Happy Halloween:)

The kids were Pebbles and Bam Bam for Halloween this year. I actually made both costumes from start to finish this year. The hardest part was finding the full body tights to put under the costumes to keep warm!!

Kade with Great Grandma Gehant

Noelle with Great Grandma Gehant

Kade and Noelle with Grandma and Grandpa Stenzel

Pumpkin Festival 10K

On Oct 25, I ran in the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival 10K. The weather was beautiful, with little wind.

This was about the 5K mark, I was feeling great and keeping a good pace...but then after the 4 mile mark the course started heading uphill:(

Here I am just before mile 6, I have been running uphill for almost 2 miles, I was struggling!!! I finished in the middle of the pack, just shy of my goal time. I was just glad to finish and know I ran a 10K. I decided that day however, that I am a 5K runner:)

Pumpkin Patch

While we were in Minnesota, we visited a pumpkin patch. It was HUGE. There were tons of things to see. They had playgrounds, a hay ride, petting zoo, and a lot more we didn't see. Then of course there was the pumpkin patch. It was very windy and my two had had enough by the time we got to the pumpkins:)

Olivia's 1st B-Day

The kids and I ventured up to Chris's early in Oct. for Olivia's 1st Birthday. Liv had a blast at her party. The kids had fun playing together. This was my 1st trip driving by myself since I was in college. I was nervous, but we made it.

Aaron's wedding

We went to Aaron and Jen's wedding at the end of September. We had a blast. We stayed in a townhouse with Chris, Kristin, Olivia and Kristin's sister Vicki. Vicki bravely volunteered to babysit the kids while we were at the reception! She had our 2, Olivia and 2 of my cousins, WOW:) Here are a few pics from the wedding.
The whole Stenzel family dressed up and ready to party!

The little girls had matching dresses and they were super cute!

Chris, Me, Aaron and Erica. We have taken this foursome picture at all of our weddings now!