What a wonderful day....

What a great end to a great little fall break! I'm not sure if it is because I have been sick for far too long and am finally feeling better or its just that we had some much needed time to just slow down and enjoy this lovely season. Whichever reason or if it was both, it leaves my soul refreshed and ready for the week. We heard great reports from teachers during parent/teacher conferences, which is always music to momma's ears!!!



We had a great time this weekend with Grandma and Grandpa visiting. They got to see a not so good football game Saturday night but that's ok. We then spent the day with each of them having a blast. Ryan and his dad had a great time at Nascar race.


While the boys were gone, we girls took total advantage of the gorgeous day! We took a walk to the new park near us. It is so nice to have a new place to play.




The new park is a challenge for the kiddos. She wasn't sure about this but she did so good!




Grandma Roma helping us get across the rocks


My baby!




Happy time!!

Then as we got home from a yummy lunch I saw our neighbors raking leaves. They had already bagged 4 bags and had about 20 more bags to go. I quickly ran across the street and stole two of their bags. You see all of our neighbors have these gorgeous trees around their yards that drop these leaves. We don't. My girls don't get to jump in leaves (except for the fun time last year at Grandma Sue's). I wanted them to have some fun and boy oh boy did they!








Love!!




Nice Ava, thanks for photobombing my pic!




Momma getting in on the fun!


Then we found other uses for the bags!


Getting some love from Grandpa before he had to leave

I am super glad to be kissing this image goodbye


and saying hello to more of this

Pumpkins

Fall is definitely making itself cozy and comfy around these parts. Every window you look out has gorgeous reds, oranges, and yellows. And yesterday with the wind blowing, the leaves were falling all around us as we played outside.

Ahh pretty flowers!

This also that time of year when school is out for more than a few days in a row. We took advantage of this break and went to the pumpkin patch. It was great! Just the perfect size for all.





Loved that this day was chilly and so dreary!!






This was our haul! Oh so pretty!!


Silly boy!

Auntie Meagan also visited us to enjoy our long weekend. We of course had to test out the newly released Just Dance 4. Needless to say we all had our fair share of dancing. Including the little ones!



Chase has been playing well in football and I am hoping to get some pics of him this weekend. The last game it was raining and there was so much mud, everywhere! Ryan even got stuck in the overflow parking lot. It was a mess. We are hoping this weekend is a little less messy. Here's to hoping everyone has a great weekend.


My favorite place to be on these dreary and blustery days.