Happy Halloween!!

This afternoon, we dressed Addison as Abby Cadabby and went on a stroll in downtown Woodstock for the trick or treating festivities. Addison has loved Elmo and Abby Cadabby for a while now, so we thought this would be the perfect thing to dress up as on Halloween. Thanks to Aunt JeniLee, she looked as cute as she could be. Here are some pictures of our afternoon with Abby.

Enjoying a blue raspberry snow cone. Thank goodness it matched her outfit!

Having her face painted for the first time. She did great!

Cutest little pumpkin ever!

Tonight, we are looking forward to passing out candy and trick or treating at the apartment.

Visit from Uncle Seamus, Aunt Katie, and Gavin

Early Friday morning, my baby sister and her family, minus Logan, came to stay for the weekend. We had gotten tickets to see Toy Story on Ice 3 at the Phillips Arena. I have to say it was EXCELLENT!! Addison was sooo excited to see her cousin and would call his name and point to the characters on the ice during the show. She wanted to make sure he was seeing it all too. On Saturday, Matt and I helped at the youth yard sale, so the rest of the family visited the Georgia Aquarium and the Coco-cola Factory. Reports are that Addison was very good and had a great time. Hopefully, my sister will get some pictures posted on her blog of the trip. We really enjoyed having them here and hated to see them leave today. Can't wait to see them all again in a couple of weeks when Addison and I visit Florida.

Quick breakfast before leaving for the show...so convenient having McDonald's right by the apartment

Enjoying the show with Aunt Katie

Army men were really fun

Clapping to the Hoedown Throw down

From Facebook, we found out the Parker's were going to be at the show too, so after, we meet up for some lunch. We had a great time visiting!!

Pumpkin Carving with Addie

On Tuesday, Addison, mom and I decided to carve the pumpkin we had gotten at Burt's. We had a great time together!

Digging out the inside. She wasn't so sure at first...

...so she decided one seed at a time

Helping Nana pick out all the seeds so we could cook and eat them

After we finished carving, she decided she wanted to paint it, so we got out our finger paints

Our little Picasso

All ready for the candle

Nana got us some really cool candles that were battery operated and still looked like a real candle

Papa and Nana Come to Visit

We were so excited when we found out dad had a meeting in Callaway and mom and him would be able to swing by for a visit after leaving. They arrived on Wednesday, and dad got to stay until Saturday morning. Mom got to spend the rest of the weekend and next week with us. We had such a great time. On Thursday, we went to the Apple Orchard again and then stopped by Burt's Pumpkin Patch before heading home. We had a great time picking out pumpkins for everyone. On Friday, we headed to the mall for a little shopping, and then to Heritage Park Friday night for some hill riding. Oh, how I wish I could include those videos, but I promised they would not be posted. Lots of laughs is all I have to say about that.

So many pumpkins!

Helping Papa wheel the pumpkins to check out

Trying on Papa's boots

Enjoying the park

After riding the hills with Nana and Papa

Heading to the mall for some shopping

Apple Orchards

Today, we were invited to go to the apple orchards with our worship pastor, his family, and some of their friends. We had a wonderful time and have lots of pictures to share with you of our day...

Apple of our eye

Family picture, notice the bag we got to fill up with apples...may look small, but it holds ALOT!

Excited to have picked her very first apple off the tree

This was an apple shooter they had at the orchard...we were cheap and didn't buy tickets to do it, but that didn't stop the kids(and men) from trying to throw the apples at the targets. This is 6 of the 11 kids that went.

...and we had to taste

There were all kinds of different apples to pick

After the apple orchard, we brought a picnic lunch to enjoy. We decided to go visit the Amicalola falls and eat there while we were so close. This place is beautiful, and we can't wait to go back for a hiking trip.


Enjoying the scenery around our picnic table.

Picnics are always so much fun!

Dawson, Ethan, and Addison enjoying the snake exhibit at the falls.

Of course, we had to try out the playground there.

The beautiful Amicalola Falls...isn't God's creation AMAZING!!!

Had to throw this pick in....Addison thinks every time we leave the apartment now that she must take ALL of her purses with her. The other day she told me "hold a second" and this is what she came back with...too funny!

"Marmellows are Nummy"

Addison loves marshmallows. When she eats Lucky Charms, she manages to eat nothing but the marshmallows out of the bowl. Her dad told her the other day that marshmallows were yummy, now she says that whenever she eats them. So funny!

Addison has also started playing with her baby dolls more. She sits them in her seat and feeds and reads to them. It is so funny to watch her. Here she is reading to her babies. I started taping her a little to late.

Elmo Live

We have been looking forward to this since we moved to Georgia. Addison has been in love with Elmo for a while now, so we were excited to find out he was coming to Atlanta. Our seats at the show were a little far back, but we had a great time none the less.

All ready to go in my cute new shirt made by Aunt JeniLee

Waiting in line to get in

Addie and her new friend Zoe

Enjoying some yummy popcorn

Waiting on the show to start