Grandma Sue Came to Visit

The post title says it all: GRANDMA SUE CAME TO VISIT!  Our first official NY visitor and oh boy did we keep her busy!  A friend of hers that she used to work with was traveling to Toronto and asked mom if she wanted to ride along.  Of course, mom said yes!  Her stay was initially going to be for two weeks, then hitch a one-way flight back home through Buffalo.  Well... the weather had different plans.  The morning she was supposed to leave it snowed 26 inches in about 12 hours.  The snow continued heavily for three days reaching a grand total 71 inches in our town of Orchard Park.  (Future blog post on that whole ordeal will be coming soon...)  Needless to say, with the snow, travel bans, and other snow circumstances, she stayed with us for an extra 5ish days.  After some delays at the airport she got back to the farm safe and sound late Sunday night.  Thanks again for coming to visit us, Grandma Sue!  We loved having you here!

Here are some pictures from her trip.  The first adventure we took her on was a trip to Niagara Falls.  Since she did not have a passport, we did not intend on traveling to Canada, however, after misreading GPS and getting bottle necked on a bridge, before we knew it we crossed the boarder.  Below is the only picture I nabbed (outside of the security check/boarder patrol) to prove that she made it to Canada. ;)

"O, Canada..."

Niagara Falls ~ November 2, 2014

Tea Party Date!

Tour of Buffalo ~ Canalside Naval and Military Park

Delaware Park

Dress up Queen and King

Someone is excited to meet Baby Hazel!  (Thanks again for everything, Lanzas!)

Making cookies with Grandma Sue

"I made a person."

Veteran's Day 2014

Video taken November 4, 2014

At our local bookstore, we got to meet the mouse from one
of our favorite book series If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Calboy Turns THREE!

Our little boy turned three on November 12th.  He had a wonderful birthday which started out with Mickey Mouse pancakes, a date at Panera, a visit to a local bookstore called B is for Books where he read a book/completed an activity with an Orchard Park police officer, topped off with a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese and cupcakes back at home.  Whew!  It was a busy and fun day!  Cal currently loves to wrestle, read books, play with his sister (usually) ;), play trains, and tractors.  He's a silly little guy who brings us a lot of joy.  Happy birthday, Cal!!!!

Video taken November 12, 2014

Video taken November 12, 2014

"Happy birthday, Buddy!"

Panera Date

Police officer Dan (Cal was the only child who showed up,
so he got a lot of attention!)

 

 

Chuck E. Cheese with Grandma Sue.

 

Birthday and half-birthday presents. ;)

"Thanks for the great jammies, Papa Mark and Grandma Gloria!"

*Cal's three year old percentiles: weight = 87%, height = 85%, BMI = 69%

Halloween Parties Galore

Our kiddos had a pretty awesome October.  They were able to hit up SIX different Halloween parties during the last two weeks!  (I got to be honest though--all four of us ended up having a lot of fun at each different event.)  Enjoy the pictures... hard to believe it's November already!

"Happy Halloween from the Hauans!"

Before the party craziness began, Haune and I went on a date thanks to a very sweet couple from church.  For those of you wanting to see pics of my belly, here ya go.  It's the one and only I'll be posting on here.  :)  Just 4(ish) weeks left!

Date night.

Halloween Party at the YMCA, complete with a Haunted House!

Our church's "Tween" Youth Program put on a Halloween party:

The entire congregation put on a "Trunk or Treat" celebration for the entire community.  (Our car was a shark, we are pirates.)

Some of the youth dressed up as some "Men from St. John's."  Hilarious!

Nate and Haune

Julia, Jacob, and Calboy--The Three Amigos.

The local library right by our house had another Halloween party:

Julia's Pre-K hosted a Halloween Parade/mini concert for parents.  She was one proud little witch... so was Cal.  He said, "There's my sister!" a few times.

Finally, it was actually Halloween.  We went over to Nate and Laura's house (Nate is the lead pastor that Haune is studying under this year) and spent the rainy evening with their family.

Hartke/Hauan Crew

AND.... Grandma Sue is here visiting us!  Yeah!  She'll be here for the next three weeks, stay tuned for more updates!