Furry Pals

Mom's friend, Joann, sent a couple of big fluffy dogs for the kids to cuddle with while watching television. Needless to say, they were a big hit. Jared has moved his from the living room to his bedroom and back again (over and over).

THANK YOU, Joann!

Presents for the birthday girl

Books were this year's birthday theme. Evie really likes to "read." She mostly identifies letters and tells you the sounds they make (she doesn't know all the sounds, but she's working on it!). Anyway, she got a cute bag, filled with books. Grandma and Grandpa got her a cute pop-up play tent. In the last picture, she's wearing a butterfly from the tent, but somehow I didn't get any pics of the actual tent. I'll have to take care of that....

Second (& final) trip to the zoo

We headed back to the zoo on Saturday. Two pluses---Jared got to go and the rides were open! A trip on the teacups is necessary and Jared wanted to to ride the logs, too.

No pictures were taken as proof, but me, Scott, Grandma and Jared rode the bumper cars. Grandpa stayed with the girls. The bumper cars were so much fun!!

Birthday (Cup)Cakes

Okay, so I'm all about the Pink Moon Cupcake Bakery these days, so that's what we had for Evie's birthday. Her 3rd birthday is actually today, the 12th, but we indulged in birthday-happiness yesterday.

Evie had the Princess, Jared the Spiderman, Scott the apple crumb cake, Me the peppermint chocolate, Grandma the lemon coconut, Grandpa the carrot cake and one extra--the pumpkin. Can't go wrong with so many yummy choices.

(Grandma only had one request---she did not want whatever it was that James got over the summer! :) )

First trip to the zoo

No trip to visit the Browns seems to be complete without a couple of trips to the zoo. We made our first trip on Friday, the 10th while Jared was in school. Evie and Grandpa really enjoyed the gorillas.

Mommy & Madison

My mom took a few candid photos of me and Madison sitting on the kitchen floor. I don't normally care for pictures of me, but I couldn't resist liking these!

Pumpkin Farm

Grandma and Grandpa arrived on Friday, the 3rd. We headed to a local pumpkin farm on Saturday. We managed a few pics of Jared & Evie....