Birthday party...and Hanukkah too!

We treated Cooper and his friends to an afternoon of bowling to celebrate his 5th birthday.  And from there, we headed home to light the menorah for the first night of Hanukkah.  Lots of gifts were received...

Smiling with some gifts

And Grandma and Grandpa too!

Checking out the Power Ranger cake

What does this ball do?

Maybe I should try orange?

Swinging before the party starts

Cooper in action

Uncle Scott gives Parker an assist

Yum - ice cream!

Some of the bowlers before the cake

The first night..

Yay - a gift for me!

Some of his birthday loot

Smiles all around!

Cheering on the Niners

Another gift for me?  I like this...

One last look at our handsome almost 5 year old!

So thankful

In mid-November, we were able to move back into our house, and by Thanksgiving we were settled enough to be able to host Alex's family.  Lots of fun ensued...

Welcoming Dad home from his new job

The boys heading to the park on Thanksgiving day

Slide

The full gang

Enjoying dinner

Watching a show

A family shot

Our future craps player?

Clowning around with Aunt Jodi

Smile!

Grandparents and grandkids

And finally, enjoying the last of the fall weather

Pumpkins and Halloween

On one of our quick visits to the house, we had the boys take a few pictures with the sole pumpkin we had with us.  And they turned out to have fun!  And then we followed that up with Halloween with our ninjas!

Enjoying soccer

Cooper had a great time at his soccer classes this year.  And we enjoyed the nice weather!

October in NY

Instead of the gang heading down to VA to celebrate Lorraine's birthday, we headed up to NY to celebrate.  We went to the Bronx Zoo and got a taste of Halloween, and had lots of fun hanging together around the house. 

Checking out the rhino

A $100 lunch at the zoo

Did you hear the one about the ninja and the princess?

Hanging out on the bird's nest

Hanging with the ducks

Bonding with the meerkats

Checking out the tunnel

Power nap!

Ah!  I needed some caffeine

One of many family shots

And now the kids...

Yay cake!

Parker has had enough!

Movie time!