Gettysburg

The kids had off school for election day and we took advantage of absolutely beautiful weather for a field trip to Gettysburg.  It was so nice we didn't even want to do the visitor center.  Instead we took the tour to the Eisenhower Farm and hung out at some of the monuments and tower.  The kids love this stuff as much as I do, for which I'm very grateful! 

They were filling out their junior secret service badge paperwork:)

They're lucky they're so cute because I do NOT like heights, but we climbed up that tower and I'm pretty sure they didn't even know I was scared to death lol!

There's mom-mom

Badges earned!

Stopped for apples on the way home:)

Happy Halloween

Aliyah is Anna from Frozen and Max was excited to wear a hand me down (from Luke!) Ninja costume.

We were happy to have our friends come with us this year!

Checking out their loot!

Apparently we carved too early this year, the mold had already taken them over!

Friday was the school Halloween Parade and class parties!

I am Aliyah's room mom so I was in her class but towards the end we packed up and headed upstairs to Max's class.   They were excited to see us.  His teacher is super sweet and ushered Aliyah right over to the carpet with Max to listen to the Halloween story his class mom was reading.  She was pretty excited to "hang with the first graders"!

Saturday we had a last minute bowling/costume birthday party for a boy in Aliyah's class.  It was a perfect Saturday afternoon adventure and the kids had fun despite Aliyah's cold.

Rivah House

We had a beautiful Fall weekend at the River House in VA!  It was a little later than we usually go down because Uncle Ron and Aunt Anne had a wonderful few weeks traveling out west.  We were very fortunate for still warm and great weather.  Scott and Michelle were busy with Family Weekend at UVA with Blake but were kind enough to come down Friday evening for dinner to see us and leave Barrick with us.  Of course the kids had a blast with her and she minded her "shadow Max" quite well!

Ron, Ryan and Nate in their "Happy Place"

She made her own arts and crafts project!

 It didn't take long Saturday morning after we got up for this to happen:) 

Some Friday night snuggles with Scott as he reads the book she wrote.