morning at the park

What a beautiful morning! We thought it would be a great day to spend some time at the park...so we got all bundled up and headed out. Just wish I would have brought some towels to dry off all of the equipment from the rain the night before. Oh well, we still had fun running around and watching the ducks. Fall is most definitely my favorite season!

baking fall cookies

I never knew baking with Evie would be such a treat! She had such a great time stirring the batter and helping me add all of the ingredients. She wasn't too hip on the cookies once they came out of the oven, though. The batter is always much more yummy!

wordless wednesday...

pumpkins, pumpkins, we love pumpkins

For the past year, Evie has been obsessed with Barney's Halloween show. I seriously have every line and song memorized - surely it will wear out one of these days?!? Anyway, we didn't make it to the pumpkin patch last year, so I was so excited to take her this year - especially since she has been watching the kids visiting the pumpkin patch in the Barney video. Well, we should have listened to the weather man when he said it was "mighty chilly" outstide. Boy, was it ever! It seemed like we should have been shopping for a Christmas tree instead of pumpkins. Needless to say, we didn't last long but long enough for a couple trips down the super slide and a few pictures!

fall friday

We had such a fun afternoon visiting our sweet neighbors.

We first stopped at Brooke's house for a loolabelle photo shoot. What a beautiful fall day...FINALLY! We've definitely had yucky weather for the last week, but today made up for it. And what a sweet baby I got to take pics of...she is absolutely precious - definitely model material. Thanks, Quincy, for enduring all of those blanket pictures. You were a trooper! While taking some of the pics,

Evie wandered over to another neighbor's yard, (Melinda and Kaitie's),

where she got to jump in a huge pile of leaves.

Oh, what fun!

what a face

I just had to post these pics that were sent to me by some friends. How cute is she?!?

friends, story telling and song

What a wonderful past few days this has been for our family! We had the pleasure of spending time with some dear friends and were also blessed with the opportunity to get to know one of my most favorite Christian artists, Mark Schultz. I have to admit, I was a little star struck at first, but then became to feel as though I was getting to know another awesome man of God and actually found myself forgetting that he is so well known in the Christian music industry. We were able to hear him sing, tell heart tugging as well as knee slapping stories and just hang out. What a gift he has been given - his way of turning real life experiences into song...I could listen to him all day! This was most definitely a time I will remember forever AND to be able to be with some of the most special people in my life at the same time - what a treasure!