Late October - Early November 2016

Our family said goodbye to our first home of our ownr. It was bitter-sweet and I still can't really look at the pictures without getting a little emotional. So many wonderful moments, memories, hugs & kisses, and beautiful friendships were made here. Our little red brick home will always have a special place in my heart!

When the girls went into their room, empty...that's when I got really sad. We brought my two sweet babies home to this house.

We packed three U-Boxes full of our stuff to send to Boston

We played in the front yard one last time, enjoying the fall leaves.

Jayne hugging "her" tree goodbye

We wrapped up the sale of the house just in time for Halloween. We trick-or-treated in my parents' neighborhood. The girls both loved it! Jayne's little legs got tired pretty quickly (we'll have to remember that for next year!) but both girls were thrilled that people just wanted to give them candy!

And one last picture, from a dinner out at our favorite Art City Trolley (we will miss this place!), complete with a free birthday slice of cheesecake.

Cornbelly's 2016

 We love our Cornbelly's :) 

It has gotten a little crowded over the years which we don't love, but we knew we were moving out-of-state this year so we decided to give it one last season of fun!

I think Jayne was the most excited out of all of us this year because she could remember her favorites from last year. It was so cute! She ended up really liking "Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" after we checked it the movie out from the library earlier this month, so the theme of Peanuts for Cornbelly's/the corn maze was perfect for her.

Jayne's first request was the Cow Train, so we went straight there :) She was thrilled!

The corn pit is always nice and cool, so it was perfect for the heat of the day

Next up was princess playland. They have dresses the the kids can continually dress-up in, and that's just what Jayne does. Dress on, dance & twirl, switch dress, repeat...she loves it! Plus this year Elle is mobile so she loved just standing on the stage and watching/admiring Jayne.

Just watch Jayne in this video, she could twirl forever. There's something so sweet about it:

  

The royal princess in her coach

This area is a little girl's dream

My mom and Jocelyn are always our Cornbelly's buddies. We love spending time with them. Jayne really enjoyed the big pink slide this year and wanted to go on it over and over again, with everyone. Here's a video of some of the fun:

Giant pink slide for the win!

Aunt Jocelyn!

They had a fun trick-or-treat parade this year. The girls got to go around to different characters/business mascots and collect candy. Needless to say, they loved it!

We had some dinner and then headed back for a bit more night-time fun. Love these cuties!

 I love watching the weather evolution throughout our Cornbelly's visits. First shorts and tees, then jackets and jeans, and then back to short sleeves. That's Fall for ya!

Jayne was thrilled to meet Lucy this day...its all because of that movie!

  

One weekend Heather and Kevin & kids came to join us. Jayne loves her kiddos and we loved having the company! They played on the hay tower slides for a long time. It was great!

Elle discovered she could stand up on the pumpkin train and LOVED pointing out anything/everything on our ride. Her little fingers and excitement were adorable. 

Holla to our pals in the back!

Not sure when we'll be back, but thanks for the memories Cornbelly's!!

Fall Photo Shoot - October 2016

We had some photos taken to celebrate Fall, pumpkins and adorable kids! :)

Seriously though, I love these photos and will treasure those kissable faces forever.

Jayne's 3rd Birthday

Jayne turned 3 this past weekend, THREE! How is my little baby that big? At least I have another small little kiddo so my momma heart isn't totally broken :) We celebrated the day before Jayne's birthday with a little birthday party. We rented a princess castle water bounce house/slide and prayed for sunny weather. Luckily, we got it! It was a perfectly warm day and the kids had a lot of fun!

Friends and family came to help celebrate

We let the kids run free, had otter pops and princess cupcakes and opened presents.

Cupcake face!

Cute little Elle in the background! :)

Paige and the birthday girl!

Getting warm and dry in the sun

Swimming, slides, sugar, friends and presents - I'd say Jayne was one happy birthday girl!

 

 Sunday was her actual birthday. We started of the morning with our traditional pan"cake" breakfast stack. Look how grown up she looks...ah, it happened so fast!

After church we headed up to my parents. We made her cake together there. Jayne had been so excited about this part and was a great helper!

She asked for a "piiiint and purple kitty" cake so that's what she got!

Happy Birthday sweet Jayne. We love you so much!