Madelyn's October Preschool FUN!

Madelyn is having the best time in Preschool this year! She is doing so many fun things and learning so much!! October was a busy month for her class. They took a field trip to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm which was our second time there this month. But this time it was just the two of us with no siblings to get in the way and of course her cute classmates as well. I loved every minute of my day with Madelyn. It is so fun watching her interact with her friends and to hear how much she is learning and growing. Mrs. Wright is an AMAZING teacher with these kids and Madelyn just LOVES going to school and on field trips.

 

 Mrs. Wright with Avery, Madelyn, Morgan, Michael and Logan. So CUTE! We were missing Heaton.

 

On Halloween day Madelyn got to have a Halloween party at preschool that Lilly and I were invited to come join. They played outside, ate yummy treats, sang some cute halloween songs for the parents and then had a little costume parade down the street for fun! Mrs. Wright is the BEST!!! And Madelyn was a pretty cute little Angel :)

 Thanks Mrs. Wright for making everything so FUN! Happy Halloween!!!

 

Fun weekend with Dad!

While I was in DC, Mark and the kids had a fun busy weekend! They went to Grandma and Grandpa's and camped out in their yard Friday night which I heard was super fun as they watched for shooting stars and satellites in the dark sky. Saturday morning they played in their soccer games and then afterwards they headed down to Modesto for Justin's 7th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese! They had so much fun with Daddy and Grandma and Grandpa and their cousins! I am so grateful for a husband who loves to spend time with his kids and have fun! They are lucky kids to have such a great dad!! And I am one lucky Mom to have such great kids and the best husband in the world!! Anyways, here are a few pics of Justin's birthday that Mark took :)

BEST GIRLS WEEKEND EVER!

 Let the craziness begin!!

In the middle of October we finally got to have our Sister's weekend. This year it was in DC at Kristin's at it was quite the challenge getting us all there flying standby with Dad's buddy passes.  BUT we all made it and by late Thursday night (around midnight to be exact) we were all finally together!! The above pic was taken for Kelli... she was the last one to fly in and we were all waiting for her. Let the fun begin!

We kicked off the weekend with a morning 3 mile jog through the beautiful trails by Kristin's house. The weather was perfect! And the scenery was gorgeous! Neal welcomed us at home with donuts and large diet cokes. Haha! Breakfast of champions! So much for the run...

After we got all prettied up we headed out for some major outlet mall shopping, lots of diet coke, yummy food and lots of laughs!!

Ugly shoe shopping.  

That evening we headed to Old town Alexandria for dinner and some window shopping. The streets were lined with cute shops and quaint little restaraunts. I LOVED this part of town!  

 We got our hot chocolates and headed down to the river where Val told us about her engagement story with Tyson that took place here :)

 Checked in to the hotel and soaking our exhausted-tired-from-shopping legs and feet! YES!

On Saturday we took the metro to Eastern Market where we had breakfast at this super cute cafe and then did a little market shopping.

 

 

Snack Time!!

 

We had to make a stop and do some sightseeing of DC!!

The Washington Monument and the Capitol. Check.  

 

 I got photo bombed by Kat's finger...nice.

 And more shopping...at a very large fancy mall with giant mirrors in the bathroom.

An afternoon snack to get us through our last round of shopping! YES please!

We ended the fun weekend with a big yummy dinner at Jackson's. Neal and Sam met up with us. It was so great to enjoy a nice yummy dinner all together!!

 

I miss my sisters already! The weekend was so fun and I am so grateful for my sisters and the time we got to spend together! It is never long enough! Looking foward to our next sisters WEEK! No more of this weekend stuff...I need more time with these amazing fun crazy girls!!! Love you girls all so much!!! And thanks to my awesome hubby for holding down the fort while I was away!