Dan and Megan's Wedding

October 15th we helped Aunt Megan celebrate her marriage to Dan! We went down for the weekend and we had a ton of fun! Cade brought his BB gun, and Tyson was a quick study (he had never shot a gun before) and had a blast. They shot pop cans...and perhaps aimed at a few birds. Not to worry, though, no birds were harmed...still need a little practice on our aiming :)

Aiden hangin out watching the big boys shoot the gun.

The wedding was at a local steak house and everyone needed to be there by 1pm to make sure Poppy would have enough time to get all of the pictures done before the wedding at 4pm.

Just hangin out!

Our attempt at a family picture...

as you can see...Aiden just loves the camera...still!!

The Farewells

The beautiful bride and husband to be.

Dan had his best friend Tracey stand up with him, and Megan had her best friend Keeley stand with her.

Another try... Aiden was a bit worn out from the late night Friday and busy Saturday, so was a bit "owly" during some of the pictures.

Aunt Jessie with her date for the wedding. :)

All 5 of the "Dunbar kids"...

and with Grammy and Poppy.

It's getting pretty tough to get the "entire" family in a picture, but we gave it our best try!

Tyson and Cade giving Aunt Megan some sugar!

Their adorable wedding cake. After dinner it was time for some dancing and good times!

Aiden became a maniac. He apparently got his second wind after he ate because he was all over the place dancing and singing his little heart out. I believe the favorite of the night was "Who let the dogs out!"

Lex and Scott putting on a show...

Tyson and Cade testing their strength at a little friendly arm wrestling. By 8pm everyone was exhausted, so we packed up everything and headed back to Grammy and Poppy's. The ceremony and reception were wonderful, and we all had a great time!

Sunday morning before we headed back home the boys had to take the lawn mower for a spin!

Tyson kept bumping the clutch with his foot and putting it in neutral, so Levi gave them a little push to finish off the ride.

As always...the weekend went by way to fast, but we definitely enjoyed every minute of it. Congratulations Dan and Megan!

Giant Pumpkin Festival

A couple weeks ago we went in to check out the 3rd annual Giant Pumpkin Festival in downtown Rapid City. They had a lot of fun activities for the kids to do as well as vendors selling pumpkins,apples,gords, and all things fall!

Working with some homemade play dough.

Making a Jack-o-lantern mask.

Ooooh.....scary!

Aiden had to ride the "choo-choo", of course.

Decorating pumpkins

It was very warm that day, and Aiden chose to pass on the pumpkin decorating and took a break in the shade with Dad.

It was a long day...we arrived at the festival around 11 am. We even watched Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin at the Elks Theatre (they had a special where tickets were just $1.oo), and then watched the SDSM&T homecoming parade that went through downtown before heading to go do some weekend shopping. We ended the day with supper at On the Border. Talk about a super fun...super busy...super tiring day! We walked into the house that night at around 7pm...exhausted...and ready for bed!

My 2 cuties!!

Ribbon Cutting!

Tyson's school-Piedmont Valley Elementary- had an open house/grand opening to celebrate their brand new school. They had hot dogs and chips for supper, and then followed that with a special ribbon cutting and tours of the school. We, as usual, were there plenty early, so the boys had all sorts of time to run around and burn off a little energy.

They handed out these "spongey sticks" which were a big hit with all of the kids.

Aiden even found some of his own friends to play with:)

What a ham!!!

Trying out the brand spanking new playground!

Mr. Dschaak-school principal-making it official.

Bowling

We decided to take the boys in bowling this afternoon. We had spent the morning and early afternoon water-sealing our deck, so we all were excited to go do something fun!

The boys had their own lane with bumpers...kinda thinkin that's what I needed...:)

Aiden thought he was all sorts of "big boy". He even had to carry his ball up to the ramp all by his "big boy self"!

Tyson was all over winging the ball down there like the pros...

Check out that form!

Tyson was the big winner of the first game!

Tyson was a great helper...he would line up the ramp for Aiden each time. They made a great team! Aiden was the big winner of the second game...as I was saying earlier...really could have used the bumpers myself! :) We won't even go there with what Scott should have used...just kidding honey...luv you! :) He was just trying to make the rest of us feel good!

All in all we had a great time! It was a fun way to spend the afternoon. We finished off the night with supper at Subway and blizzards from Dairy Queen for dessert!

First day of school!

Last Monday was Tyson's first day of school. He is in 1st grade this year so will be going every day instead of just Tuesdays and Thursdays. Piedmont just finished building a brand new school, so the Thursday before school started they hosted an Open House to let everyone come check it out. I think this helped a lot; it wasn't as scary that first day since he knew where he needed to go.

Compared to last year and the many many tears....this year was an improvement. There were still tears, but he really worked hard on staying positive and being brave!

He wasn't really in to the pictures, and I didn't want to press my luck! This was in his classroom just before we left him to head to work. I worked a half-day, so that I could get home in time to pick up Aiden from Tara's and go pick up Tyson from the bus stop.

We were there plenty early and just hung out in the Jeep since it was raining outside.

The bus drops them off on the main highway. Once all of the kids are off the bus Ted (the bus driver) honks his horn and they sprint across the road!

He had a great first day...and week for that matter. He really likes his teacher Mrs. Monahan and says "she is really nice.!" He has also made several new friends. Here's to a great year!