Winter Welcome

Our town center puts on a "Winter Welcome" that has all kinds of fun stuff for the kids and a tree lighting ceremony.

my little man and me

we roasted some marshmallows to make smores

Cohen was pretty excited about it

and his smore, which mostly melted in his hot little hands instead of his mouth

we saw Santa and there was even a smile but FOR SURE no sitting on his lap!

then he found the trains and it was all over, this is one train loving little boy!

New fun...

dad left for a long trip to India so we filled our time with new fun things

like going to see the cats at Petsmart

and transforming our water table into a bean table for the basement

a fun idea from aunt Sarah and her boys

27 months with frog guy

Our little man is 27 months old...my how the time flies!

he is growing, but still pretty small which is just fine with me!

he likes to do "all by myself"

he is great about trying new foods

he has lots of fun with his friends

he loves soccer, both playing and watching

he gives great hugs

he is one special little guy!

Boots

Cohen loves to try on whatever shoes he can find, these are pretty stinking cute on!

but very hard to walk in!

Griffin's 3rd Birthday

Griffin turned 3 and had a fun party, complete with a bouncy house in the living room!

Cohen had fun bouncing

Brittni's super cute cake

the birthday boy watching the candles

so excited for his cake and candles!

Happy birthday FRIEND!

big boy dresser

Cohen outgrew his changing table so we cleared it out, moved it downstairs and...

 painted some old dark wood dressers to fit right in

Happy Birthday Candles

Cohen found these little tea lights and started lighting them all up then started singing happy birthday, it was so cute...

Fun with grandpa

Raking leaves with grandpa is fun! 

quite a bit has changed in a year...here are a few from last year with grandpa

 last year 

Sam's Birthday Celebration

We celebrated Sam's birthday up in Loveland with the Russell side of the family

Cohen loves to help with the candles

maybe a future BUFF

Trick or Treating

This is it folks...officially the LAST pictures of October. Where has the time gone?! Look for November by the end of this week (hopefully!)

the boys heading out for some trick or treating

Bri ended up with a stroller full

the very first house, they weren't quite sure what to expect...

but quickly learned it is pretty amazing that you walk up and talk to people and they give you stuff!

candy is still somewhat lost on Cohen but he did enjoy some twizzlers

they then started racing from house to house

Cohen really got into it

one more year and we'll do it all again!

Halloween Party

We hosted the 3rd annual Troge Halloween Party

and our little Cat was not so happy about pictures!

as with any holiday or gathering we love to line the kiddos up for some photos here is: Griffin, Grace, Lincoln, Isaac, Eli and Cohen

so serious

but still SO cute!

and finally a bit of a smirk

the family photo

Cat has lost his HAT?!!! oh no

Super Bri and baby Eli (baby shark...doo doo...baby shark...doo doo... this will make sense to any of you that worked at a summer camp growing up!)

there is a bumblebee IN the toy box!

little Chesebro pumpkin on the way

The Fudges

the kids had fun hanging out in the basement

a somewhat disturbing Sue Sylvester

this little bumblebee will BEE about the size of Grace next year at this time!

time for some Halloween cupcakes