. The Steelers stand on the left side of the field here just out of the tunnel. The visitor stands over on the right. The visiting team has to go out to the other side of the field and around at half time to get to their locker room at half. It was designed this way so that they have a little farther to walk and thus cutting into their time to rally at half. I thought that was so funny!

Dayne Jr.

I got to meet my new nephew on saturday. What a sweetie pie!

Spirit of America

We took the kids to see the Spirit of America stage show on friday night. It was really neat. It is a history of the army. It started at the revolutionary war and went right up to world war II and into modern day. All the "actors" are actual army soldiers. It was a neat show. This is a depiction of D day.
This was the Army band
All the soldiers marching. They had the drill team there also. You know the ones who do all the rifle drills. They were awsome.

Legos

Cody made this super cool fighter jet out of Legos. It turned out really neat!

Strike

Bowling

Tom is on vacation for 2 weeks so we decided to do something fun and go bowling! (Just happens to be one of Tom's favorite activities) Jordan, surprised to see he didn't get a strike! Cody and his Nunnie's "banana ball" that she gave him that she used to bowl with, giving a hex so that he can get the spare.
Get that 16 pounder on the lane already!
Yes, for all you "old" bowlers this is the only device on the lane now to keep your score. No more scorekeeper stand with the overhead light that shines the scores up on the screen! It's all computerized. This little keypad is all you get! (Did I just make myself seem really old?)
Of course being kids they were more worried about the snack machine!

King of the Jungle

Cody was in the kids production at church tonight. It was called King of the Jungle. He played the part of Daniel in the lions den. He had a solo, and really did great. (I tried to get his solo part as a movie to add to here but I still haven't figured out the camera) Take my word for it. It was great! he got to use a wireless microphone and everything. (He thought that was really cool) He's in the top row, left corner, green shirt.
The set was cute. They had a jeep off to the right (you can see the front in the picture)
Cody's brother Kenny came to lend some support. Eventhough he is about to start his first day of high school tomorrow! Yikes. They grow up fast.

birthday lunch

My brother Len and His girlfriend Susan invited us out to lunch today for my birthday. We went to the mexican resturant Don Pablos. Food was great. We were all stuffed. Jordan and Cody sat right in front of the TV and watched the Pirate game.
Here's the troops after our big meal.
And of course Len had to tell them we were celebrating my birthday so they sang to me and made me wear this goofy hat. Gave me some yummy "stuff" to eat. Tasted just like funnel cake. The big 40 birthday is officially over! Yea!

party

Aunt Martha is visiting and she wanted to do something special for the kids so she threw them a back 2 school party. Here's all the "troops" with her now. Chloe made the great sign and Emma made everyone a party hat to wear.

They played fun games like bean bag toss........
And musical chairs, beach volleyball (which ended up being more like keep the ball off the ground) ........ the kids had such fun and Aunt Martha made sure they left with all kinds of goodies.
Here's Cody messing with his cousin Emma.....
And his cousin Max.
Thanks Aunt Martha for always going above and beyond to make our kids feel special!

Picnic

We went to the Letter carriers Branch 84 Union picnic today at the riverplex at sandcastle. It is really nice. It's a picnic area right on the river. Jordan couldn't resist playing in the mud.....what boy can?
They have pony rides for the kids.
Jordan and I were partners and Cody and Tom were partners for the water balloon toss. We didn't win. Cody tried the sack race (they use priority mail sacks for the races, HA) but didn't win it either. But it was a nice day to be outside and enjoy some fun.