A Visit To Buffalo

Last Sunday we went to visit Papa and Grandma in Buffalo. We spent the whole day there! We had brunch and than we went to their town's Apple Farm. Uncle Doug, Auntie Christine and Ashley joined us as well. It was pretty cold out so we didn't really get to stay long. We got to feed some of the animals and play around a little bit. We were going to go on the wagon ride to pick out pumpkins but it was too cold. Here are some pics from the apple farm.

Nicholas Feeding the Donkeys

Hanging out on the play tractor

A close up. Do you think Nicholas is cold?!

Jon surfing!

Ashley joined in after, but she wasn't too into it.

Mommy's 3 Little Pigs

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After the farm we ended up going back to Papa and Grandma's house. On the way back we stopped at a little market and picked up some pumpkins. Mom, Jon and Nicholas all carved our pumpkins when we got to their house. Than Papa and Grandma wanted pictures of us in our Halloween costumes so we got dressed up. Here are some pictures below of us in our costumes.

Can you tell who is who? Nicholas is Spiderman 3 and Jon is Optimus Prime.

Daddy wanted us to pose with our fighting moves.

3 generations of Koehn's

Silly faces with Papa

Red Hair

When Jon got home from school today he wanted to decorate the house for Halloween. We went downstairs and got the Halloween bin and when we opened it there was a can of red hair coloring in the bin. I think it was left from their cousin Maria last year. She was the Little Mermaid and had the red hair. Well the boys wanted to try it so I sprayed their hair! They say it looks cool! I told them they would have to take a shower tonight but could wait until Daddy got home so he could see. Below are a couple pics of their hair.

Getting Back To The Swing Of Things

Well, our trip to Vegas was fun. We left early last Monday morning and finally came home Thursday evening. Normally when mike and I go to Vegas we go to bed at a decent time. Well going with our friends the Larson's, we ended up staying up until 1 am (3am MN time), and the second night until 3am (5am MN time)! Let me just tell you, that I am still trying to catch up on my sleep! We actually did pretty well gambling. If we would have left a day earlier we would have been up or even. But of course we had one more full day and that day was not a lucky for us. At least we came home with some money and didn't lose all of it. The first day we of course sat down and played Three Card Poker. I ended up getting triple 7's and that was fun. I had only seen a pair of 7's and tucked it under, so it was a surprise when she turned the 3rd one over. Other than that, we didn't have a lot of luck with that game. Our luckiest game we played this trip was Craps. We had a lot of fun and played for a long time. We actually ended up going to Downtown Vegas every night since it was cheaper to gamble there instead of on the strip. I saw my Tita Tess (my mom's oldest brother's wife). It was great seeing her. The last time the family saw her was in 2000 for my sister Marie's wedding in Vegas. She started crying when she saw me. I don't think she was expecting me but I made sure that I knew what Casino she was working at this time so I could say hi. I told me mom she needs to plan a trip out there so she can visit with her. She misses all of us a lot.

While we were gone, Nicholas stayed with Papa and Grandma in Buffalo. He had a great time playing with them and his cousin Ashley. Apparently she has been asking where Nicholas is. Jon stayed home with Lolo and Lola because we didn't want him to miss school. My parent's said he was a good boy all week. He ended up picking us up from the airport with Lolo and Lola. The first thing he asked me was if we had gifts for him. We couldn't find anything that they didn't have already from Vegas so we didn't get them anything. But Daddy promised to take them shopping here. Lets see if Jon remembers.

Well, that's it for now. Stay tuned for more updates!