MADE FOR LOVE: November 2022

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

- FAM PIX 2022 -

After a family primping party in the master bathroom...

...we had some family pictures snippity-snapped at the park in town by our #1 photog, Paige!

Girlllll, you MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN! I will treasure these photos of our family forever! <3

[^^ Especially this one, since I blew it up into a 24x36 canvas for the living room mantle...! ;) :) ]

xoxo

Friday, November 18, 2022

Aside from all the Halloween-ing that went down last month, there were still plenty of free days on the calendar to have some fall fun! The weather is chilling off, autumn vibes are in the air, and I'm HERE FOR IT! Would it even be approps to kick off October without a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks and a trip to the pet store to discuss which type of 2-4 legged creature would make the best family pet?!? I think NOT!

Just days after Scarlett nonstop whine/begged Brian to call the number on the business card of this woman standing outside Petsmart selling pup pups ^^, our girl contracted some sort of viral thing that had her feverish and fatigued for several days. But! Nothing a day off school, a few naps, and a loving little sister couldn't fix!

She was back on the mend in no time...

...and back to school for fire safety week, where her class got a visit from the local firemen and also got to "tour" the inside of some big red firetrucks!

October also brought her preschool class's field trip to Liberty Apple Orchard! It was one of the first SUPER chilly mornings of the year, but we busted open the winter gear tote and bundled up from head to toe before heading out to pick apples!

Meanwhile, on the homefront, Juliette continued her life motto of "while the cats are away, the mouse must play" and enjoyed many days of destroying the older girls' Barbie Dream House while they were at school. She also improved her climbing tricks; can't ever turn a head on this one! :-O

The rest of the month was filled with random goodness LIKEEEEE:

-- knocking out homework on a beautiful evening outside...

-- popcorn and movie night inside with ALL THE BABIES...

-- Harper having her artwork chosen by the art teacher to be featured at the local Art Museum...

-- roasting marshmallows on the firepit and making s'mores at Grammy and Papa's...

-- Harper and Scarlett being asked to be flower girls at their babysitter's wedding next summer...

-- Juliette learning how to fold laundry....................

-- Papa finishing his Ironman race...

-- and finally, the culmination of Harper and Scarlett's first soccer seasons through the YMCA! We LOVED watching them play!

October, WE LOVED YOU and all the fun days and beautiful weather and sweet memories you brought for our fam!

Onward to November! ;) :)

Saturday, November 5, 2022

- Halloween-ing... -

After a very eventful in "kind-of-a-crazy-and-not-the-best-way"September [get the 4-1-1 here and here!], we decided to spring for an eventful in "more-of-a-drama-free-and-fun-filled-way" October! Because with the changing weather + fall vibes + Halloween festivities all wrapped into one big chunky sweater, isn't October always just SUPER FUN by default?! ...We definitely think so!

There was no shortage of October/Halloween fun for this crew between Fall Fest at Willoughby Farm with some of our favorite friends...

...Boo at the Zoo with some of our favorite cousins...

...and the Great Godfrey Corn Maze with some of my favorite coworkers [that was actually a maize maze this year, after too many years of growing corn for the maze depleted all the necessary nutrients in the soil, L to the O to the L]!

...[^^ I have to say, I love this photo on the right of the best sonographer in the world + Harper. She scanned me when I was 7 weeks pregnant -- so, first one to get a "photo" of Harper and also first one to tell us that our very wanted rainbow baby had a heartbeat! -- and here they are together now when Harper is 7 years old! LOVE.].