A Quick Nap on the Plane

I almost forgot my favorite picture from our flight.  :)  After Levi screamed for about a half hour he finally fell asleep.  I guess they were both worn out because Joey fell asleep too. He can sleep anywhere!  But the poor guy to the right of them who had to hear the screams for the half hour up and the half hour down...you can see him in the background with his hand on his head.  haha 

Levi's Half Birthday!

How is it possible that Levi is six months old already!?  Time is going way too fast!  Levi turned six months while I was in Phoenix for the week so my parents threw him a half birthday party.  Erin and Clay came to Colusa for the day to celebrate too(okay they may have just happened to be there).  :)

The half birthday boy!  "Wait what is going on guys?"

Owen, Levi and Clay

Owen, Clay and Erin ready to celebrate!

I love how they have the same expression--like--why are we wearing these hats guys?

Owen Goes Ice Skating

After Levi's baptism we sent Levi home with Jim and Kathy and took Owen ice skating for a bit with Shannon's family and Maleah.  Owen loved it and kept telling Joey to go faster "FASTER daddy!!"  Shannon got all the kids hot chocolate which was also a first for Owen.  :)



Let's go ICE SKATING!

Here they come!

Can you tell that Joey and Shannon are brothers?

Grant and Maleah

Levi's Baptism

Saturday we got Levi baptized.  Father Mike (who married us) was able to do it and did an amazing and personal baptism for Levi after the 5:30 mass.  We are so grateful to him for doing it and thankful to all of Joey's family for being there!

Owen's godparents Jimmy and Natalie

Getting the sign of the cross on his forehead from his cousins.  Owen in the background being CRAZY.

Lots of family to celebrate with!

Vacation Part 2: Rapid City

We drove to Rapid City on Wednesday and got to spend some time with Garrett and Jim when we got there.  That night we all headed over to chineese food to celebrate Tyler's birthday.  They kept the restaurant open just for us and it was so fun to see everyone after so long!  For some of them it was their first time meeting Owen (we need to visit more often).  Thursday we hung out, took walks, cooked, ate and cleaned up.  It was a fun day of catching up with people.  :)  Friday we got to go to Tyler's place and Shannon's new house and see the projects those guys are working on.  Between the projects I saw Jimmy, Tyler, Colton and Shannon working on while I was out there it just was confirmation that the Schad skills will never cease to amaze me.  It is fun to see their skills in action! 

Vacation Part 1: Sioux Falls

We went to South Dakota for Thanksgiving!  We decided to start the trip out in Sioux Falls so we could get some time with Cameo and Jay and with Jimmy and Natalie and their kids before heading to Rapid City for Thanksgiving.  It was so fun and we were so spoiled!  For instance, the night we got there they had tiramisu for us.  One of my favorite foods in the world.  :)  Then we woke up to pumpkin scones, amazing coffee, a fruit plate shaped like a turkey and an egg casserole.  Food wasn't the only thing there but it was fun.  :)

Owen couldn't wait to play with Ellie (who is 3) and had to peek in on her while she was sleeping.  Once everyone was up the next morning Owen was inseparable from his new cousins--he had so much fun!

The first night we were there we made sushi and got to go to Bella's Christmas concert for school.  We also go to check out Jimmy's house projects which are really amazing.  The next morning we left Joey with all the kids and Kathy, Cameo and I went to Zumba and got coffee at Jay's cabin.  We hung out with the kids that day and then went out to sushi that night with just the adults. 

Our time in Sioux Falls went way too fast but it was a great start tour trip.  Kathy came over to hang out with us for the few days we were there and then drove us back to Rapid City on Wednesday.  :)

We were loaded down--thank goodness we had our stroller to haul all our bags!

On our way!

I think the escalator was the biggest hit of the day

Joey teaching Owen how to walk UP an escalator that is going down

Smoothies from Uncle Jay on our first morning in Sioux Falls



Making sushi

Playing trains with Joey

More yummy sushi that we made :)

The two Joeys playing with the helicopter indoors

We came back from our sushi night to all the kids asleep in Jay and Cameo's bed.  All asleep but one...

Playing with Ellie one more time before we left

Levi and Joey

Ellie, Owen, and the Lightning McQueen car

Halloween Pics

I only had my phone for pictures on Halloween, and didn't even have that on me most of the time.  Big miss on an opportunity for cuteness, so I decided to recreate the night at least for our little monkey's first Halloween before I put the monkey suit away.  Then I stole some pictures from Mary's blog and put a few of those on here too so I didn't leave our little turtle out.  :) 

I guess this monkey suit isn't so bad mom

 

At Jerry and Linda's...Levi trying to blend in...

At Albert's in front of the BIG jack-o-lantern

Levi looks pretty over it.  Dressing up and getting no candy for it?  Or worse, MOM eating the candy that YOU dressed up for?  :)

JACKY-o-LANTERNs

Owen had his first experience with pumpkin carving this year.  He thought getting the insides out was 'pretty yucky '.  But he did think the end product his 'JACKY-o-LANTERN' was pretty cool!

  

 Last weekend we went up to Quincy to check out the family medicine position and check out the area.  Unfortunately we only got the camera out once, but it was a beautiful fall weekend and Owen of course loved throwing rocks in the river.  :)



What are you doin' dad?

He had to get his own spoon to get the insides out

They were both proud of their final product.  Owen's hair...I think it might be time for another hair cut.  :)

 

 

'That's a silly Jacky-o-lantern mom!'

Spanish Creek

One of Owen's favorite pastimes..throwing rocks in the river 

'Just one more big one...just one more...'