Sunday Fun

We had quite a full day on Sunday. We hosted a family soup cook-off at our house. The kids and I went out for fresh bread that morning. Natalie showed interest for the first time ever in sitting in the car shopping cart. So we squeezed Ian and Natalie in the cart with cookies from the bakery. Luckily, everyone kept their hands on their own cookies.

Ian has showed a much bigger interest in coloring lately. He was never that interested, but recently will sit and finish a whole page and take pride in it. Natalie wanted to do what he was doing and sat in the chair with him for a long time....not coloring in the lines or even on the same page...but with him none the less.

Winners of the soup cook-off. Amy Meredith (right) won first place with her tomato basil tortellini masterpiece, followed closely by by Chiara Fletcher (left) with her potato soup. So yummy.

Natalie was loving Chiara's dog Zues...reading books with him, dressing him up as the Easter bunny. Then she got hold of Ian's head light and her toothbrush. Apparently, it was an entertaining combination. Mom will remember that!

Fall Fun

We visited a farm in Shelbyville today with Aunt Caba and our friends the Hamiltons (Todd, Kara & Chase). It was a gorgeous day and the activities were abundant. The kids enjoyed playing the hay, pony rides, petting zoo, riding a tractor out to the field to hand pick our pumpkins. The boys were wild (in a good way) and Natalie was excited to take in all these new sights. She was particularly fun at the pumpkin patch, petting and hugging pumpkins. Kids are priceless. We love our family and friends!

Lunch With A Buddy

One of Ian's new friends from preschool is Christopher. We got to pick him up from school the other day and hang out for a while. They listened to some tunes on the head phones in the car, on the way to a oh so nutritious lunch at McDonalds :o). They were on a mission to get their hands on the toy of the week - Bakugans. They gobbled up lunch while I held the toys hostage. Then they just sat there and were engrossed with playing and figuring the new toys out. Next, we hit up the bookstore for a little while until it was time to meet up with Chris' mom. We are thankful for new friends!

Football, Family & Fun

We went to visit Aunt Nancy and her boys George & Ben this weekend. We also got to attend the UT vs Auburn football and catch up with old college friends. A little back story to some of the pictures you see - We started out the weekend with a trip to campus on Friday BEFORE game day madness. We walked around and checked out some silly items in the bookstore (such as the hat Ian is modeling). The oldest and silliest cousin George decided to try Natalie's car seat on for size, which totally cracked up his brother and Ian. Natalie, true to her girlishness, wanted to put on lip gloss with Aunt Nancy in the car on the way to dinner one night. Despite the fact that our team wasn't able to pull off a victory, it was a beautiful fall weekend and we had a wonderful time in Tennessee! Go Vols!