Busy Weekend!

Last year we took pictures with Stella and her friends....but they were much more cooperative! This year they wouldn't sit still! We had a Hannah Montana, 2 bunnies, a shaggy pupppy, and a Piglet!

We went trick-or-treating. Stella got a picture with her great grandma ringger :)

Stella also got to hang out a little bit with her cousins, Caden and Eli. They take such good care of her and love her so much....actually all the cousins love each other so much. They play so well together!

A quick family picture :)

Lakeside Park

We skipped church today. We have lately started attending a new church, Grace Gathering, with my sister's family....and we love it. However, our household has been hit with coughs, snotty noses, head colds, and whatever else comes our way. So today we decided to get out of the house a little bit and be around nobody else. So we headed to Lakeside Park for some fresh air Sunday morning. It was perfect. Stella had total choice of whatever playground equipment she wanted, went on a walk around the lake, and caught glimpses of two weddings.

Lately Stella has started thinking she is big stuff, and has been loving the big girl swing.

She has absolutely no fear of slides! Ready, set, go....and she is off!

She can go a lot higher on the little girl swing...and loves it!

She even enjoyed the tunnel slide!

From the pictures, it looks like we were there for a quite awhile. However, it was a brief visit. Stella started yawning, so we got her snack and we were on our way. It was a fun, quick outing....hopefully got rid of some of those germs! We all need a good, restful night of sleep!!

Fall Fun

The weather is definitely telling us that fall is here! And I love it! I love cozy weekends, bonfires, football, and so much more. Our weekend started off Friday night at Bandidos where we celebrated Brenda's birthday. Stella wasn't to sure about the bull....well, really....she hated it. But she LoVeD chips and salsa! Off course she did....we love anything we can dip!

We came home Friday evening and our neighbor's were having a bonfire and the kids were playing outside. Stella went over to check things out through the fence, and we ended up passing her over the fence and spending the evening over there....it was a perfect relaxing evening that included peanut butter pie, smores, and good company.

Saturday started with shopping, shopping, and more shopping. We got so much done! I really couldn't believe it! Then our friends called last minute and we met them at Red Lobster....this made Brian very happy. Stella and I enjoyed our steak and chicken.

We headed to church Sunday morning followed by a busy "at home" day. I made and froze salsa...it was a new recipe and very yummy. We went down the street to a local pumpkin farm where we got our pumpkins for the year. Stella had so much fun running from pumpkin to pumpkin and loved all the little gourds. The first one she picked out probably weighed twice her body weight, but she insisted on trying to pick it up....

I couldn't resist plopping her on the wagon with all the pumpkins :)

And she loves smelling flowers.....

She finally picked out a white one and insisted on sitting on it, riding it, hopping on it, whatever she could come up with!

Then we came home and Stella napped while Brian and I painted our pumpkins...

Stella was very excited to paint her pumpkin and could hardly wait once I put the brush in her hand. She loves it.

And here is the final product....

And that pretty much concluded our evening....well except for the football games and the several loads of laundry!! We are finally getting back to normal around here and Brian is getting back on schedule as well. Nice to all be home as a family after two weekends without him!!