Monday, October 26, 2009

Fun Weekend!!

This weekend was filled with lots of "fallish" activities and fun :) This was the first weekend in a long time that we haven't had lots of plans. It was fun to just relax and go with the flow this weekend. Saturday we carved a pumpkin and I did a lot of baking and cooking in the kitchen... And yesterday we just hung out at home until the evening when we made a trip to Fort Wayne for dinner and some play at a park.... Great weekend with my 2 boys :)
Going down the slide together :)Happy boy!
This little guy LOVES parks!!
Climbing up the ladder....
Relaxing with his animals :)
Getting ready to carve the pumpkin....
He wasn't too sure about getting messy and pulling out the insides....
Cheezing it up!!
My 2 guys... all done!!
You can't tell, but it was dark outside and we had lit his pumpkin.... But the flash makes it look like it's during the daytime....

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Evan's 2-year Scrapbook!!

I've had the scrapbooking bug lately. I'm almost all caught up on Evan's scrapbooks... Here are a few of my favorite pages that I've done recently.....









Monday, October 19, 2009

ND vs. USC and Playroom Progress....

Drew and I were given 4 tickets to the Notre Dame vs. USC game on Saturday.... We asked the Wards to go with us... We had a great time despite the VERY disappointing loss.... The weather couldn't have been much better for this time of year.... Here are a few of the pictures I took...
Parachuters landing on the field with the game ball....
One of the parachuters...
Just after they jumped out of the plane....
The marching band....
Drew and I before the game started....
Evan's new playroom in the basement.... We came home from Brown County last weekend to find my dad had painted it for us while we were gone :)
More playroom pictures.... It's still a work in progress.... We are in the process of buying a big rug for the floor and I am having some storage shelving built for all of his toys.... To say Evan loves it is quite the understatement!!!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Vacation with Friends!

We took a little 4 day getaway this past weekend... We left Thursday afternoon and headed down to the Brown County/Nashville area. Drew's aunt and uncle have a 2nd home down there and they were so generous to offer it to us for a little vacation. On the way down, we stopped at Ivanhoe's for dinner... This was Evan's first experience at Ivanhoe's. It was so fun for Drew and I to share our favorite restaurant during our college years with him.Sitting in the booth waiting for our food...
Our first night at the house... Playing with dinosaurs :)

It rained most of the day Friday, so we weren't able to get out and do too much. We did head into Nashville and go to a few of the shops (Evan's favorite was the candy store), but we mostly spent the day at the house relaxing as a family. Then Friday night, the Hitchcock's arrived to spend the rest of the weekend with us. We had a lasagna dinner and enjoyed each other's company.... Then Saturday morning, Todd made us all a yummy breakfast and we headed into Brown County State Park for a few hours.....
Our first stop was the pony rides.... The boys had a blast... And Trisha and I were laughing so hard at Drew and Todd trying to navigate their stubborn horses... Memories we will treasure forever I'm sure :)
Evan getting on his horse....
Riding the ponies with their daddies...

The little man....
Trisha and Adeline....
Isn't she the cutest??? I definitely got the baby bug this weekend.... Adeline is such a good baby and I loved squeezing her :)
Next stop was the nature center... I think this was a snake they were looking at...
Watching the squirrels....Looking at the turtles....
The boys got to make a craft in the nature center....
Learning about birds....

Family picture at the state park....
Running off some energy :)Does he look happy or what??

We enjoyed a picnic lunch at the state park on Saturday... It was an absolutely perfect fall day.... After the picnic, we found a playground and the boys had soo much fun....

Walking to dinner Saturday night...
Enjoying a Mexican dinner at Lolita's....
Playing before bath time...
Group bath time.... They had sooo much fun taking a bath together... We were amazed at how well the boys played together this weekend.... We broke up the drive on Sunday at stopped at an outdoor mall for lunch and playtime at a playground....
This boy loves playgrounds!!

We had a great weekend and can't wait to do it again sometime....