Friday, October 29, 2010

Fall

This time of year always proves to be busy. Partly because the weather is finally nice and we're trying to fit in as much "outside time" as possible (zoo, pumpkin patch, riding bikes, park, Forest Park train), partly because the holidays are on the horizon, but let's be honest- it's football season. And TCU is good this year. REALLY good! Our weekends revolve around whether or not there's a home game, are we or are we not taking the kids and if not, who's watching them. They've come to 2 games already and were very intimidated the first time by the crowds & noises. The first time was also a daddy-daughter outing, so Adelyn & I weren't there. The second time went much more smoothly (even though we only made it to halftime, but that beats leaving 4 minutes into the second quarter like they did the first game!) and the girls talk about them like they were the best days of their lives. We met up with our dear friends the Collettes for lunch before the BYU game. We first met each other in Waco when Sarabeth & their oldest daughter decided they were going to be fast friends at the ripe ol' age of 18 months. Pretty cute that 3 years later our families have collectively doubled in size and Sarabeth & Ava are still sweet friends!

Yes, Anabelle has crazy eyes. I tried to use the red eye reduction tool and this was the result. And yes, Adelyn is crying in the high chair because she just bumped her head on the table. We left the restaurant seconds after this was taken. I didn't even get any pics of their sweet 5 month old who was in her carseat!

Steph & me outside Blue Mesa.

Adelyn with our neighbor Janna at the game.

Daddy & his girls :)


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Homestead Farm

I remember reading a story in the local Keller paper last year about a farm right here in the area owned by a TCU grad. I was intrigued but never looked into it. My friend Melissa, who's currently heading up our playgroup adventures, scheduled a trip to the farm a few weeks ago. We didn't know much about it, but knew we'd get to do a hayride, take a tour of the farm, and eat a picnic lunch there. It thankfully was on a morning that was cooler, and ended up being the perfect day. I've driven past it tons of times and never even noticed, and is less than 5 minutes from the house. After talking to the owner and his wife I learned it's a 14-acre working goat farm. It was charming and simple, and the kids had the time of their lives feeding goats, petting chickens, being followed by cows and horses on the hayride and playing with pumpkins in the farm stand. So fun!

Anabelle and my adorably pregnant friend Meagan

Sarabeth on the hayride

Petting the chicken

Yes, Adelyn was there too, just asleep in her stroller :)

Anabelle feeding the goats

Sarabeth feeding the goats

Stones & Muffins

This morning in the car on the way to school...

Anabelle: Can we have muffins after school today?
Me: Muffins? Um, maybe. Where do we get muffins?
Anabelle: You know, the big place where we go to get stones and muffins.
Me: You mean Starbucks where we've gotten scones before? (realizing we were at a stoplight in front of Starbucks)
Anabelle: Yeah, stones from Starbucks!