Bengtsons Pumpkin Patch

Grandpa and Grandma took us to Bengtsons Pumpkin Patch.  I worked there for a few years when I was in high school.  It was fun being back there and seeing how much it had changed.  It was a beautiful day!

The petting zoo had a lot of neat animals.  The boys had a great time feeding all of the animals.

We had a great time on the hayride!

Bartlett Fire Department

While we were up at my sister's house, their fire department had an open house.  They had so many neat things for the kids.  They did a demonstration with the Jaws of Life, other fun kid activities, food, and lots of fun things for the kids to take home.  

Sliding down the fire pole 

Spraying the fire hose

Check out this crew....

Scarecrow Festival

 During our Fall Break, the boys and I went up to my parents and sister's house.  We visited the Scarecrow Festival in St. Charles and we built a scarecrow.  The kids loved playing in the straw and stuffing our scarecrow.

The kids, Grandma, and Uncle Blair and our scarecrow

1st Days of School (a little late)

Will and I started school on the 1st of August and Andrew started on the 6th.  They were both excited to be starting in their new school.  Lots of changes ahead with Andrew starting Kindergarten and me going back to work!!

Tennis Lessons

The boys took tennis lessons this summer.  They both liked it but Will seemed to love it!

3 - 2 - 1 Launch.....

Will raced his rocket - his is the gold one with flames.

Cub Scout Space Rockets

Will really wanted to join Cub Scouts this year.  Their first project was to make a rocket.  He started with 2 rectangles that he had to glue together.  He had to sand it down and do some other things to it.  It was pretty official.  The race was on Saturday and he was pretty excited.

Check out those flames! 

They raced 4 at a time in double elimination.  He ended up getting fourth both times but it moved so I was excited!  My biggest fear was that it wouldn't do anything but it actually went a decent way!

He had a great time making his rocket!