Jocko is 18!

I can't believe it! My baby cousin Jordan is 18! She is the absolute best, and we enjoyed celebrating her birthday with her!

Just a fun day down at C Street Park. Ave got some air swinging around with Daddy. 

We were going to go swimming, but there was a swim meet. We ended up out at Margaret Leary. Kyle looks like a model for playground equipment here.

Carter was in Watford City with my Dad, so it was just these two monkeys. They both love swinging - Ave especially likes to soar!

We went over to Bozeman Friday night to watch State volleyball. Butte High got us a room at a Holiday Inn with a very nice pool. We had a good time swimming Saturday morning.

My little clown loves his floaties.

Not sure what this pose is, but I like it.

Daddy and Carter enjoying the hot tub together.

They are good kids. I can't complain. We had a fun little overnight trip.

We hit Target, the Dinosaur Park, and Johnny Carino's (Yum!). We haven't been to the dinosaur park in awhile. It was a great day for it.

Swinging boys!

Ave is champ at monkey bars.

Teague and his friend the Triceratops.

Even a quick trip to Bozeman wears these two out. They took a little nap together when we got back!

Time to have some of Dad's Coldstone for a great breakfast!

Teague wanted to "Lady and the Tramp" a noodle with me. How could I ever say no? I'm lucky he's still my cuddly guy.

Picture retakes for these two. Fingers crossed that their smiles are this good!

Halloween

We had some gorgeous fall leaves on the tree until the wind picked up. We did get some nice pics in there though. Here is my handsome Carterman in the fall foliage.

Teagie William in his cool skeleton sweatshirt.

My pretty little Googlebear.

I like how the leaves are resting on Teague's head here!

Action photo!

Halloween with my little Star Wars family. Avery was Rey, Teague was Boba Fett, and Carter was Jango Fett. They looked pretty awesome, and no, I did not make them pick a theme!

Teagie in his parade at Emerson

Avers looking good. She's a trooper. I would have been freezing!

Carterman, with his buddies Duke, Jordan, and Terri in the background.

Helmet on! This pose makes me laugh!

Three good kids. Laney was very happy to see them as always.

We went to the mall first. The wind was really cold during the day time. Ave found her friend Autumn there.

We made it down to the Stodden's party; it's always a good time. Here are some of the 4th graders that were there: Danika, Piper, Nate, and Carter.

Teague was the only kindergartener, but he still wanted a picture!

Ave and her friend Paige.

Teague getting ready for a hayride!

My girl all bundled up.

Carter hanging off the end. It's pretty cool that we can do this every year! Look at that sky - it looked ominous...

Then suddenly it wasn't too bad! We trick or treated from our house to Mom and Dad's.

I had to get a picture of Carter's jet pack. I think it was the reason he won best costume for his class and a $5 gift card at Bonanza Freeze! Grandma Burgman ordered that for him. She couldn't help it. She got Ave's headdress and goggles too. Poor Teague's blaster was out of stock. He certainly didn't mind though!

Jordan came out for awhile with us (Terri and Mom too). Teague picked this out for her to wear! She's a good sport. She'll do anything for her little buddies!

I love this picture. Teague's pose, Carter's smile, and Ave being so sweet in the background. It's just funny to me!

We met up with Ave's best friend Korin, who was a vampire cop. They get along so well.

Her little sister Kelly is in kindergarten also. She and Teague play together at recess a lot.

Family picture!

Dad stayed home and passed out candy. He looked so festive that we had to take a picture! These guys had a wonderful Halloween!

Watford Visitors

Teague likes to steal my phone at games and take many strange pictures. This is him and one of our players, Jenna. She is always very nice to him.

I thought this was a cute picture. He took one of Grandma Burgman and Michele doing the score and clock. They make great partners!

Carter played his Little Guy Football Jamboree on Wednesday night up at Tech. They won two and lost one. They even beat the unbeaten team! They had a lot of fun, and we had fun watching them. They had a football pizza party on Friday, and every boy wants to play next year. I'm glad they had such a good time. Carter ended up really loving it. It was all he talked about all night.

Two of his football buddies, Ethan and Colby. Both their Dads helped Kyle coach when they could too. They are good kids.

One picture of father/son, coach/player. I thought they both did a great job!

One of the write-ups from the Butte Sports website. Carterman got his name in for one of the games. He loved it!

My sisters and nephews came in for the long weekend. We had a lot of fun and ate lots of tasty food. Kels and I had all the vegetables (purple potatoes, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts) ready to roast, but Dad helped us halve the spaghetti squash in a very manly way.

Uncle Yaya put Hawkins to sleep one night. It was super cute.

There's the silly boy peeking at me around the playhouse. He's definitely not as shy as he used to be!

We went for a little walk down to Hastings, which has now closed (Sadness!). Hawkins kept giving Carter imaginary things that he would pick up. Carter loved it.

6 cousins by the pretty tree. I can't even look at Teague without laughing. What is that face? Ha ha ha!

We decided to head over to the Bozeman Straw Bale Maze. We haven't been to it for four years, and we missed the Grant Kohr's Ranch Pumpkin Sunday this year. The four big kids were ready to go.

One group photo. Erica, Kelsie, Hawkins, and Lincoln were about a half an hour behind.

We separated into teams. Ave and I were together. She enjoyed marking off all the colors on her postcard. If you found all four color stations, you got a treat afterwards.

They made it. Hawkins was not too sure about all that hay at first!

Lincoln wanted to hold both Kelsie and Avery's hands.

Kyle (with Hawkins on his shoulders) lead us out of the maze. He, Carter, Ave, and I had made it out earlier but went back in when Kels and Erica arrived. The maze was shaped like a train, and it was huge! We had a blast finding our way around in there.

I wanted a picture of Hawkins up on Kyle's shoulders. Apparently I got one right when Kyle had an itchy nose.

They really loved the corn tubs.

This picture makes me laugh. They are happy kids!

This one kills me. I love Link's pose.

He was laying upside down while me and Kelsie tickled him. I bet he had corn everywhere! I know Ave found some in her socks before bedtime.

They tried to bury Carter in corn.

Hawkins liked to let it run through his hands. He's such an easy going guy.

Tractor ride time!

I couldn't get everyone in one picture because we were separated. It was a beautiful night for some fall fun though!

Kels got this one of me, my girl, and my silly buddy.

My seesters and Hawkins. He has some gorgeous eyes.

So does this little fella.

Ave was tickling him, and he loved it. Avery is every kid's friend.

They all actually looked at us. I love this picture!

I love this one too. Erica took off Hawkin's hood, but he stayed posing!

They had a really old tractor there for some photo ops also.

My handsome baby

Link was giving it his all, but that wheel was hard to turn!

Carterman has the best smiles in all these pictures. I love it!

Getting their treats at the treat station. Erica and Kelsie continued on to Billings afterwards. I'm so glad we got to have a nice visit. I hope we see them again soon!

Today I took a nice Autumn walk with Laney and these two goofballs. It was such a perfect day.

This bench looked like a nice place to take a picture, and it was!