The Nicklaus Family: 2015

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

October

We love fall!

October is probably our favorite month around here. This year, not only did we get to celebrate our birthdays and Halloween, but we enjoyed Dyson and Hannah's wedding as well. Here are the photos from the rest of the month.

LEAVES!

Visit from Aunt Emily

Playing with Auntie Em

Story time before bed

Working on his musical abilities

Helping Daddy Rake Leaves

"Look at these leaves!"

He thinks he is a leaf.

Colton is great at raking!

Playgrounds

He found a giant stick.

"Ah yes, I will put these wood chips right here."

Library and Mall

Playing the tambourine at one of our library classes.

I'm not sure why he is playing IN the bin.

The playplace at the mall has an awesome pirate ship for climbing.

Other Random October Photos

Story time with Mommy

And more story time with Daddy

Colton did some re-decorating with the chairs.

This kid loves to play with the broom.

"...What mess?"

Somehow, Colton managed to get Brian's t-shirt over his head...

I think he wanted to be a ghost for Halloween!

Climbing

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Birthdays and Halloween

October is a fun month for the Nicklaus family. Brian's birthday was on the 21st and my birthday was on the 31st (Halloween!). We had a lot of fun celebrating both of our birthdays and dressing up for Halloween.

Colton did go trick-or-treating last year when he was 8 weeks old. However, he slept through it. This year he enjoyed trick-or-treating dressed as a little monster!

Birthdays

We celebrated Brian's 30th birthday as a family. We took Colton to a park and enjoyed a lot of family time! I got Brian 30 gifts to celebrate the big 3-0. (Many of them were pretty small like candy, chips, or the Dr. Pepper can cake).

We celebrated my 28th birthday in a similar way- we enjoyed the day as a family and went out to eat. Brian and Colton got me beautiful flowers as part of my gift!

Halloween

Colton got to wear his monster costume multiple times! The first was when we went trick-or-treating with Brian at his work.

Learning how to take candy

Family photo at Nationwide!

He loved taking candy from the bowl and putting it in his bag. (...He still doesn't know what candy is).

Colton helped me get the candy bowl ready for trick-or-treaters.

He enjoyed putting them in the bowl... then dumping them out and starting over. :)

Colton put on his monster costume again to trick-or-treat through our neighborhood.

He is just so cute!

Inspecting the candy bowl.

That night we also had a Halloween party. Brian and I decided to dress up too, and even Baby #2 got in on the costumes! Brian and I went as baseball players and Baby #2 is the baseball.

Friday, November 20, 2015

Dyson and Hannah's Wedding

Dyson and Hannah got married on October 24th in New Buffalo, Michigan. They had an outdoor ceremony at a beautiful golf course. It was a perfect fall setting- the scenery was perfect! Colton was the world's most adorable ring bearer. We had a wonderful time celebrating with Dyson and Hannah and our families!

Here are a few pictures from the wedding weekend. Note: there aren't any pictures of the actual wedding or reception. Which means no fancy photos of Dyson and Hannah in all their splendor. I was enjoying the wedding and left picture taking to the actual photographer! :) So these are random ones from the weekend. Featuring Colton, of course.

Road Trip

Overall, Colton did very well on the drive. He slept for a lot of the trip, which was very helpful. We took a few breaks to let him run around. (And eat snacks, of course)

He enjoyed climbing on some fake rocks at the world's largest truckstop.