Fall Family Photos

We have been taking family photos for a number years and Patrick's friend Chris has been our go to photographer for the last five years. He even took some newborn photos of Emily, almost 8 years ago! We are always very happy with the photos he ends up capturing and are thankful to have these memories of our ever changing little family.

Maggie's a teenager!

Maggie turned 13 this year so we celebrated with a homemade cake and lots of extra loving on our sweet pup!

October: That's a wrap

October brought us many things: getting into the new school year routine, travels to WI and Illinois, dance, gymnastics, karate, leaf pile making/jumping, and fun times with friends!


Aubrey loves to help cook and bake!

Halloween

This year Aubrey wanted a pumpkin with a scary smile and Emily wanted a candy corn pumpkin. What the girls want, the girls get. At least in terms of pumpkins. They had fun cleaning out the pumpkins and directing me during carving.

Emily decided to go as one of the fairy characters from her favorite book series: Rainbow Magic and Aubrey chose a monarch butterfly this year. The girls have gotten plenty of use out of their costumes this year: Great Wolf Lodge, Chicago, Ridgeview's costume party, dance classes, and halloween night.

On Halloween night we get together with other families in the neighborhood who have kiddos around Emily and Aubrey's age. We are five years in the making of pizza and trick or treating with neighborhood families. We are happy to keep this tradition going as long as the kiddos are up for it!

Gold Belt

Emily's now a gold belt, don't mess with this girl! :)