The Arp Family: October 2010

Well, we thought Fall was here by having beautiful weather temps in the low 70's with no humidity, but then this past week we have had temps in the 80's! It's nice to get a little taste of summer again before winter comes!

Of course our life has been extremely busy with something almost every night! Brian has been running the chains for the middle school football team 2 nights a week, our high school youth group (CYO) is up and running for the school year with more and more students attending each week! We have also had a couple of busy weekends.

Labor day weekend, we went to Omaha for Justin and Melissa's wedding! It was a gorgeous day and we had so much fun getting to visit with family we don't see that often. Beckett danced the night away with his cousins and fell in love with Anna Zingler(his cousin) and still asks for her today! It being Labor Day weekend we convinced Papa Joe, Mema Tracy and Uncle Kody and Karter to go to the Omaha Zoo! What a great weekend to pick on my part! Not!! Lines were out to the street and winding around every where! We did have a wonderful time and everyone enjoyed watching Beckett get so excited over every animal we saw!
A few weekends ago we went to Lincoln to visit Nana Dianna and Uncle B! We had a good time walking around the Farmers market, eating popcorn, real root beer, getting a balloon animal, picking up some Neb. Husker gear (to wear back home in Kansas!), and getting to go on the field watch the Neb. band practice (which Beckett loved)! Then Sunday we went and visited Great Great Grandma Dorothy in Omaha for her 90th birthday and got to visit the Finnell side family as well!
The next weekend Mema Tracy came down to visit us for her birthday weekend, which is becoming a tradition for her! We went to Octoberfest, which is a big outdoor craft show, then went to the Pumpkin Patch @the Red Barn in Weston, Mo. We also attended Applefest in Weston and at the Brewery for Lunch! Our big goal for the weekend was to switch our bedrooms and give Beckett our master bedroom! Perhaps that's a sign that our child has too many toys and doesn't need more, but we already have a list for his Birthday and Christmas! =) Mema Tracy brought Beckett down a big train table to put a track on and run his trains! He hasn't stopped playing with it yet, so it was a good switch to make so he could have his train table! Beckett is also in a big boy bed full time now, he does very well not getting out of it, except he falls a couple times a night out of bed! We are nice and cozy in our new room as well!

Well that's our fall so far in a nutshell! Hope your fall is going well, take a moment to watch the leaves turn colors, it won't be long and they will be gone! We love and miss you all!

Beckett playing in the sprinkler at Auntie Jana and Uncle Kalebs!

I found these two pictures on our camera from last Christmas! Can't believe how fast it has gone by! Beckett was 1 in there pictures and in two months will be 2 years old!!!