Baby Cole has Arrived!

My nephew Cole Alexander was born this morning at OSU hospital at 6:06am.  He weighs 7 lbs 2 oz and is 20 inches long.  He is the son of my brother Micah and Ericka, and Paisleigh's new baby brother.

Yesterday, Saturday October 25th, was the official due date.  We received a call last night in the middle of the Ohio State vs. Penn State game that Ericka was in labor and they were heading over to the hospital.  They arrived at the hospital around 9:00 or 9:30pm, and she had the baby early the next morning.
Baby Cole has a thick head of silky dark hair and a good set of lungs!  :)  We are so very excited to have him part of our family.

Welcome to the family baby Cole!  We love you!!!

Circle S Farm

Derek and I heard about all the fun things that Circle S Farm has for kids to do during their Fall Fun Days in October so we decided to take Logan, Madison, and Paisleigh there for the day.  

It turned out to be such a perfect beautiful day!

They all had so much fun!!!

We had really warm weather for October - it was around 83 degrees today!  So it was pretty hot and there were LOTS of bees around!  

The kids weren't too excited about the bees - especially when they were trying to eat their lunch.  And poor Paisleigh is allergic to bees, so she especially was trying to stay away from them.

When we first arrived, we found this big barn filled with hay bales to run and jump around on - it was basically a big play area for the kids.  They even had two slides in the barn for the kids to play on too!! WOW!!!  This was definitely their favorite thing to do and we played there three different times during the day!  Besides, the barn was nice and shaded so we could cool off from the sun for a little while. 

After we played on the slides and ran around on the hay for a while, the kids went to play in the scarecrow caves made out of hay bales and covered with pieces of wood.  

We also walked through a big corn maze!  It was 6 acres of corn that we had to find our way through!  We made it back out in about 20 minutes or so - not too bad!

Next, we took a hayride around the farm and found the big pumpkin patch!!  The hayride was a big tractor that pulled 3 wagons full of people - and we all sat on bales of hay!  So fun!!!

Half way through the hayride, we were dropped off at the pumpkin patch to pick out which pumpkin we wanted to take home with us.  The kids walked through the thousands of pumpkins to each pick the one they wanted!! 

What a great great day!!!   And, of course, we had to complete our fun filled day with an afternoon ice cream treat from Graeters!   :)   YUM!!!!

End of Hockey Season

For this first hockey season, Derek played in his final game of the season last night and scored one goal! He played really well the entire season - so well, in fact, that they are bumping him up a level to a better league. They told him that he's playing too well for this league.

They had 13 games during the season, and he scored a total of 13 goals and had 6 assists. Go Derek! We are so proud of him! The final outcome of his regular season games were 8 wins and 4 losses. His team went into the playoffs in 3rd place and lost in the 1st round. Logan and I were there cheering him on the whole season!

Now that this season is over, Derek hopes to start playing again in the next season soon. He will have to switch to the new league they are bumping him up to that plays on Monday nights, and find a new team to play with. Great job Derek! We're proud of you!!!