halloween pics

At Lyndey's halloween/4th birthday party, Rachel made these slimy jello worms! The kids loved them- they actually tasted pretty good!!

Dan and I dressed as an 80's couple (complete with crimped hair, lots of eyeshadow, hat back, silk shirt, and tight rolled jeans!)

Brett in Nan's pumpkin glasses on Halloween

Brett with the rising witch at Gma and Gpa Thompson's house

LJ (cheerleader) and Claire (witch) at LJ's 4th birthday party!

Witchy poo- Claire :)

Claire with the witch at Gma and Gpa's house

Trick-or-Treat

Nan with Brett and Claire on Halloween (it was a good thing we came over b/c she only had 3 other trick-or-treaters!)

Claire's Halloween Program

Claire had her first preschool program today for Halloween. All the kids wore their costumes to school and they had a party and a little program at the end of songs they have been singing in preschool. This is the group singing "Leaves are falling, Leaves are falling....."

Check out all the people watching these gorgeous kids!

Our gorgeous little witchy girl :)

Milwaukee Brewers

So I'm finally over it enough to talk about it...we are Milwaukee Brewers fans.....it was a wonderful and tough season both for being a Brewers fan! Wonderful because the Brewers had a pretty amazing season making it to the post season for the first time in a looooong time. Tough- because the lost to the Cardinals before making it to the world series. Stupid red birds!! Ok- so maybe I am still bitter?! It's only been a week or so!! This is a picture of me and "my guy" Ryan Braun at Miller Park for the second game of the NLCentral playoffs. They played the Arizona Diamondbacks and won that game- making it worth the whirlwind trip to Miller Park for one day and back home again!!

My sissy and I in the parking lot before the game (and before my camera died after taking only one picture!!)

Dan and I with Bernie Brewer before the game!

Dan and I

Our seats on the right field side

Some old pics I wanted to share...

This is me, Brett, and Dan on the sky glider at the Ia State Fair this summer after Brett's first concert- Jason Aldean!

Brett shows off his air guitar skills at the Jason Aldean concert!

Watching on Daddy's shoulders at the top of the grandstands

Brett smiles- while Mommy sings!!

Brett and a sweet baby calf at the fair

The Thompson crew ready to take in a show :)

Me and my boy!

Brett sings away at the concert!

Girlfriend weekend!

City girl comes to the country! Maggie in a combine tire :)


The UNI twins re-unite with families in tow!!! We had a fabulous girls weekend....Liz and Laura and fams came and Ann and family as well to see the kids and I. Tabitha and kids joined us for awhile (despite being absent from the photos- just didn't have the camera out during that time- darn it!) Liz, Laura, Tab, Ann and I were all UNI grads and roomies during college and have remained the best of friends!) I'm so thankful for my girlfriends and the good times we share :)

All the kiddos (Aaron-3, Claire-4, Drake2, Reed-5, Izzy-1, Maggie-1, Brett-7)

Mommy Amy and Claire on a hayride!

Ann, Maggie, and Aaron

The crew on the hayride

Handsome boys- Drake, Reed, and Brett

Aaron was pumped to go in the "John Deere" and Brett was thrilled to show him!!

My pumpkin :)

Drake and Claire- though Drake is nearly two years younger than Claire, he's the same size and they think that one another are pretty fun :)

Claire and Maggie picking out the perfect pumpkins!

Claire and Maggie in the combine tire

This funny thing happened when Claire picked up her pumpkin!!! Good thing she wore her princess unders ;)

Laura and Drake

Liz and Iz (I just love the way that sounds!!)