Beautiful Sunday afternoon

We went to the park tonight after dinner to enjoy the beautiful weather. I can't seem to get enough of it. I live for this weather all year long. I haven't had to turn on the air or heat the entire month, which in itself is amazing in North Carolina. The park we went to has this pond with tons of fish and turtles in it so the kids loved watching them.

They found one!

My 2 little kids and my 1 big kid ; )

Yep, I was there too.

Cooper was spinning a little too fast and was about to fall off. And having the best time of his life!

Family Weekend

Phillip's sister, Shawna, and her family come up every October to visit. I love it! The girls love each other so much and we love going to this hayride place together every year. We had a perfect October day so it really couldn't have gotten better!

The girls watching a movie together in my bed. Love that they love each other so much!

Great family pic!

A GREAT shot of all the kids together. I can't believe they all actually smiled at the same time.

She was so excited she actually got one in. And that I got a picture of it!

He kept saying "Giddyup horsie" over and over again. It was awesome.

Twinner girls. When I got up this morning, I saw Maddy's shirt and I couldn't believe it because I had gotten Addison the same exact one. And we both got them from consignment shops. And Maddy wanted her hair done just like Addison's. They are adorable!

The babes playing mini-golf

Addison LOVES getting her face painted. And she has really become so photogenic lately. I love it!

Coop was obsessed with this tractor. He screamed when I made him get off, even after sitting on it for a half hour.

On the hayride!

Cooper was looking at the ghost on the tree saying "Oooooh"

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture. Em just grabbed Cooper's hand and started walking away together. We had been trying to get them to hug each other all day so we could get a picture but mostly Cooper refused so I was excited to get a picture of them finally. Megan said that we can put this picture in their wedding slideshow ; )

Mommy Daughter Night and Glow Bath

My friend Megan invited a bunch of us over for a Mommy/Daughter makeover night. Addison LOVED it. She had an absolute blast and still been talking about it a week later. Her favorite thing was painting my fingernails all by herself. It was very cute. She even put my makeup on and it actually came out pretty good. I was highly impressed!

Pretty lady with her pink and sparkly hair, green fingernails and dark pink lipstick!

Love the girls oohing and aahing over their very girly stuff

She loved this clown nose. No idea why but she's cute!

Me and my girl with each others makeovers

Megan posted a picture of her kids with glow sticks in the bath and thought that was a fantastic idea. I knew the kids would love it and they totally did. They thought it was the greatest thing ever. Plus, we had to wash all of that pink out of Addison's hair. The sparkles were getting all over the house!

Awesome picture of the glow bracelets

Birthday Boy

My big birthday boy is 2! We love him so much I can barely stand it. He's such a funny kid and does the cutest things all the time. He's so observant and loves to copy everything we do. He loves Addison and loves playing with (and teasing) her. I'm so so glad he's part of our family! Happy Birthday to my boy!

My parents and Quin came over for pizza and cake. We finally got to enjoy the beautiful weather we've been having and got to play outside for a bit. Couldn't ask for a better day!

Brobee Cake! If you don't know, Brobee is a character on Yo Gabba Gabba, Cooper's absolute favorite TV show.

Loving his Mr. Potato Head!

Open! Open!!

He was SO cute blowing out the candle. It took him a good 20 tries to finally blow it out. He was trying SO hard but he finally did it!

Me and my boy

Nom nom nom...

Annual Tradition

Every year we get together with our friends on the first Monday of October for Family Home Evening to paint pumpkins. Addison LOVES this. She asks every year when we're doing it and what she's going to paint, etc... Cooper wasn't that into it but hopefully he'll like it more when he's older!

The kiddos hard at work

My pretty girl with her finished pumpkin.

Definitely a Stefani pumpkin. Every year I pretty much hate what I draw because I am definitely not an artist and it never comes out looking good. I saw a pumpkin like this on Pinterest and I couldn't resist. I LOVE how it turned out. Love the polka dots (of course)

Phillip wanted to do one of Yo Gabba Gabba for Cooper since that's his favorite show. I was pretty impressed with how it came out!

The back

All of the finished products