Friday with the Rainwater's!

We have had lots of activity around here lately but one very speical treat was our first visit from the Rainwater's on Friday. Will was so excited to see A.J. and couldn't wait for Friday to get here and their visit did not disappoint. Will and AJ are the best of friends and have so much fun together...and of course...I love my time with Vicki. I knew I would cry when I saw her and of course I did. I miss all of my "old" friends so much and the time and distance away from them make has made me so grateful and appreciative of their friendship.

Here are some pics from our day. I hope you can feel the love and fun oozing from the pictures. :))

And poor Zach, he played so hard that we found him downstairs taking a little cat nap. So precious.

Our little "monster bros"

The kids are so into monster shirts right now. Luckily, mini boden always has lots to choose from....and their boy sizes go down to a 2/3 for Sissy. I bought them matching T-Rex shirts that are suppose to get here in a few weeks. They can't wait. Will affectionately refers to him and sissy as the "monster bros". They LOVE dressing alike.

Oh...and here's a sneak peak at their Halloween costumes. Sissy told me last night she wants to be a pink Power Ranger but fortunately today she was carried away with her cupcake costume.

Happy Birthday Big Jul!

We love you Big Jul! Here is a song just for you courtesy of Sissy!!

Look at Will....

and his missing tooth!!!! Can you believe my little boy lost his first tooth?!! I noticed it was loose a few weeks ago and while he was feasting on a sausage McGriddle (his favorite), it feel right out. He was so excited and so were we. My baby is growing up.

Friday with the T's

Brian took off Friday so we could head to Louisville for a dr.'s appointment. (Finding dr.'s here in Indiana that are accepting new patients has been a very big challenge.) Once we got into Louisville, we dropped the kids off at Jen's and then headed to my dr.'s appointment. It was a win win. Dr. Creeley was super nice, super helpful with me and is even going to remove a cyst off Brian's neck for him. We both benefited from the visit. A win-win. After the appointment, Brian and I had lunch at our lunch time favorite--Jimmy John 's--and it was so nice. Great sammich and some nice alone time. We then headed to Jen's for the rest of the afternoon and had such a nice visit. Everytime I see her, Eli, Matthew, and baby Kyle (and of course Mr. T), my heart swells. I love them all so much and miss them so much. The connection is almost undescribable. It's as if they have been a part of our family forever. We laugh, we talk, we cry....she is such an amazing friend and I love Matthew, Eli, and Kyle as if they were my own.

We capped our visit off with a trip to our favorite dinner spot--Fat Jimmy's--and stuffed ourselves with pizza. It was so yummy. Overall, a perfect day with some pretty wonderful friends.

Lark Farm

Today we went to Lark Farm with our first Jasper friends and we had such a great time! I took lots of pics so buckle your seat belt and get ready. I will do my best to narrate each one inspite of this computer's/blog messed up spacing. (It won't let me center and wants to add bunches of space between paragraph breaks.)

Lark farm was so neat and has so much to offer childen of any age. There was a big corn box that Abby loved.

A BIG bounce house for the kids to bounce in. I think they miss their trampoline.

Sissy went on her first pony ride and loved it. She absolutely adores animals so this was a treat.

They also had these little cars that the kids could sit in while some kind of ATV pulled them along. BIG HIT!!!!

Here is a picture of our Kunz friends. You can now put a face with a name. Great family.

We stopped for a quick family pic at the Chicken Coop. Seemed like a good photo opportunity.

We made a pit stop for lunch. Pretzels with cheese, hotdogs, brats, and waters. Good ol' farm food.

Next, we jumped on a wagon and went out to one of the pumpkin fields and picked our own pumpkins.

Will found this pumpkin and that was it. This was his pumpkin...and after carrying it all the way to the wagon...he was so beat....and so proud. He only dropped it 10 times but managed to carry it the entire way all by himself.

And one quick video of the kids......

Hope your weekend was a good one as well.

Sissy's room is complete...

I have had the best weekend. Friday with our St. John friends, Friday night a date with my husband and Olive Garden's never ending pasta bowl, some shopping Saturday morning, church on Sunday, and then the pumpkin patch Sunday afternoon with the Kunz's. Even better, sprinkle in there about 20 I love you's, hugs, and kisses from my hubby (whom made me feel like some kind of princess...just because) and it was a total fabulous weekend. Friends, good food, lots of fun, a date with Brian,.....a near perfect weekend.

Here are some pics of Sissy's room. Once we hung up the valance, it all kind of came together. A huge thank you to my mom for doing all of this. She did Will's first big boy room and wanted to do the same for Sissy. Abby loves it.