Lillian's 1 year photos!

We had a fabulous time taking pictures with Amanda.  She once again captured Lillian in all her cuteness.  We went to the world's cutest cupcake shop, The Flying Cupcake.  Then we head back to her in-laws house to get a few more in.  Lillian was in a decent mood.  We should've taken a few at the cupcake shop before digging into the cupcake.  Then once we were at the house you will see her "don't tell me no face" in two of the shots.  I love them.  Amanda is so talented and I love, love, love getting our lives captured by her.  I can't wait to look at the pictures years down the road. 

Thank you Amanda!!!

To view Lillian's whole gallery you'll have to go to Amanda's website.  They are all so cute.  Feel free to comment on here what your favorites are and maybe give a shout out to Amanda :) 

http://www.amandaelpersphotography.com/

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BTW I think I adjusted the settings so that anyone can leave comments even without an account. Because I love getting comments :)

Fun on the Farm

On one of the last really nice days we went up to a dairy farm.  They had a farmer's market that we had fun walking around.  Then we walked down to look at the cows and chickens.  Josiah was definately the most entertained by the cows pooping. 

Josiah's reaction to the bull

Lillian didn't mind so much even though it's head was bigger than her.

Josiah sat on the bale of hay eating an apple, watching the tractor.

Go Horse!!!

Colts, Colts, Colts!!!

I'm glad that we finally had a Colts family picture taken! We were very blue.  Josiah liked that we were wearing our "go colts" clothes. 

Here is a view of our season ticket seats.  They are first level, 15 rows up.  We've been happy with them.  Just sometimes it's hard to see the other end of the field.

 

We went to our normal tailgating lot before 4 (game didn't start until 8:30) and it was already full.  We had a good time tailgating with our friends.

The game was awesome!!!  For those of you who live under a rock or just don't follow football, I'll fill you in.  We played the New England Patriots yesterday.  Big Deal?  YES!  They are Indy's main rival. We were down (losing) and came back the last 4 minutes.  The energy in the stadium was insane.  It was so loud.  The excitement poured out into the streets afterwards also.  Best game I have ever been to.  So fun.  Go Colts!

What a beautiful site! (the scoreboard)

Muddy

We went to the dirt bike track to play on the jumps. Josiah loves to put his pretend helmet on and run all over. On our way back to the house we came across this big irresistible mud puddle. It was so slippery they would fall just standing up. Grant said this is his favorite picture of them together. They are serious in all of these pictures because of the garbage truck.

Happy Halloween

I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. We had a good one. I know as the kids get older it will only get funner. We the started the evening with the family rounds. Then we went to our neighborhood pitch in. I think it combined people from the 3 streets around here. There were lots of people and lots of good food. It was pretty cold and Lillian was being very clingy. Jojo wasn't sure of all the things going on. The kids rode on a wagon so that they wouldn't have to walk on the county road. Josiah liked looking at it but definately did not want to ride.

Mom helped me make her skirt. It was so fun. Thanks Mom! I had to flat iron her hair to curl on the top then I held her hair in my teeth so that I could tie the bow.
The last count I heard of how many kids were on the wagon was 34.


These were glowsticks that our neighbor gave Jojo. He had fun being a bee. This was from this week. Uncle Brad put our new doors up through out the house. I was happy to get this picture because whenever he puts this hat on he calls it his "Brad Hat".

Sorry about the silly layout. I can't figure out why this has happenend. I can't center my pictures or my text. If anyone knows why let me know how I can fix it. It is driving me crazy!

St. Louis Part 2

I was so excited to finally go up in the arch! I've been to the arch or passed through St. Louis too many times and I've never been up to the top.(actually I think I might have gone up when I was too young to remember) So John, Emily, Jojo, and I made the 4 minute trip to the top. We told Josiah he was going to go up in a spaceship. He did get a little scared while we were up there, but then he saw a helicopter and everything became ok.

It was the perfect fall day. I think the park around the arch was one of the most beautiful scenes. The smell of the leaves was intoxicating and their crunchiness was perfect! We took our time going back to the car just so we could enjoy the walk.

Congratulations Zach and Catherine!

Zach and Catherine got married on October 24th in St. Louis. It was such a beautiful day and the wedding was intimate and very nice. Catherine looked beautiful and Zach was beaming. We wish you the best and are so happy for you.