Happy Birthday

Happy FIRST Birthday ELLIE :)

Can't BELIEVE it's been a year!

We love you!

Just amazing how much things change in 12 short months.

Auntie D and I were just talking the other day about how it seemed like forever between when we heard SnL were expecting and when Ellie was born and then this last year has FLOWN by!

Party on Sunday so more pictures then :)

Apple Picking

Saturday was absolutely GORGEOUS! We picked up the van from the garage (it's all fixed and cost $100 less than the estimate - Yippee!) dropped off the truck we had borrowed from Auntie D (THANKS Auntie D - yer the best!) and then went apple picking :)

Lots of choices...we went with McCoun, Cortland & McIntosh...they're ALL delish!

Our cute little worm.

Catching a ride from Daddy :)

All morning she kept asking if she would be able to sit up in an apple tree.

Hubby took this one...what a good photographer he is!

Sampling the goods :)

My fave picture of the day!

The best of the family self-portraits.

We finished the day off with steak for dinner and apple crisp (of course!) for dessert :)

Just to Remind You...

Please take note that I've replaced the countdown to Wicked ticker from the bottom of the blog and replaced it with a countdown to *gulp* Christmas ticker. I did this because I was brutally reminded last Friday that the holiday season is fast approaching when I checked my email and saw a "100 Days of Holidays" message. What?!? One hundred days???? This is something I signed up for a few years ago through Better Homes and Gardens and they're great daily emails from September right through New Year's with all sorts of recipes, crafts, decorating tips and more! Go HERE if you want to sign up :) However, the announcement that the emails would begin soon was quite the shock to my system....less than 100 days 'til Christmas? That certainly puts things in perspective. I need to get myself in gear. As of today, Halloween (my FAVE!) is only 37 days away, Thanksgiving is 62 days away and Christmas is 92 days away. Yipe! Gotta go! :)

Have a great weekend!!!

Field Trip

When I dropped Iz off at school the other day there was a paper in her mailbox announcing their first Field Trip of the year. On the way home I told her about it.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"Apple picking," I replied.

"Ugh! Apple picking! That's not a field trip!" she groaned.

"Well, it's not just apple picking," I said. "You'll be going on a hay ride, visiting with the farm animals, going apple picking AND building fairy houses!"

Her reply?

"Now THAT's what I call a field trip!"

Me too! We both can't wait! LOVE that girl :)

Be a Good Friend

I was lucky enough to be serenaded on the way home from school today....this is what Iz was singing:

This one's for my teachers!

Be a good friend.

Be a good friend.

Mrs. S & Mrs. W are the best teachers in the world.

Be a good friend.

This one's for my Mommy!

Be a good friend.

Be a good friend.

Mommy's the best mom in the world.

Be a good friend.

This one's for my whole family!

Be a good friend.

Be a good friend.

My family's the best in the world.

Be a good friend.

This one's for the world!

Be a good friend.

Be a good friend.

Earth is the best planet!

Be a good friend.

This one's for the trees!

Be a good friend.

Be a good friend.

Trees are great and trees are green!

Be a good friend.

Ahhhhh....no need for a radio with my little songstress along for the ride :)