Pumpkin Patchin' it Texas Style

Last weekend we took the girls, and Sarah and Jeffrey, our cousins, to a pumpkin patch! Although we are finally getting fall-like temperatures the last few days, last weekend at the patch it was 90 degrees!!!! We were definitely not prepared for that! Normally you associate a hay ride with being chilly, but it was quite the opposite--we we're sweating! Despite the hot temperatures, we still had a fun time picking out pumpkins! And, the highlight of the trip had to be Addy Jane riding a pony!! She's been into My Little Pony lately, so this experience was especially exciting!!

When we ask Emery to smile lately, she puts everything she's got into it!

Such a regal pose!

Happy Five Year Blind Date Anniversary!

On October 14, 2006, Andy and I met on a blind date. We went to a concert and afterward met up at a friend's house to decorate sugar cookies. So every year we decorate sugar cookies as a fun way to remember when we met! This has become one of our family's favorite traditions! While we were waiting for the cookies to cool, Andy and I were cleaning up the kitchen. The girls were trying their hardest to wait patiently, but kept coming over to the table where the cookies were cooling and fussing because they couldn't have them yet. After a few minutes passed we noticed how quiet the house was and everyone knows when toddlers are quiet that they're up to something. Andy went to check on the girls and found them both happily sitting by the couch eating two heart-shaped sugar cookies! They've gotta be the cutest little cookie thieves I've ever seen! I'm so grateful for my sweet little family and especially to have met my most amazing husband 5 years ago!

I pulled this from the photo archives! :-) This was from an 80's date night! (Thanks again Aimee for helping me pull this awesome outfit together!)