The Hop

We have a fun place in Denver that has tons of bounce houses called The Hop. It is a great place to take the kids in the winter when we can't play outside very much. We went to the Hop last week and had a blast bouncing everywhere. They didn't want to leave when the open hop closed and we had to go home. Audrey and Hannah had played so hard that they fell asleep before we got to the first stop light on the way home.

Isaac loves to practice hitting base balls at this house. A man that was there complimented Isaac on his great arm and Isaac was talking about it for days afterwards.

Audrey bounced with some help from my friend. Now she loves to jump at home and she actually gets off of the ground.

Hannah and Isaac are bouncing.

Isaac drives a car.

Hannah loved driving this car, but she had a hard time going forward.

We are experiencing Double Trouble!

We have found that Audrey and Hannah just love to be dangerous. Hannah is usually more fearless than Audrey, but if Audrey feels that something is safe, she will join in wholeheartedly. Tonight, both girls decided it would be wonderful to jump from the arms of the couch onto the couch. They both loved it. Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment, or possibly to give you a heart attack.

Hannah and Audrey getting ready to jump.

Audrey in mid-air.

I couldn't figure out how to adjust the rotation on this video. However, I love how Hannah says "Watch!" Greg is talking on Skype in the background if you are wondering about that conversation. As you can see the most dangerous time in the jump is while the girls are balancing on the arms of the couch.

Night at the Civic Center

On Tuesday evening we took the kids to the Civic Center to see the lighting of the trees. They had a lot of fun activities. All of the kids got a cookie. One of the rooms was decorated as a winter wonderland. Isaac loved the soap snow they were blowing into the room. He also was able to decorate and draw on a cardboard house and castle. Mostly, the girls just ran around. However, when the switch was flipped to light all of the trees, they also had a fireworks display. My favorite part was that we got to see the whole thing from the warmth of the indoors. Isaac and the girls loved the candy they were sent home with.

Isaac tries to catch some snow.

Isaac really loved drawing on this house.

Isaac added some stickers to the castle.

Halloween 2009

This ea was a lot of fun. On Friday night we went to our neighborhood party. There was a lot of good food to eat. The older kids carved pumpkins, but there was painting for our younger ones. Audrey and Hannah really enjoyed the painting because it isn't very often that they get to play with things that messy. Isaac also enjoyed painting, but we didn't take a picture of that. In these pictures Hannah is a penguin, Audrey is a bear, and Isaac is a cow. On Saturday night, Greg switched the girls outfits and the neighbors did not think that was very nice of him. We took the girls out on Saturday for their first Trick or Treating. They just loved it. A few times, they tried to run away and I was very glad I had the neighbors around to help keep track of them. Audrey and Hannah did not understand why they were not allowed to go inside any of the homes. Isaac also enjoyed trick or treating, but he wouldn't go to any doors on a street with a scary house. Overall, it was a wonderful weekend.

Audrey paints her pumpkin.

Hannah gets a chance to paint her pumpkin.

Daddy poses with a penguin, cow, and a bear.

Pumpkin Patch with Jaime and Jackson

We went to a pumpkin patch with our friends. This pumpkin patch allowed you to cut some pumpkins directly from the vine. The only problem was that it had frosted and most of the pumpkins weren't in very good condition. However, we were able to take some really cute pictures.

Here is Jaime holding Hannah and Audrey.

This is the best picture we were able to get of Hannah, Audrey, and Isaac. Unfortunately, Hannah wasn't looking at the camera.

Jackson looks on as Isaac tries to cut a pumpkin off of the vine.

Jaime with Audrey and Hannah.

Playing around the house

October has been a strange month. Our entire family got a nasty flu bug at the same time. It was pretty hard to have everyone feeling terrible. We are hoping that as the kids get older, we are able to contain germs more easily. We have been trying to return to a routine after the summer and early fall of having family in town. The girls have decided that they no longer need a morning nap. They really love playing with their brother in the mornings, especially now that we have made the main room of the basement into their playroom. It has been really fun to see the girls play with Isaac. They won't be babies much longer!!!

Isaac is pretending to drive to work drinking his coffee.

Hannah and Isaac snuggle on the couch before bedtime.

Isaac can brush Hannah's and Audrey's hair at the same time.

Visit with Cousins in September

We packed a lot of activity into one week while we had so many cousins in town. Last Monday we took the kids to Colorado Springs to enjoy time with Beccy's best friend Lindy and her new baby Lorien. We took all of the kids to the visitors center at Focus on the Family. The kids loved it. On Tuesday while we were waiting for Rachel's kids to come into town we took the kids to an indoor bounce house warehouse. Beccy planned a really fun Mexican Fiesta on Wednesday for Cousin Camp. On Thursday, Grandma Pookie took the Hoff family to Garden of the Gods. Grandma Pookie then took the Thompsons on the Georgetown loop on Friday. Saturday was a day of family. We had brunch with our cousin Debra. In the evening we went to a cook out at our cousin Todd's house. We really enjoyed the whole week spending time with so much family.

This is the inside of an airplane inside of Focus. Audrey and Hannah spend about 15 minutes running back and forth in here yelling "Go, Go, Go!" and giggling the whole time.

Here is a picture of Lindy holding Lorien. Seth and Isaac are on the step above. Hannah is climbing up to join them.

Here is a picture of Gavin, Hannah, Seth, Isaac, and Audrey.

Beccy and Grandma Pookie are dancing a Mexican Hat dance with Seth, Katie and Ben. The kids really loved Cousin Camp.