Today

Today was just beautiful.  Not exactly a chilly fall day of up North, but this *slightly* cooler weather is certainly a start.

If you stop by this blog to see cute pictures of my cute kids, you're in luck because that's all I got tonight!

These pumpkins may not be "home grown", but we enjoy our Florida pumpkin patches anyway!

Someone is really loving the camera these days...

Convinced she found "the one"

Enjoying more of the outdoors at home.  It was hard to drag them in for bath time!

Plan B Birthday Party

Happy Happy Birthday to our Sweet B!  I love a good birthday party and I can't think of a better reason to go all out than turning 5 years old!  Bridget's 5th birthday party has been in the works for more months than I should admit:)  Little ideas here and there added up to a lot of fun and a very special day for the sweetest girl I know.

This year's party was Rainbow themed and since the theme was so girly-girl, we decided just to invite little girls her age.  To get things really rolling, we headed to the park early last month to take some birthday pictures for her invitation...

As usual, there were a few very last minute things to get in order for the party, but for the most part everything was set and ready to go by last Thursday.

And then I got really, really, really sick with a stomach bug.  I woke up the middle of the night on Thursday, hoping this would last just a couple of hours and I'd be fine by Friday with plenty of time to spare for the party on Saturday.  Fast forward to Friday at 6pm and I'm still really, really, really sick.  I didn't know what to do about the party.  There seemed to be no right answer.  I made a call to our clubhouse at the very end of the day on Friday and asked if the playground and pavillon area happened to be available for the next day.  There was really just no way we could do this at our house with as sick as I was.  It was available and that was that.  Party at the playground!

Personally, I was disappointed because there were so many little things I had planned for that just wouldn't happen.  But Bridget thought having the party at the playground was so cool.   It didn't phase her one bit and she had the best day, which is really all that matters!  Todd, my mom and my sister took over for me and made sure that Bridget's special day was just perfect!

Rainbow cake, cupcakes and cookies.  Beautiful to look at, delicious to eat!

Happy Birthday to you, Bridget!

So many big, happy smiles!

Happy 5th Birthday to this wonderfully sweet girl!  Can't believe you're 5 and we can't wait to see what the next 5 years hold.  We LOVE you!

A Perfect Fall Trip

Just home from a perfect weekend trip to Louisville to visit with family and enjoy some beautiful Fall weather.  The kids (especially Bridget) were so excited for this trip and literally could not wait for the big day.  She's old enough to remember our past trips to Louisville, so she knew exactly what fun was in store for her.  And even better was the promise of Fall leaves, pumpkin patches and chilly weather.  Louisville did not disappoint!

I was craving some temperature and climate change as much as everyone else I know.  Us Floridians are spoiled in many ways, but everyone I know is dying for some Fall weather.  I must have checked the weather forecast 100 times in the week leading up to our visit to make sure those temps were going to be just right.

Hello Fall and Hello Louisville...

Bridget found her first leaf the second we jumped out of Jody's car!

 FAMILY TIME

I have lots of family in the Louisville area and it can sometimes be a challenge to see everyone, but we certainly try.  Jody planned our weekend and made sure we got to do everything thing we wanted .  She drove us everywhere, took us to yummy places to eat and let us hang out at her cool condo.

We stay with my aunt and uncle and their 4 sweet girls.  Bridget talks about them ALL the time and even though we only get to see them once or twice a year she loves them so much.  They are the sweetest girls who played with Bridget and Ross every second we were at their house.  We are always so thankful for them for letting us come back and stay with them each time we visit!

On Saturday we saw more cousins and family at my Aunt Dodie's and Uncle Ray's.  On the drive there, we saw the best fall trees yet, beautiful farms and lots of horses and cows.  We took a ride on the lawnmower wagon to their lake and collected leaves and sticks.  

After dinner, we played ping pong in the basement and made s'mores in the bonfire.   The kids didn't want to leave!

PUMPKINS AND APPLES

I think our favorite part of trip was heading out to Huber's Farm to pick pumpkins (from a real pumpkin patch!) and pick apples (from a real orchard!)  We picked a perfect pumpkin for Jody and picked lots of apples which my Aunt Dodie used to make us a delicious apple pie.

It was a perfect day out at Huber's.  

Yay for a good family picture!  So hard to get a decent one of everybody!

Loving the tractor ride!

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere!

PARKS AND PLAYTIME

Found some great parks while out and about and the kids couldn't get enough of the brown dirt and tree bark!  Who would of thought this would entertain them for so long!

Met some friendly neighborhood ponies too!

Last year one of Bridget's preschool friends moved to Louisville, so got to see her too!  The girls loved reuniting.  They were both a little shy at first, but warmed up in no time.  We miss Emerson, but are so glad her family is loving Louisville!

I could go on and on about all the fun we had and I have so many more pictures that I love from our weekend.  

Thanks to everyone who make a point to see us and for playing and loving on our kids.  They really talk about our Louisville family all the time.  We can't wait to come back!