May the Force ...

Poor Ben & Sophia came down with the stomach flu leading up to and on Halloween, so it was touch and go all day. They rallied at the end and we ended up taking a loop around the neighborhood and they had fun. Sophia REALLY got into character as the Fairy Queen and Ben got excited to meet all the other Star Wars characters on the road.:)

Leaf Fun

We visited the same tree we took pictures of Ben four years ago when we used to live here. It was the same brilliant yellow and they had so much fun throwing the leaves around.

The Pumpkin Patch!!

It was an amazingly warm and sunny afternoon when we found this great farm. They had a litter of kittens sleeping and strolling all over. Both the kids were crazy about them. Sophia took them (or tried very hard to) on wagon rides. Ben kept putting them in the old chicken coops. PLUS, there was a little corn maze and a huge mountain of hay to conquer. Pure. Joy.

MSG

Luis was promoted to Master Sargeant today...and Ben was the one who did the honors. It was an exciting moment for us all:).

Halloween Fever...

...has begun. Sophia is following her brother's lead and getting WAY into everything to do with Halloween. Costumes have been discussed, researched...pumpkins already painted. We are holding out on any outdoor decor until October 1st, I just have to put my foot down somewhere! Ben has many many ideas for that prject. We recieved a box full of goodies from Em & Tyler and Sophia put tgether this get-up immediately. :)

September Garden...

The garden, specifically the Cosmos and the Morning Glory, have done extremely well this month and we are really enjoying it.

Powell Gardens

We trekked over to the Powell Gardens last weekend when my friend Stephanie visited us.:) They had a Big Bug show, a silo you could climb up to view the gardens and much more. A sweaty, but awesome day together.