Happy Wednesday!
To say we had a busy last week of October, would be an understatement.
We closed out our fall, with a week packed full of festive activities.
We spent the last (cold!!) Saturday in October at Holiday World with Sam, Jason & Abby.....
Abby's favorite ridden was the spinning tea cups......
Sam and I were not quite feelin' the same love .... (as I grip the side of the cup, and she attempts to hold the wheel still).....
..... but I would have ridden it a hundred times over for Abby.
Uncle Troy (the park map guru).... explaining our route to her.....
I talked Abby into riding the turkeys with me. When it was over, I asked her if she enjoyed it. She said, "no....it was too fast... wemember ....I only fwee years old."
:)
Three years of sweetness is what she is!!
There were lots of festive Halloween activities going on that day.
Trick or treating.......
A corn maze...
(note the guys planning their attack on the "difficult" maze). Sam, Abby & I opted for the kid version :)...
And hayrides...
It was a fun way to spend the last Saturday of October! Thank you Sam & Jason for taking us. We treasure every memory we make with you.
I was able to squeeze in some Halloween baking this week, and made cookies for Troy's department. Kandice kept me company while I rolled out dozens of sugar cookies......
We spent a rainy Halloween at my parent's home......
Mom always makes a huge pot of chili, brats and several tasty desserts.....
There's not a cozier place in the world that my parent's home for the holidays. I want to move in every October, and stay through December. It smells good, feels good.... you just want to crawl up on the sofa with a blanket, Hallmark movie..... and a bowl of whatever goodness Mom has made.
A little princess stopped by to visit and trick or treat......
When these two little loves headed up my driveway to trick or treat... Penny was all smiles. She was actually laughing and kicking. Enjoying the ride.
And then I bent down next to her for a photo and she lost her mind.....
*sigh*
If this baby only knew how much I snuggled her for the first six months of her life (before she decided she didn't like me). I would pray that Jen would need a break, so that I could come steal her for a bit. Her Daddy would call me the baby whisperer, because I could calm her down after several hours of crying.
And now.... I make her cry.
Maybe she'll like me before she goes to college.
We also attended a fall bonfire this week. Troy's residents got together for an evening of snacking, sipping on cider, and roasting smores!!
It was the perfect fall evening with wonderful people.
I also attended a fall themed baby shower this weekend for Heather....
Isn't she a beautiful?
Baby Katherine will be making her debut sometime in late December.....
I love fall and thought it was so neat that they included it into the theme of her shower. There was an apple dipping station, pumpkin lattes, cider, caramel corn.... just a neat idea. I wish I would have taken more photos of all of the treats.
Congratulations Heather & Adam! We can't wait to meet Katherine Rue!
We ended the last weekend of fall with dinner with family....
..... which was the perfect ending to our October.
I'm not sure how we managed to squeeze all of that in (along with working and all of life's other chores!?), in one week. But I'm so glad we did.
Finishing fall/October means that we now begin the countdown to Thanksgiving.... my most favorite weekend of the year.
22 more days : )
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Kristin
