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!

October Highlights

Hello!!! We are back. Wow, this fall has flown by. Scott and I were just talking about how we think this fall has been busier than the summer was for use. So after a few harassment's from my sister-in-law, her sister and my mother-in-law I am really going to try and keep up with my postings. So here are a few updates from October.

On October 3rd we took Colin to the St. Michael Fire Department open house. We had so much fun. We saw the Monsrud's there (our daycare family) so Colin and Cooper were able to run around and play on the fire trucks together. Check out these two cuties, they might be trouble in a few years!!

I'm not sure who had more fun spraying water out of the hose, Colin or Daddy.

On October 12th we took Colin to the Apple Orchard and to pick out a pumpkin. We went to Deer Lake Orchard in Buffalo and had a great time. Colin was really excited that we got to go on a hay ride pulled by a John Deere Tractor.

They had a huge pile of hay bails that Colin climbed all over.

Then, the biggest news is that on October 15th Colin woke up and declared that he was a big boy now and does not wear diapers. So we went with it and put him into pull ups and he is now in big boy underwear!! We are so proud of him and are amazed that the training process has been much easier than we could have ever imagined. Not that we haven't had any accidents, but it's been much quicker and smoother than we thought it would have.

We headed up north for the weekend October 18-20. The weather was beautiful and the colors were amazing on the trees. Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

We headed into Camp for a while which was a lot of fun. Colin asked if he could just stay there. He wasn't real happy to leave, but feel asleep on the 4 wheeler on the way out. It was a great day!!

This was also Buster's first trip into camp. Can you believe how big he has gotten!!

Scott's working on developing Buster's hunting skills. He seems to be doing really well.

We were also able to spend a little time with Jason, Melissa and Brian. Brian keeps getting cuter each time we see him.

This past week Jason, Melissa and Brian were down for a few days and we were able to spend more time with them. We had the boys both put on there Halloween costumes. Colin loves telling us that baby cousin is going to be a pea in a pod for Halloween.

Yesterday we had our ECFE Halloween party. Colin's friend Jackson was also there. We had a great time playing game and doing crafts. Here is the monkey and Diego.

More pictures to come of Diego after Friday night Trick-or-Treating. Happy Halloween everyone!!

Fish Fry Anyone??

On Saturday our neighbor Shelly cooked a good old fashioned fish fry for all of the neighbors. It was delicious! I for one am not a fish fan, but I loved her fish fry's. Colin and all the kids ate every last bite. We had a great evening spending time with our neighbors and hanging out at the bonfire at Tony and Laura's house until after midnight. Once the kids were in bed it was adult time at the fire!



The best part of the evening was when Shelly decided to show the kids how to do the Peanuts Dance. Here is a video clip of them dancing.

Thanks for a great evening everyone!

Our Nephew has Arrived!!!

Brian Matthew Geach arrived on Friday, August 15th at 12:31 am. We were able to head up to Ashland, WI to see him first thing Friday morning. He is just adorable. Being an Auntie is wonderful! Colin is truly in love with him. When Brian would start to fuss Colin would say "It's OK Baby Cousin" or start singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to him and he would stop fussing. It was so cute. Jason and Melissa are doing great. Such a cute little family.

One cute thing... When Melissa was pregnant Colin started calling Baby Cousin Fred, so when we told him that Baby Cousin was born and that his name was Brian he said "No, I call him Fred." Until today he called him Fred and wouldn't call him anything else than that. Pretty cute.

Here are a few pictures from the last few days.

The happy family

Us with our new nephew/cousin

Brian Matthew Geach- Day 2

The cousins

Here is a video of Colin singing to Brian- "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

After the hospital we enjoyed time back at the Hurley house 4 wheeling. Colin's favorite thing to do in Hurley.

Way too long

Did you think the Geach Family disappeared? We didn't. I guess I just took a little summer break from blogging. But we are back! The summer has been great. From our last blog we said we were getting a puppy, and we did! Buster arrived into our family in late May and has been a delight. Well, most of the time. Overall he really has been a very good puppy. He's getting bigger by the day. Not so sure he'll hit 95 pounds like Tucker, but he might be close. Colin named him Buster. He was set on his name being Buster so we went with it. For those that are Pooh and Tigger fans, there is a little dog on the show named Buster, so that's where he got it from.

Rather than going backwards several months I'm just going to post a few pictures from recent events and move forward.

Enjoy!

Here is a picture of Buster from back on July 14th. I guess that's the most recent one I have of him, oops.

A big hit this summer has been Batter Batter Baseball that Nanny (my mom) purchased for Colin. He loves it! I think we might have a future Twins player in the making. Scott and I have also had a great time playing with it.

Colin has enjoyed spending a lot of time outside this summer. He is a little fish that can't seem to stay out of the water. EB bought him a slip-n-slide (old school!!) for his birthday. He loves playing in it.

Bubbles- need I say more?

Great Grandma turned 80!!

Colin attended his first Twins game. We went with 10 other kids and there parents. Our neighbors, The Libby's, were also there. Carson and Peyton are two of Colin's best friends. Check out the cute Circle Me Bert signs Aimee made.

Hanover Harvest Festival

Colin and his friend Jackson getting candy at the parade.

Colin bouncing in the bounce house.

Yummy ice cream!

An afternoon at the park- just mom and Colin

Colin, Peyton and Carson playing on the slip-n-slide this past Sunday.

The next big event is the arrival of Baby Cousin. He was due on Sunday but hasn't quite decided to make his big debut yet. We are all anxiously awaiting his arrival. I promise to post pictures as soon as we meet him. Colin can hardly wait!

Happy Summer Everyone! Enjoy these last few weeks.

A New Puppy

Yes, we made the big decision to welcome a new puppy into our family. On Sunday we visited a breeder in St. Could that had a litter of 9 puppies- 3 females and 6 males. After a lot of thought that day and the look in Colin's eyes when he saw the puppies we made a decision that evening to go for it. We are so excited!! Tucker has been gone for almost 6 months and we really have missed having a family dog in our house. So I guess we have a busy summer ahead of us of training the puppy and hopefully this fall Scott and the puppy will be able to work on hunting training.

Here are a few pictures we took on Sunday. They are very light colored yellow labs. We will be picking out our puppy (male) sometime during Memorial Weekend.

If you have any name ideas let us know!

Colin's 2 year old Birthday Party

On Saturday we had a very special Go Diego Go 2 year old birthday party for Colin. Family and friends were at our house to celebrate with us. The Diego theme was a hit! Colin received some very nice presents from everyone. I think we now own almost every Diego toy on the market. We spent Sunday playing with all of his new things. Unfortunately Colin came down with a cold at the end of the week which then turned into a double ear infection on Sunday. But even with that, he still had a great time at his party. And he sure loved the cake!

Here is Colin with his friends enjoying lunch.

Colin and Auntie

Opening presents

The Cake!

Colin was much neater this year than last year with the cake.