Once Upon A Mattress!

Today I had the pleasure of joining AJ & her class on their class trip to go and see Once Upon A Mattress at the Middle School! I was so happy to be chosen and SO grateful to Alex for working from home and watching Dylan so I could go! I had so much fun with my girl!

Fire Truck Visit

Today at Dylan's school the fire truck and fire men came for a visit! He was super excited and I was so happy I was there to get some pics of him and his class!

We're Still Having Fun...

...and after 8 married years, Alex is STILL THE ONE! Love him, love our kids, love "US"! We have been through so much together, he is my best friend and my world. I am still SO head-over-heels in love with my high school sweet-heart! This year we decide to spend a relaxing, romantic evening in. This year our Anniversary fell on a Monday and neither one of us felt like going out. We ordered in from a great Italian place - linguine carbonara, chicken marsala, sautéed spinach and for dessert - chocolate cheesecake and strawberries. The champagne and wine were flowing and we sat at the dining room table and ate by candle light with some iTunes playing in the background (Sting & JT of course). It was special and both kids cooperated and feel asleep early so we could enjoy our adult night in together! Alex - I LOVED YOU THEN, I LOVE YOU NOW AND I CAN'T WAIT TO LOVE YOU ALWAYS! I have always been lucky in love, with you!

PS - Thank you for my favorite flowers, the ones I walked down the isle with 8 years ago today!

Windermere Fall Festival

Today our neighborhood had a really fun Fall Festival for the kids. There was food from several local restaurants, a live band, hay rides, pony rides, face painting, train rides, a petting zoo, and lots of other fun for the kiddies! It was a great way to kick off the fall season and the even the weather cooperated - it was crisp and cool the way fall should be!!

Our Good Boy!

So Dylan has been having a few behavior issues at school (just rough and tumble crazy boy type things that we have all been well aware of). Well before it get's worse, his teacher and I decided to try a reward chart and I am happy to report it's working. After 5 good school days, and 5 stickers on his chart, he finally got his first reward tonight! Alex and I were SO happy and proud of our boy and really enjoyed watching him eat his ice cream cone - let's hope the trend continues!

Crazy Sock Day!

Today at school AJ had the chance to wear crazy socks which benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - what a great excuse to wear crazy socks to school!

NJ Visit for Noelle's Baby Shower

Noelle and I grew up more like sisters then cousins - we always were and still always are there for each other. Naturally when I got the call from her about 2 months ago about how important it was to her that I be at her baby shower I knew I would stop at nothing to get there! Alex, Dylan, AJ and I split the 12 hour drive in half on the way home, leaving on Wednesday afternoon stopping overnight in Salem, VA and arrived Thursday afternoon. We the trekked the whole 12 back on Sunday - the kids are troopers in the car! I was thrilled my brother in law Mark took us and and we were SO happy to spend time with him and cousins Ethel and Winnie. While home we got to see lots of family members and a few friends! I was super excited to meet my beautiful niece Madison and love her up for the first time - she is truly a happy and great baby. Such a good spirit to be around! It was so nice to see the kids play with their cousins and AJ & Chris and AJ, Julia & Dylan run around like old times! It was great to catch up with our old friend Jared and his beautiful wife and beautiful kids - it was so fun to see the kids all finally play like we always talked about back in the day! We loved hitting up Red's Pub! We got a little date night in for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants where we ran into another high school friend who it was great to see! The shower was nothing short of wonderful - great food, folks and fun and tons of gifts for baby boy Hart! Hanging with Mark, Noelle, Brian, Eileen and my mother after was great and Mark still knows how to put out the best spread on this side of the Mississippi! Even my brother who worked like crazy stopped in for a quick hello to see us which was very nice considering how exhausted he was! I miss everyone already and can't wait to get back for our longer visit after Christmas!

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