Party and Wedding Fun!

Today we had a busy day!! After we got up we headed into Collegeville to Henry's first birthday party! It was a lot of fun!! Aunt Abby did an amazing job getting everything organized... toys for the munchkins, and toys for the older kiddos! The food was yummy too! Henry looked so handsome for his party! He had so many people there to celebrate with him! What a lucky boy!!! Unfortunately we didn't get to stay around for the cake (the best part!!) but we were happy we could share some time with Henry for his special celebration!

We raced from Collegeville to Bensalem where I dropped off Morgan and RJ with Aunt Melanie. I dressed into my wedding attire and ran out the door, heading to cousin Stephanie's wedding! A quick whirlwind! The wedding was very nice. Stephanie looked absolutely stunning in her dress, not at all what I had imagined she would have picked!! Steph and Steve looked so wonderfully in love! Giggles and joy seemed to be flowing off of them! I wish them a wonderful long marriage together! Congrats to the new Mr. and Mrs.!!

Went back to Aunt Melanie's, got the scoop on the kiddos and headed home. Coming home was very difficult to keep my eyes open! I was soooo tired! Both kids fell asleep within ten minutes of leaving Aunt Melanie's, meaning I was 'alone' for most of the ride! A great, exhausting day!

Dad's Night!

Morgan had Dad's night at preschool tonight! It was a lot of fun. RJ and I manned the campfire! Morgan and Daddy got to play games in the gym, read stories, created some beautiful art, a hayride at dusk, and a campfire to eat s'mores and drink apple cider! I think they had such a great time! What an awesome idea for the preschool! Dad and me time... perfect to make the little girls and boys feel special!

Sliding into Yummy!

A follow-up from yesterday's blog. Slide fun (RJ wanted to go himself, Morgan refused and begged Aunt Megan to go with her) and our ice cream pictures! How I love homemade ice cream, and family time!

Fall Family Fun

Yesterday we had a great day! Morgan, RJ, and I headed to church (while Daddy slept for night shift). They both did amazingly well, nibbling their food throughout the mass, not screaming or getting fussy! Whew! I hope that this continues!

After we got home from mass and Daddy woke up we headed to Freddy Hill Farms for our fall activities! I worked at Freddy Hill in high school and loved it there! I worked so many fall fests, and now I come back yearly to pick my pumpkins and get some delicious home made ice cream! Yum! Aunt Megan and Uncle Andy joined us today! Morgan absolutely adores her Aunt Megan to the point that she ignores me when her Aunt Megan is around! I feel the love... but not towards me! I am so happy she is so close with her Aunt even with the distance between them!

Because it was the first weekend our hayride took us to an amazing field of fat, plump, gorgeous pumpkins!! They hadn't been picked through yet and Morgan and RJ had a blast! We got all our pumpkins and took our hayride back to the rest of the festivities. The kids took a pony ride each, picked out some gourds, played in a hay pile, went down the big slide, and got some pictures! Did I mention, we watched some pig races too?! They loved watching those little piggies running around the track!

After the outside fun we headed inside for the delicious homemade ice cream! Mmm! I got espresso bean in a homemade waffle cone! Yum! Daddy got coffee in a waffle cone, Morgan got strawberry in a cookie cone, and RJ got birthday cake in a cake cone. Double YUM!!

What a wonderful fall day! I.LOVE.FALL!! It is the best season!!!

The rest

The rest of RJ's party pictures!! Cake and presents from yesterday!

Party Time!

Today we hosted a combined kids/family birthday party for RJ. It was a little stressful in the AM because we had an 11am party (Rather than our usual 3 or 4pm party). I decided to make all crock pot dishes! Meatballs and pulled pork for the main dish with some broccoli salad, macaroni salad, cold salad, and homemade mac-n-cheese. For appetizers we had spinach-n-artichoke dip, cheesy garlic dip, taco dip, and sun dried tomato dip - all in the smaller crock pots! Perfect! Easy while the company was here... crazy before they arrived!

Everyone seemed to have a great time! RJ refused to pull a string of his pinata because he wanted to pull them all and he wasn't allowed. Sorry stubborn birthday boy... we still need to share! He wandered off and oh... just decided to lick off some icing from his Scooby cake. Gotta love a kiddo with his own agenda!

He got some new toys and lots of new clothes. Even better, NO duplicates! I liked all the new clothes! Everyone did so well!!



It was a wonderful, but exhausting day! Thank you everyone for coming and celebrating RJ! We love you all!