Twick or Tweet

That's what Luke said A LOT tonight. We went to the annual Trunk or Treat at a local church and had a great time. We went on a hayride and got LOTS of yummy candy and even a doughnut and cider. Mind you it was pretty cold outside tonight. We had on lots of layers to keep warm, but we forgot the gloves. I guess I need to dig them out of storage, huh?
This is the first year that Luke actually knew what was going on and could have fun with it. It was so neat to watch him go up to each trunk and say "Twick or Tweet" to each of the people. I guess there's no shyness when candy is involved! Evie just smiled at the people and looked around. Her time of candy will come soon enough. It was a nice night.
Here are some pics from our adventure. I'm hoping to get nice fall pics with their costumes on in the leaves soon. If it will only stop raining...

Luke was a Bee and Evie was a flower if you can't tell.
Smile for Mama!

A lady on the hayride took this picture.

Luke, what sound does a bee make? "Bzzzz!"

I just love my "Dadadada".

Look who's 11 months old today!

Just 11 months ago little Evelyn Jane came into this world. (Please just look at her and not me in this pic. You try having a baby and looking great minutes afterward! :) ) Can you even believe that? I can't. These 11 months have just flown by so fast. I'm amazed! But I'm also so thankful for having her in my life. She's a pure joy to have as a daughter. She's so funny, sweet and adorable all wrapped up in a cute little package! Don't get me wrong though. She's got spunk. She can yell with the best of them for sure. She knows what she wants and what she doesn't. And she will let you know when somethings wrong. I love that about her though. I can't wait to see what she does with it when she's older and wiser. Happy 11 month birthday, Little One! I look forward to the next 11!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch today and had a great time. It was freezing cold there, but it was worth it! Luke got to pet some animals while Evie looked on. We searched for the perfect pumpkin and then ate donuts in the car. It was way too cold to stay outside any longer. We haven't found our gloves and winter coats yet. I really need to get on that!

I took a few cute pics of the kiddos, but my computer is needing CPR right now and I don't have a card reader for this computer so you'll just have to wait for pics. Sorry!

While we were at the pumpkin patch we ran into JD cousin and her family. How fun to see them again! It's been too long!

The rest of the day was filled with projects (JD was doing house projects while I was learning how to spin and dye wool. Hmm... sounds even, right?), playing and dinner at McDonalds. We let Luke decide dinner tonight! It was a nice day!

Big Little Girl and her Pop Pop

I took Evie to the doctor's today to get a couple of things checked out (nothing serious at all) and was so excited to see how much she weighed. Most of you know how hard we've worked lately to get her to gain some weight. She had only gained 11 oz in 5 months and desperately needed to put on some pounds. The nurse weighed her today and she is up to 16 lbs 2 oz! YAY! That's a 2 lb 3 oz gain in 5 weeks! Double YAY! We are so excited that she's finally gaining weight.

I wanted to post a pic of her for this post, but she wasn't in the mood today so I pulled up this awesome one from 2 weekends ago. Remember how I said that she inherited the picture curse from her Pop pop? Well, they've proved me wrong by taking this picture on the first try. I love it!

A Sad Weekend.

This weekend JD, the kids and I took a long road trip down to MD to be with my mom. It's been such a hard couple of months for her. As soon as I got the call that my Aunt had unexpectedly passed away I began making plans to go there. I just wanted to give my mom a hug and let her know that I was here for her. I'm so glad that we went! We got to see my grandma, my aunt and cousin and my other cousin and his family. It was a busy weekend with LOTS of car time, but it was worth every mile!

Here are some pics that we took right before we jumped back in the car to come home:

My Grandmother and Evie:


4 generations:


A family picture: