We went on our annual tree-cutting mission today. This year we went up to a place in Rum River, MN with our friends Paul & Beth. Afterwards, we had lunch…and ran after Brayden! When we got home, Chris trimmed (just a couple inches too much! 
) off the tree so that it would fit into our living room. It turned out pretty, except for the fact that we couldn’t put very many ornaments on it, at least not from about 3 feet and down. Crazy kid!
It’s hard to believe that 2 years ago, our second niece came into our lives! We had her birthday party today and Brayden had fun terrorizing his cousins, as usual.
Grandma S was at the airport for a layover today, so we decided to hang out with her at the airport before she had to take off again. Unfortunately, you can’t see the planes from where we were, but B had fun running around (and Grandma chasing him).
Next time, we go to the airport will be very exciting, he’ll get to see the planes AND get on one!
For Brayden’s birthday, Chris & I took Brayden to Cabela’s to find a present. He loved looking at all of the animals and fish, and then trying out all of the cabin furniture….
We picked out “Bucky” the wall mount Buck. When he sees it, he grunts at it…who do you think he learned that from?
Then we found “Roger”, the puppy. This little puppy has now become his must-have where-ever we go. I think we might need to go buy a “Roger II” soon, so we don’t have to worry about forgetting him somewhere! If you tell him to find Roger, he will find him! Then you tell him to “give Roger love”, then he hugs Roger and says “awww”. It’s pretty darn cute!
Today we NEEDED to get out of the house! Luckily I have a great neighbor close by….she suggested we go to the Children’s Museum. It was so much fun to get the kids out and playing. Brayden loved that he could run around as much as he wanted and didn’t have to be held or sit in the stroller. I think we will probably be re-visiting this winter!
This weekend we went back to Oshkosh for a surprise party for Grandpa Stephany, he turned the big 6-0! On Friday night, we surprised him his favorite golf course for dinner, little did he know that the real surprise party was the next day. Both of the surprises were a success!
As you can see, Brayden stole the show from Grandpa. Every time the group would laugh at a gift, Brayden would laugh, which made everyone laugh harder, and it just kept on going. He was the life of the party even though he is half the height of everyone around him!
