Happy Monday

Is there anything better than playing all weekend?  The kind that certain things are scheduled in advance and other things are started with an impromptu text asking if Makenna and Rylan can come out and play.  And when there's just enough wiggle room to say YES, they can, and what are you thinking?  

So when Auntie/Grandma Marie sent out the invitation we jumped at the opportunity meeting her first thing Saturday morning at a small local zoo, Cosley Zoo.  She has been wanting to take the kids to see their newly acquired bobcats so we quickly got dressed for a fun morning outside that had the perfect amount of sunny Autumn chill.

Hello kitty...Doesn't he look like you can just snuggle with him? ;)

Their adoration for each other is so neat to watch.

  We then headed to the Wheaton Farmers Market  and after buying kale, apples and salted caramel marshmallows (so yum!), we settled in to watch the passing trains for the little boy in our lives.

After saying goodbye to Marie we traveled to my mom's church to drop off the kids to their halloween party and Scott and I enjoyed a night out.  (Thanks mom!! xo)

love.

 Sunday morning we woke up to another gorgeous fall day and the kids eagerly looked forward to the day we had planned.  Makenna's friend came over late morning and after lots of playtime and a lunch of chicken nuggets, tator tots and grapes we all bundled up and headed to downtown Naperville where each year they throw a large festive party outside with lots of games, inflatables and of course, treats.

A fun way to kick off Halloween Costume Fun!  And after such a great weekend, we are fulfilled and ready to start another week with of course a lot more fun on hump day. We wish you a wonderful safe and Halloween and are keeping lots of positive thoughts for those on the East Coast.

hello again!

We are here. We are good. Life is pretty sweet, and we have just been busy with lots of different things!  I have lots of stories to tell but first, our past weekend in photos.

 We have had several visits to different pumpkin farms and on Saturday we headed out to Cottonwood Farms where we indulged in apple cider doughnuts, cider, sweet potato fries and soaked in Autumn's beauty.

On Sunday our friend Dave shared his new pantoon boat with us.  As we strolled down the Rock River, we basked in the warm Fall day (it was in the high 60's!) and relaxed on the water.

 The highlight for all the boys, and pretty cool for all of us, was watching the freight trains cross over the train bridge.  Each time Rylan would hear the train horn from afar, he would shout..."a train..a train..another one is coming!!"  Let's just say Ry was in heaven!

spotting the train

and we did a bit of fishing.

 This handsome fellow had fun driving the boat himself.  The smile saids it all.

 Happy Fall Y''all.  We are certainly enjoying all that there is to offer in this special season.
#fallismyfavorite

Back soon! xo K