October traditions

I am so thrilled to the core!! Today is the first day of my FAVORITE month of the year!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE October so much; I love everything about it. In fact I love it so much, I always tried to have a baby in October and failed miserably (story for later).

My kids love October as much as I do. We have a really fun tradition which the kids look forward to every year. To kick off this awesome October and Halloween month, every October 1st we have a "special dinner" (which really isn't that special but the kids love it so who cares). Anyway, we have chili, breadsticks, apple cider, and doughnuts for dessert. After dinner we immediately go to the pumpkin patch where the kids have a blast picking out their own pumpkins, walking through the corn maze, and sitting on the big tractors posing for pictures. I buy my cornstalks and bales of hay, and then I am ready to break out the decor and build my Halloween porch!!

When the kids were a little bit younger, they thought this was so exciting and thought it was a real holiday, and asked every year why they had to go to school on October 1st. I thought that was so cute how this "special dinner" was so important to them. I love making family traditions with my kids; I know this one is a little silly but we love it and look forward to it all year!!

To anyone who understands this picture.....

LUV YER GUTS!!!!!!

What Your Socks Say About You

You Are: - Always hyper - Very amusing - Known as friendly - Quite silly

The Socks Personality Test

What Disney PRINCESS Are You? Your Result: Sleeping Beauty (Arora)   Sleeping Beauty was known as the most beautiful charatoon female ever drawn, in other words, you're drop dead gorgeous. You like the cute boys that are always there for you.
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Ariel
Cinderella
Snow White
Belle
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I think the socks describe me a little better!

I love Fall!!

It is now officially Fall, my favorite season of the year! All year I dream of it being Fall. I love everything about it; how the air turns crisp, all the wonderful colors, Halloween, pumpkins, falling leaves, bales of hay, fixing homemade soup multiple nights a week..... I could go on for HOURS about how much I love this time of year. In anticipation of Fall, I decided to treat myself and the kids and start decorating the interior of our house for Halloween. I know Halloween 6 weeks away; definitely not very much time to get ready. We had a blast doing it! I promised my hubbs that I wouldn't decorate the outside of the house until October. So until then, we are really enjoying our indoor decorations!!

Getting there....

Many of you know that we've been in our house for 2 years now; and I'm sure all of you know that our yard STILL isn't done and what a sore spot it is for me. Finances have been really tight, but we've been trying to do a little at a time. A year ago, we started doing our rock work. That was a huge undertaking. We had tractors come in and place rocks for our wall in our back and front yard. We were SOOOO very excited to get that done. I still can't wait until I can plant some really pretty perennials in the cracks. It will look great when it's done!!





Our backyard is very small; like a sliver, but I actually kind of like it. It's very small but quaint. And even though it's small, I'm glad to have it because it's ours and we can do whatever we want to it with our own touches and styles in mind. Since July, we have been working on improving our deck, putting in a patio, and installing sprinklers. It's been a challenge working with such a small space, but it's been a lot of fun and we are just THRILLED to have some improvements being made. Our yard is getting done, slowly but surely. YAHOO!!

Best Buds

This was so cute; just a random moment where I happened to have my camera close by. Sadie and Ava hanging out on the front porch. I know we're not a perfect family by any means, but I know that my kids love each other and that brings me so much happiness! It's all in the little things.

The Junior High Jungle

Sadie started JR. High today. She was so excited; she has been counting down the days all summer. She worked really hard at babysitting all summer so she could buy herself some new clothes. She has talked about her future days in Jr. High...pretty much nonstop.

You remember those JR. High days....some were great, and some were quite rough. Whatever the case, I vowed I would never in a million years do it again...so how could I release my daughter into a world that I could never live in again??

Here are some pictures of me releasing Sadie into the Jr. High Jungle. She's a great kid; much more mature and aware of things than I was at her age. What an emotional experience for me, standing back and watching my daughter walk to her school. Standing WAY back because she didn't want me to get any closer to the school because she was so embarrassed of me taking a million pictures of her.

Every kid has to grow up, and I know Sadie will do well because she has the ability to surround herself with good friends and is very confident in herself. It's just weird for me because I feel like just yesterday she was in diapers, and now she's in Aeropostale jeans. Where has the time gone?