Camping fun and Lauren learned to ride her bike with NO training wheels! : )

Been having alot of fun around here lately.....absolutely love the fall season! We were able to get away for another quick camping trip a few weekends ago with Nana and Papa....enjoyed Springmill State Park, one of our favorite places to go! And this trip was made even better with Lauren learning how to ride her bike without training wheels while we were there...woohoo! : ) We just enjoyed Fall Break last week (took the girls to a hotel around here to have a night of swimming in the indoor pool, relaxing in the hot tub and just having fun together!)....this weekend is our church's Harvest Bash, the girls' fall parties at school and trick-or-treating....better rest while I can! : )

Trip to the orchard....

We headed over to one of our favorite orchards close to our house (Anderson's) to check out their annual fall festival recently....always a good time! The girls enjoyed getting to pick out their own apples, Mama enjoyed the craft fair and I think Daddy just enjoyed being outside! We had a really nice day together.....I love FALL! : )

Chicago Trip for Mommy & Daddy! : )

Jason had a work conference back in mid September in Chicago so we decided to make it a little getaway for just the two of us....thank God for Grandma who came to our house and watched the Massey girlies for us! : ) We really enjoyed just getting away for a couple of days....the weather was great! We spent the first day walking EVERYWHERE downtown, loved it but had some pretty tired feet by the end of that day! The next day, Jason had to attend his trade show so I was able to spend some time shopping (by myself...woohoo!), eating and reading! Doesn't get any better than that! : )

Fun day at the park!

I surprised the younger two and had an impromptu picnic lunch at the park followed by ice cream cones at the ice cream shop! You would have thought that I told them they won a million dollars (or a million toys!)....they had a ball! : ) It is still hot here so the sun was beating down on us but there was an nice breeze so it was a great day to eat outside and enjoy the playground. By the time we got home, Katelyn was sound asleep and Lauren was ready to chill out for awhile!

Raspberry picking with Katelyn! : )

Since the older 2 girlies are at school during the week now, I've been trying to find some fun things to do with just Mama and Katelyn. Just so happens that we were invited by some other mommy friends w/ their kiddos to head out to an orchard here in Mooresville for some raspberry picking today. It was a gorgeous and cooler morning so it was perfect for it! I think Katie enjoyed carrying around the bucket just as much as putting the berries in it.....we had a great time and enjoyed being outside and having some fun with good friends at the same time!

More birthday fun for Lauren....at the lake!

We finally finished up the partying for Lauren's birthday by hosting a family birthday party at Grandma and Grandpa's lake house. It was a bit of a cloudy day for the party but turned out to still be alot of fun.....and the sun eventually snuck out for us to get in some swimming in the cove and a round of tubing! : ) She wanted a "beach/lake" theme for this party so Mama tried her hand at making a lake/beach cake, complete with fish, palm trees and a mermaid!

All in all, another great time with family, food and fun! : )