Happy (belated) 30th Birthday Scott!!!

A few days late, but Scott has officially entered the 30's. I'm glad to say I am still in my 20's for a few months :)

We celebrated Scott's day with a weekend up in Hurley. Colin and I gave Scott a new snowmobile for his birthday a little early in December so what better way to celebrate the big day than with a trip to Hurley. We stayed with Jason, Melissa and Brian and had a great weekend.

Saturday we got up and headed to the Hurley house and Scott, Jason and Jim went riding for the day. Before the guys took off Colin was able to get a few rides in on the sleds and a snowplow ride with Grandpa. Here are Uncle and Colin on a ride.

Here are they guys before they were off on their ride.

Oops, Uncle got a little stuck after their ride. Scott to the rescue!

Once the guys were back we all went down to Silver Street for dinner at the Iron Nugget. Melissa and I thought it would be cute for the boys to wear matching outfits. They sure are cute together!

All of us at dinner. (I was taking the picture and Brian is asleep in his seat on the floor)

After dinner we went back to the Hurley house for cake, ice cream and opening presents.

Then the fun began. Gramma and Grandpa offered to put the boys to bed while Scott, Jason, Melissa, EB and I headed down to Silver Street to celebrate Scott's birthday at the bars. We had a great time! It's been a while since we've been out so late and had fun like that!

Here we all are.

Sunday morning we hung out with Jason, Melissa and Brian and watched Brian try cereal. It was so fun to watch him try to eat it.

Then we all went to the Hurley house for some outside fun in the snow with Colin and Brian. Here are a few of my favorite pictures of them.

Daddy's and the Boy's

Colin pushing Brian in the sled.

And, last but not least, Scott built a little jump for his sled. Here is a video of that. Colin wants to know when he gets to jump. I think that can wait for a few years!

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY SCOTT!!!!!

Sesame Street Live

Big night for us last night, we went to Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Green Thumb. It was great. Nanny, Papa, Gramma, Scott and I were all there to see the excitement in Colin's eyes. It was so much fun. Colin said his favorite part was all the dancing. The story line was really cute and Colin sat and watched the show so intensely while eat ting his popcorn, it was so cute. And of course there were times when he got up and showed us his great dancing moves. He's quite the dancer! Here are a few pictures from the night.




Colin's prize purchase, a $15 flashlight, crazy price, but his smile was worth it!

Preschool

Wow, I can't believe it, but we signed Colin up for Preschool this week. He will be going 2 days a week during the school year next year on Monday's and Wednesday's. I still can't believe that my baby is old enough to be going to preschool. He will be going to Children's Country Preschool at our church in Hanover. Colin is so excited. When I told him I had signed him up he asked if he was going now. He is so ready for it. And hopefully his friend Carson from across the street will be in the same class as Colin. They will have so much fun together.

Snow, Snow, Snow

This past weekend we were at my parent's cabin. We headed up on Friday for a weekend of fun in the snow and snowmobiling. Auntie Stacy and Joe joined us as well. There was plenty of snow for all of us to have fun and get a lot of riding in. We officially took our first family ride with Colin. He loved it! He rides with Scott on his sled and doesn't even mind his helmet. I can tell my little boy is really growing up. It seemed like it would be forever when he was born that all 3 of us would be able to go riding together. What fun! Here are a few pictures.


Daddy and Colin riding Colin's sled on the lake. Or as Colin said "We are walking on the pool."



We stopped to warm up at a coffee shop and had something to drink and a cookie. Guess who loved the cookie!



Here we are ready to get back on the sleds for our ride home.



Hanging out in the cabin with Auntie and Joe.

The Geach's Christmas

Wow, Christmas has come and gone once again. What a magical year it was this year for our family. Colin added such a joy to our Christmas this year as he has done each year. This year was even more exciting to see the joy and magic of the season through his eyes. As he grows older and really begins to know the true meaning of Christmas ("It's Jesus' birthday" as he tells us) and to see the excitement of Santa Clause he is such a light in our lives. Here is a look at our week of Christmas and a few pictures of our trip up to Hurley after Christmas Day for the weekend.

We started our celebrations at Gramma and Grandpa's house on Sunday.

Our Cutie!


Daddy got the first gift of the night, this is also his 30th Birthday gift from Mommy and Colin. Wow, was he surprised!


Colin and his favorite cousin Brian. He can't get enough of him. It was so fun to celebrate Brian's first Christmas with him this year.

Colin says his favorite gift was his scooter. And we are pretty sure it was also his Arctic Cat jersey. He never took it off after opening the gift that night. Thanks EB and Mark!!

I think this was a snowmobile year. Colin in his first helmet.

Brian also got an Arctic Cat shirt. Colin said (with his thumb up) "We are Arctic Cat boys!"

On Tuesday my mom and I took Colin to see the Macy's 8th floor display and to sit on Santa's lap. It was a very fun day.

Wednesday we were off to church for Christmas Eve service and then to Nanny and Papa McGill's.

The boys

Isn't he so cute in his sweater and jacket!

I think he loves his gift! Auntie and Joe got him a farm gift with 3 semi trucks!

And a John Deere Dump Truck!

Look who came to Nanny and Papa's house! SANTA!!

And he brought in his bag the very asked for Bounce Back Racer and a marshmallow shooter! Colin was amazed!

Christmas morning, and look who came!

And look what was set-up downstairs for Colin... A Jump House!


We then packed up, headed to Aunt Cindy's for Christmas Day and then headed up north for snowmobiling for 3 days.

Our sweet Brian

More John Deere! Guess who loves John Deere??

And now a few pictures of our weekend up north.

Daddy's first ride on the new sled with Grandpa.

And then Colin's first ride ever going out on the trails. My little boy is growing up!

Daddy and Colin built a big snowman

The big event of the weekend was Colin got to go see the groomers that Daddy and Grandpa drive to groom the trails. This was the largest John Deere Colin had ever seen. He loved it. And he even got to take a ride in one of the groomers with Daddy and Grandpa.

And to end the trip, Daddy and Grandpa thought it would be fun to have Colin start learning to drive his sled on his own. He did good, but I think it will be a little while until he is off riding on his own!

Wow, what a Christmas we had. Now to find the room for all the gifts! Thank you to everyone we celebrated with. We had a wonderful Christmas with everyone. Hope you all had the same.

Happy New Year everyone!

Fun in the Snow

Thought I would share a few pictures of Colin's first ride back on the Z120 today. His first ride on it this season. He was able to ride around the yard in Hurley over Thanksgiving weekend with Grandpa, but we finally had enough snow at our house to take the snowmobile out. He was smiling from ear to ear as soon as he heard Daddy start it up in the garage today.

After riding around the yard and the grass was starting to show Daddy decided it was time to put the sled back in the garage. So Colin headed out into the snow to make prints (he loves seeing his tracks in the snow, just like Scott did when he was a little boy) and making snow angels. He couldn't quite understand why we couldn't make a snowman. I'm sure we will have the right kind of snow soon.

Enjoy the snow tonight and these pictures!

Halloween

A little late, yes, but here is Diego!! Those who know Colin best know that there is only one favorite character in his life, and that is Diego. Unfortunately, Colin came down with a fever on Halloween so trick-or-treating was shortened to a few houses in the neighborhood. He still had a blast dressing up as Diego and going trick-or-treating with his favorite neighbor Nessa (Vanessa, but he likes to call her Nessa). The two of them were adorable going house to house holding hands and saying trick-or-treat.

We had also gone to our ECFE Halloween Party earlier in the week so Colin and his friend Jackson had fun running around there.

Enjoy!