Young Party of Four

Warning: Pic heavy post ahead... So, Halloween isn't technically until Monday (which stinks in the grand scheme of things) but we have been having so much fun this fall and Halloween season, that I wanted to bring back the Friday Favorites post for a week to recap some of the highlights. This year we hit up the pumpkin patch near our house early because we mainly wanted to take pictures. =) We have plans to go back this weekend and pick up an actual pumpkin to carve because we didn't want to buy one too early when we were there the first time. We went early because we wanted to try to plan to go with our neighbors and their little girl again this year. Luckily, we were able to find a day and even more lucky... it wasn't crowded at all. Last yer we were closer to Halloween and there were a ton of people there. This year, there were just a few people around which let us take our time and get some pretty good pictures of the kids. Both kids also picked out small pumpkins o...

Well, folks! This is it. The final week of our "summer" and therefore the end of our Summer Bucket List. We didn't get to everything, but we did do quite a bit and we loved all of it. Also, we have quite a few things that were technically "added on" but never truly added to the list. We did so much more than just the things on this list. We did one big one this weekend that was never on the list but has helped us cap off the Summer Bucket List. Plus, the big one this weekend was the perfect way for our football loving family to end the summer. We went out in style, that's for sure. This week we didn't do too much during the week again (thanks to school and work) but we did have some fun visitors. My brother and sis-in-law were in town while my bro attended a class for work in the area. We spent Wednesday through Friday with them. Danielle hung out with us during the day when Rick was in his class and they came for dinner on Wednesday and Thursday. I...