Pumpkin Patch and Halloween

My parents came in town the week before Halloween.  It's always great having our parents in town, mostly because we love seeing them and visiting, but we also love it because it means DATE NIGHTS!  Hahaha

While they were in town we met my good friend Mindy and her precious baby, Blayne, and went to the pumpkin patch.  It was so fun out there and Mady had a great time.

Halloween was a bit of a different story.  I was so excited about her Halloween costume.  I found this cute owl costume on pinterest and decided to give it a shot.  It came out so cute and I couldn't wait to see Mady in it.  She had a different plan.  She did not like the costume at all and refused to wear it.  We stayed in and passed out candy to all the other cute kids who did wear their costume.  Maybe I can save it for next year?

When Nick's away....

Last week Nick went to Nashville for a conference during the week and then went straight to a men's retreat through our church for the weekend.  We definitely missed him but it was great that he was able to go to Nashville to present the research he's been working on and even better that he was able to make the church retreat.   It was a great experience for him.  God has really been doing some amazing work in our lives.  To keep us company while he was away, my mom came up and we had some fun girl time.

There was a "Pumpkins and Pancakes" event at the zoo for members and my friend Kindel invited Mady and I to go with them.  We ate pancakes at the zoo and we had a great time walking around and seeing the animals.  She didn't so much enjoy the carousel and would not ride on her horse.  Though she doesn't look super thrilled in these pictures, she really did have a great time!

State Fair

I am quite a bit behind with blog posts.  We have been so busy lately that I haven't had time to sit down and blog about it.  Things won't be slowing down either with the holidays right around the corner!

A few weeks ago my mother-in-law came in town to see us for the weekend and we had a great time.  We went to the state fair and it just so happened to be the day that Big Tex went up in flames!

Despite that sadness, we had a great time walking around and eating some yummy food!  That fried jumbalaya was delicious!

Poor Big Tex :(

She had a lot of fun at this little farm exhibit for kids

She met Elsie the Borden cow

All in all, I think she had a great day!