Trunk or Treat...kind of

We went to our ward Trunk or Treat on Friday. It was raining though, so we had to move it inside to the gym. Jack was super cute in his lion costume! He does not like wearing the hat but I have been making him put it on everyday hoping that he would get used to it. I was so surprised because he left it on all night!
Jack and his friend Bennett the pirate.

His friend Samuel, the ER doctor. His dad is in a medical residency here, so I thought his was super cute!

Jack and Crew were looking at each other like...."Why do you have that weird thing on your head?" It was hilarious!

There were so many cute costumes there and I am retarded and only took a few pictures. Jack caught on pretty quick that every new person we went up to would give us more candy to put in our bag and he was having a lot of fun. The good thing though, is he doesn't even really know what candy is so basically I have been eating it ALL!! Justin helps a little, but I definitely am the one caught red handed in the candy bowl throughout the day. There's no limits on candy at Halloween....right?

House Hunting

We went for a drive yesterday to look at some more beautiful homes in our area. I think I am going to live in Ohio. Well, not really...but I do LOVE all of the beautiful homes there are to see.
These first two were in the same neighborhood that had the most beautiful landscaping.

And this last one, I think we have decided to buy. We'll see if they take our offer next week.

Hee hee.... I wish.

5K

We ran a 5K with some of our friends on Saturday in Lakewood. It is a really cute town right on Lake Erie.

Here we are gearing up for the race and trying to warm up in the 45 degree weather! So much for our 80 degrees of the week before!

Jack was the youngest participant. :) Justin pushed him in the jogger. He's mad in this picture because he couldn't get his mittens off.

The race was in an awesome location. We ran through a neighborhood where everyone's back yard was Lake Erie. How fun would that be? It was nice to catch a glimpse of it in between the houses.
Our goal was to not be dead last......we did it! :) We definitely didn't finish first but ended up somewhere in the middle. That's good enough for me!

After the race with the lake behind us.

It was really fun to do it with so many friends!! Thanks guys for bearing the freezing cold weather!! Maybe we should make this a tradition?

My new favorite fruit

Apples!!

We went to the Fruit Farm (again!) and Jack's friend, Lily was loving the apples. I had never just given a whole apple to Jack to eat, but I did and he would not put it down. He loved it! It was cute to see him work really hard to get a bite. He was not happy when it I took it away because it had got so dirty from him trying to play in the sand and eat the apple at the same time. Gross...

More apples this way!

Yummy!

Lily, in on the action...

Lily is one of Jack's best friends. He is ALWAYS asking for Lily and Lily is ALWAYS asking for Jack. They are really funny to watch. They play so good together. I never have to worry when Lily is over. It is endless entertainment for Jack and she is always so sweet. She even gives him kisses...often. :) Hopefully her dad doesn't mind.

Crew

This is Jack's friend Crew. He is such a cutie!!! As you can tell, he has Jack beat on growing some hair by a long shot! We were able to have him over to our house a while ago and they had so much fun. Jack saw him a few rows up at church on Sunday and kept saying "Hi! Crew....Crew.....Hi!" He doesn't quit understand that we have to whisper in church yet. Oh well, it was still pretty cute!

Out for a Sunday drive

We had an awesome Sunday! The weather was amazing, 75-80 degrees, and we were able to be outside a lot. After church we went for a drive, which totally reminds me of when I was little. My mom and dad used to take us on a "Sunday drive" all the time. I remember not all of the siblings were very excited about it, but I don't think I used to mind. But then again, maybe I was the one throwing the fit in the back seat of our van? Probably not though...that just seems out of my character, right mom? :)

Anyways, we drove to a little park/trail on the way to Chagrin Falls, had a picnic and went for a walk. The trees are amazing right now.

We saw this house and thought that if we were making lots and lots of money, which obviously we are not, then we would buy it. We don't always agree on houses that we like, but this one we were both in love with. If Ohio wasn't so far away from our families then I would live here. I LOVE Ohio. It is so beautiful!!

On our walk we were trying to teach Jack how to skip. He was pretty proud of himself, even though I'm not sure why he thinks he is skipping by swiveling his hips. It was pretty funny.

Patterson Fruit Farm visit #3

Did I mention that I love this place?? Not to mention that it was 80 degrees and sunny. It was the perfect day!!

This time we walked down to a little creek and saw some little fish and threw rocks in the water. Jack would pick up a rock, throw it, and then say "Another one...another one." He did NOT want to stop. He was so sad and cried the first time we tried to leave, so we let him throw the rocks a while longer. He is all boy!

Whoa... don't fall in!

Patterson Fruit Farm visit #2

We finally got a chance to take Justin out to the farm with us. It was a little muddy from the rain storm the day before, but still my favorite place ever! :)

Jack is in love with slides and there are like 5 different slides there, so he was loving it. I will be so sad when they close for the year!

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Reason #357 why I love the Fall

General Conference!!

I cannot express how much I LOVE General Conference!! The whole spirit of the entire weekend is amazing. To be able to hear a prophet in our time who gives us council straight from the Lord is such a blessing. I honestly wonder almost every day why I was lucky enough to be born into a righteous family with parents who love the gospel. I have no idea why Heavenly Father has given me so many blessings in my life, but I am truly thankful that He has. General Conference gives me a much needed spiritual boost that helps me to see and recognize all of those blessings. It gives me the extra strength to be a better person, and a better member of the church. When I was younger, conference was often a time to doze off! I never truly captured the spirit of the messages that the speakers were sharing. Now that I am married and also a mother, I just want to soak it all up!

So far, my favorite talk is Elder L. Tom Perry's on how to simplify our lives. I loved it!! Make room for those things that are most important in our lives and the essentials we need to "survive" and make it back to our Heavenly Father. Such a sweet, simple message.

I hope that as I come away from this weekend, I remember the messages shared and the principles taught.