Happy Halloween

We had lots of fun trick-or-treating on our street on Halloween. The best surprise was the arrival of a stray kitty, that the kids named "pumpkin" Lots of fun with our little turtle and snow white.

Pure Princess Joy

Does life get any better for a princess? The wind in your hair, soft grass under your feet and not a evil witch in sight. These little princess cousins are having the time of their lives.

Happy Halloween

trick or treating at Grandma and Grandpa Bray's house. The kids had a great time playing outside together. It was great to the the Princess' getting along so well. Neither Snow White or Sleeping Beauty fell asleep during the day which was probably good since we didn't have a prince or a frog to kiss them....only a little turtle.

Mesmerized by Fire

Dominic loved looking inside the Jack O lantern he was so giddy to be so close to fire. What is with boys and fire? He loves his kitty pumpkin.

Did you call for a Princess?

Snow White and Cinderella are running off to find Prince Charming, however they probably won't even talk to him unless he has candy.

More to come

Ok I know that I am really really bad and really far behind in my blogging this month
but I promise to get up to date over the next week so stay tuned for more on pumpkin patches, home projects and or course cute kiddos. Not to mention more halloween festivities. Sorry for disappointing.
UPDATE: I am almost half way getting caught up. Maybe by the weekend.....hmmmm we will see.

A great day to be a mom

I really am very Blessed to have two amazing kids that I can call my own and they are so darn cute too. 9090

Paoletti peek a boo

The kids had a blast climbing through all the little boxes in the viewing cabin at Powell Gardens

Watch out for Dinosaurs

Even though they say dinosaurs are extinct we saw a few of them hanging out at Powell Gardens. Of course the kids were thrilled to find them hiding in the landscaping.

Obligatory Family shot of the day

The scenery was too beautiful not to squeeze in at least one family shot...no matter how much the kids wanted to wiggle away.

Beautiful Day

We had a great time at Powell Gardens and had such a beautiful day together

Paoletti American Gothic

the best part of this photo is the somber faces and the really long legs on my kids...and of course that Dominic has a arm coming out of his face

Little Oasis

It looks like we have be stranded on a tropical island....hmmmm I don't think people throw pennies into water at an oasis.

Park Play

Carriage Ride

Out enjoying the wonderful fall weather, we went for a walk on the nature trails with the kids in their "little carriage."

Yard Work

Michael had a little team work in tackling the reseeding of the yard this fall. The kids had a lot of fun playing in the dirt with their daddy.

Turtle Tune Up

Dominic is getting very clever these days. We found him in the kitchen with a screwdriver working on his turtle. I guess he knows that it "should" have batteries in it....we just didn't put them in. Looks like he is working on a remedy to the situation.

Reconnecting with Mama

After picking me up from the airport the kids and I had the joy of spending a very relaxing day reconnecting. We played games, read books and had a fun afternoon at the park. It was so great to be able to get my fill of hugs and kisses. Dominic spent the whole morning on my lap...I think he really missed me. I had a wonderful time but it is so good to be home with my little family again.

Creating memories

What to you get when you have two 30 year old women & you take away their husbands and their children? =two really goofy women who think they are 23 again! We had a great time, taking walks, biking, thrifting, and laughing about the joys of motherhood. Lots of great memories made in three short days.

Visit to see the Ashby's in Maryland

My first big trip away from my family! I had to opportunity to stay with Gina and finally meet little Kaede. Andy was gone on a trip for the first two days...so we had a lot of good quality girl time. Kaede is adorable, of course, he had a blast climbing all over my suitcase every morning after he woke up.

She's leaving on a jet plane....

I went to the airport and saw my mama leave on a plane that looked just like this one. I sure do miss her.

Who says Carnivals are for kids?

The kids had a blast being driven around to all the carnival rides by Jeremy, their personal chauffeur of fun.

It's never too cold for candy!

The kids bear the cold weather for the joy of eating candy at the Riverfest parade. Although Jude looks a little skeptic and isn't so sure that candy is really coming.

Little cowgirl

Isabella is a natural on the range