September is Football

Well this is what we have been doing for the last month here at our house. Football, Football, Football.

 We even got Grampa an OLG Football shirt as he's always there on the sideline.

 Jenneth and her best bud Zeke.  These two are ready to be put in the game !!!!

Here he is....my handsome boy.  The only striper on the team.

Here we are....The Moore's.

Labor Day Weekend, Birthdays, Football, and School

We took our 3rd Annual trip to Great Wolf Lodge this year.  This year Brian couldn't go, so we did the next best thing and asked Shannon, Molly, and Palmer to go with us.

First thing that night on the schedule was the Client Dinner in the ballroom.  As you can see Willie made a personal appearance to teach the kids how to "Howl" 

 Of course both girls had to get new "friends" because the hundreds they have just isn't enough!!

 Palmer on the other hand was just as satisfied with the goggles that were in the room.  He didn't take these off all night.

 As for Tristen, his big purchase this weekend was MagiQuest !!!  He has been saving up and truly had the best time with it all weekend and was able to get through four of the challenges, or whatever they call them....

 After our large dinner that night we had to head to the waterpark of course...

 Ok, so I was really bad at getting the kids on the slides.  These were the only ones that I could actually get them coming.  All the other ones are too big.  Tristen was such a trooper and rode the little slides with the little ones.

 To top off the late night, we headed to the outdoor pool where they had an ice cream cart for the kids while they watched the fireworks over at Kings Island.  And for those of you that now the Campbell's....yes they were out till after 10:30pm that night !!!!!

 Ok...so Bo and I had one of the kids take our picture that night....and this is the best that we could get.

 Breakfast with Raccoon (can't remember name)  I think the kids had Doughnuts and Cereal for Breakfast.  Grampa, you would have loved it !!!  Now off to Kings Island for the Day.

 Here are the girls doing a little driving.

 Oh yeah...is that a good lookin gang or what with Lucy?

 If you look towards the back...Palmer is in the white t-shirt.  

 For those of you that remember the Branson Blog, you'll know how much Jenneth loved the swings at Silver Dollar City.  She was not impressed with these as they were "baby swings" but you'll see that she was still willing to ride them.

 I know...you've been wondering why Tristen has not been in any of the pictures on the rides.  Well........this would be why !!!  Doesn't it stink to be the oldest Cousin?????

 Oh yes...another great shot of the group.

 Airplanes

 Tristen and I went and rode some of the "big kid" roller coasters and ran into Snoopy on our way.

 At the group luncheon they had all kinds of things for the kids to do.  I decided to be one of the kids and we got some TATTOOS !!!!  They are hard to see...but they are so cool.  See what happens when Brian stays home and we go play?????

 Palmer's Favorite...The Train.  I can't tell you how many times I have been to Kings Island and this was my first time on the train.  Apparently this is one of the "musts" for the Campbells.  The good news is there was no wait.

 After Kings Island we came back to Great Wolf Lodge to do some swimming and headed outside to enjoy the outdoor pool.

 To end the weekend, late that night we headed to the Arcade to do some Duck Pin Bowling...

 And for Jenneth to beat both Tristen and I at Air Hockey .

 Totally changing times.  We now move to Tristen's 9th Birthday Party.  We had it at Pinheads and we are just glad that these boys are baseball players......because Bowling is really not their thing.

 We hope all had a great time !!!

 Speaking of Birthdays, Grampa had his Birthday in August as well. I made a sugar free cake, and I have to admit that I think it turned out pretty good.

 First day of 3rd Grade.  My little boy rode a bus today for the first time.  Not sure what this "move" is of the boys.

 FOOTBALL !!!!  This is the first scrimmage of the season.

 That's Tristen there on the right.

 And there again looking at me.  I'll get some better pictures hopefully during their first game.

 Yet another Birthday....Brian!  

Jenneth's first day of Pre-K.  We were so excited that we wouldn't even take time to dry our hair.

Final Day in Branson

We only had one day of rain for the week and it was a very long day with all 11 of us in the Condo.  

We played a lot of wii.  The girls mastered the Just Dance game.

The weather finally broke early that night so we decided to head out to Branson Landing.  We ended up at Laredo Cantina for dinner that night.  We ended up going on the right night as it was Ladies Night and Margarita's were half price !!!

Not sure what is up with the three of them and there wicked smiles.  We were at an outdoor table that overlooked the water where they had fountains that moved to music and lights.  It was perfect to keep the kids busy.

This was Friday, our last day in Branson.  We ended up putting a lot in this day and a great time was had by all.  We started with Ride the Ducks.

This was on top of Baird Mountain overlooking Table Rock State Park Marina.

And a look at the other side of Table Rock Lake.

The Captain asked if anyone wanted to drive the Duck and look who was the first to volunteer !!!! 

And here are the four of us while out on Table Rock Lake.  The next stop is not noted in pictures as we do not want any memories.  We all wanted pizza and Brian had seen this place that had Chicago Style Pizza.  Let's just say that it was a smokey hole in the wall and the pizza was terrible.  Hey, it easily could have gone the other way....but it didn't.  So we will just leave it at that.

Our next stop was Pirate's Cove Putt Putt.  

And here we are at the first hole and Uncle Brian is pulling out Zander's ball already.  Only 17 holes to go !!!

And here is the whole Motley Crue...

And a picture of the winner and her husband.  That's right...I WON !!!!

See the concentration as Jenneth looks at the line of this hole.

She got a hole in one !!!  I asked her to get back on the rock so I could take her picture and this is the look that I got.

After putt putt the kids were given these bags with all kinds of pirate stuff in them.

So our last stop for the night was The Track.  Tristen was first up to drive on his own.

Here he comes over the bridge....

And around the bottom of the hill.

Jenneth was next to drive her own Go Kart....

And then the final Go Kart track was all four of us.  This one was really really fun. Jenneth screamed the entire time.  We got off and she wanted to do it again.  

We had a few credits left so the kids opted for Bumper Boats.  

So the thing that Brian did not realize was that the boats had these holes in the front of the motor that shot out water.

Jenneth ended up taking control of driving the boat.

Let's just say that the three of them came off the Bumper Boats completely SOAKED !!!