Dress Up, Baking, and Apple Picking

Today, Ryan left for China.

Boo :(

I hate it when he's gone.

Then, after I had my mini pity-party, 

I talked to my mom and asked if she wanted some company today.

Fortunatley, she said yes!

The girls and I headed on over and had a wonderful day!

My mom had a large quantity of old costumes still around and much to Lila's delight,

she drug them out so the girls could play a little dress up!

Lila thought the purple with chiffon and lace was especially fancy and spent a fair amount

of time twirling, and humming, and prancing around in it!

Seriously, she would have stayed in it all day if we would have let her!

Then, after Elle went down for a nap, she got to whip up a batch of Pumpkin muffins!

And the best part of all...

after nap, it was out to Great Grandma and Grandpa's house to pick some apples!!

Only bad part... my grandparents weren't home, so I didn't get to visit with them.

 Oh did the girls have fun though!

Ellie dug right in and demanded to pick her own apples (then proceeded to eat about 3 of them!)

Now the babes are snuggled in bed, I'm going to watch a little boob tube

(and try to not be irritated that we just spent $xxx on a new one after the old tube crapped out.)

Then I'll go to bed and miss my hubby.

What a day! 

Good night.

Quint Family!

Last Saturday I got together with some good friends of mine and their whole family

for a little photo shoot.

I'll tell you what, getting 4 small children to all cooperate at the same time....

not so easy! Ha!

It was a lot of fun, and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out!

Ryleigh

Landree

Reese

 

 

 

 

 

Zoee

Greg and Christina ~ Engaged

I took these almost a month ago already, 

what does that say about how crazy busy life has been?

We were lucky to have a lovely (although HOT) day

and I'm thankful for the opportunity to capture some special moments for these two!

Random cuteness

Nothing too big in our house to report on,

 but had a couple of cute pictures I wanted to share!

Have a great sunny September day!

Open those windows people!!!

**Update!!  Miss Kaiya is doing much better~ so much so, 

that the plan is to take her HOME TODAY!!!

Continued prayers are asked, as they still have a long road ahead,

but this is a Giant step!  Yeah Kaiya!**

What a great weekend!!

Seriously...

wasn't that just a wonderful weekend?!

Other than me secretly wishing it was about 10 degrees cooler, I didn't have one complaint!

Friday evening was relaxing and I got some great sleep (always a great way to start out!)

Saturday, I had a lovely photo shoot with a great family, then Ryan and I dropped the girls off at Grandma and Grandpa's for the night and headed out for a date!

We did some errands (boring, yes... but oh so much easier without toddlers!)

Then we were off to the races!!!

Canterbury Downs extended their racing by one weekend this year, and this weekend was free admission.

Can't beat that!

I haven't been in ages, and Ryan had never been, so it was pretty new for both of us!

It was so much fun!  I would definitely do that again!

Then we had an awesome meal at Bonfire in savage. (can you say Delicious?!)

Movie night at home and a solid 8 hours of sleep!

You have no idea how exciting it is, to wake up on your own and have the clock ready anything later than 6am!  So, 7:50... Wow!

Yesterday was spent lounging around the house, then going to get the girls and dinner with Ry's family.

His sister Kris took just him and I out for some photos to celebrate our upcoming anniversary!

We had a blast! Thank you so much Krissy!

Again, what a great weekend!

Let's hope this week follows in it's footsteps!

10 Years Ago

Sophmore year of college at Makato.

I was standing in my apartment, straightening my hair, getting ready for class

watching Matt and Katie on my 19" TV.

I watched that tragic morning unfold and had no idea what a HUGE

impact this event would have on history.

How it would change the world as we know it.

I watch the replays, I look at the images, I listen to the stories....

all horror.

And then, 

I pray.

Pray for the lost

and for their loved ones.

September 11, 2001

Never Forget.

Love this!

We made a spur of the moment decision to pack up the girls after naps yesterday afternoon and head out!

Yeah, we did it!

The great MN get-together!

It was packed, but we expected as much.

Gorgeous, cool, Sunday evening... who wouldn't want to be there?!

The girls were pretty good.

We had some yums (fried pickles, caramel apples, a beer... )

We took the girls through the barns,

and this...

My FAVORITE part of the evening!

Lila had a blast on the Merry Go Round and talked and grinned the whole way through it!!!

It made my heart happy to be there next to her!

That alone made the trip worth it!

Couple quick snaps from our trip, didn't take too many

I just enjoyed the day!

Darling!

Baby lambs~  is there anything sweeter?!

Mama cow working on having a baby!

Lila loved the horses~!