Fabulous Weekend!

We had a great weekend. To start, Will and I got an invite from Brook on Friday night to go to the balloon fest in OP. It was fantastic! There were around 16 or so hot air balloons tied down and at dusk they started to light them up. Every so often the crowd would count down from 10 and then all the balloons would light up. We got to walk up close to the balloons too. Very cool. Thanks for the invite Brook and for sharing your funnel cake with us = )


Will loved watching all of the balloons but was a little scared of the hot fire. When we got home, Will was so tired and asked me if it was okay to go to bed!

Later Friday night, Grandma Barb and the Turners came to visit. Grandma Barb, Ella, and Claire had a sleep-over at our house. In the morning, the kids played and then we all got ready to go to Deanna Rose Farm while Jami and Erick went to the ISU football game. We had so much fun at the farm!!

Posing on the pumpkin display at the entrance. Unfortunately, I never did get a good picture of the 3 of them but I did try several times! And yes, Ella was the only one looking in all the pictures I took...the other two couldn't hold the pose long enough = )


Cute picture of the 3 kids on the train.


Ella sitting in a desk at the Old School House. She started preschool this year and loves school!

The girls "milking" the cow

The girls riding the horses. Will was too young to ride (have to be 3) so maybe next year. He was excited to watch the girls though.




Bottle feeding the goats. Ella loved this. Will and Claire did for a little while and then decided it would be more fun to wash their hands = )



Dancing along to the music. It was the apple festival there so they had lots of little entertainment areas. The kids had fun dancing!


After the farm, we went to our favorite place Peachwave! Of course, the kids loved the frozen yogurt and Will loved the toppings = ) Then we headed home and Jami came to pick up the girls. Saturday night, Will stayed home and played with Grandma while Brian and I went to a friend's for a poker game. As always it was a great time with friends! And of course, Will had so much fun with Grandma. He woke up this morning and immediately asked where she was! This morning we played some more and had breakfast, then went to meet the Turners to say our good-byes, which is always the saddest part :( We had so much fun though and can't wait until next time.

Will and I then headed home and took a much needed nap. Brian ended up not having to work all day so we all just hung out and watched football. So all in all to was a fabulous weekend that we wish didn't have to end!!