On this harvest moon...

Another weekend is in the books!  Emma started feeling better and went back to school Thursday.  Friday night she and I went to a football a football game.  My oldest nephew is in the marching band and we wanted to see him.  It ended up being a great game and Emma has a lot of fun!

Saturday we didn't do much. Today we decided to go to a pumpkin patch.  It didn't have many pumpkins and was rather a flop. Emma has been a little on the grouchy side, ok, A LOT on the grouchy side.  But I did get a few pictures then we stopped at my brother's heavily decorated house and got a few more pictures!

Sick days

Well, Emma is sick.  In fact, she is still sleeping at it's 8:40!  She has had a few restless nights and has finally found solace sleeping on the floor in the living room.  I slept on the couch to keep an eye on her and Justin found a spot on the lush hardwood as well.  We are really just playing the waiting game to see if she has Hand, foot, and mouth.  Her throat is covered and she has sinus issues.  I hope her fever has broken, but won't know for sure until she wakes up and we can check it.  I'm going into work late today and Justin is going to hang out with her.

Fall = football and GERMS

It's fall!  I've been acorn hunting and I love finding a green one and watching it change to that pretty brown.

We have had a pretty uneventful week.  Just hanging out and having fun

Fun until Saturday when Emma woke up with a fever and has been super cranky because she feels so bad.  When I picked her up Friday her teacher said that most of the class has been out due to hand, foot, and mouth.  I'm so not happy we just found at the end of the week.  I'm pretty sure Emma will end up with the sores in the next few days.  Of course now my throat has been sore for two days... BLAH!

We are big Chicago Bears fans in this house so Emma wore her shirt today.  This was her real mood when I asked for a picture.

(Like her shoes? She picked them out herself, and refused to put on ones that matched!)

This is the picture I got when I tricked her to look at me.

Justin is going to take Emma to the doctor tomorrow morning so we will see what aliment she has been stricken with.

Two pretty ladies.

Kelly's Korner link up 

For Friday, I'm linking up to Kelly's Korner for her singles day. I'm lucky to have two friends who mean the world to me. They are both fabulous and single!  I will do my best to tell you a little about them, if you are interested make sure to let me know!

Ashley, Erika and I met our Freshman year of college and have been friends since!

Ashley
34
Upstate, SC

Ashley has to be the funniest person I know.  She is quick witted and hilarious!  She keeps me on her toes with her jokes.   She knows no strangers and treats everyone as an old friend.  She loves the Lord and praises him no matter her struggles.  She is always there to lift me up when needed.  She is a true reflection of the love her parents provided her growing up.  They treat me and Emma like we are their family.  I love her and her family dearly!

She is a hard worker and puts her whole heart into everything she does. She is a go getter and enjoys watching movies and running. 

Erika
34
The Low Country, SC

I forced Erika to be my friend, and it worked out so well we ended up being roommates three years in college.  Erika is the level headed one of the group.  She is the calm to our silly.  She has a loving heart and is a beautiful person inside and out.  She teaches Sunday school, sings in the choir, and is a teacher!  She can cook like nobody's business.  She doesn't give herself the creative credit she deserves.  She actually inspires me to attempt silly things like cooking and creating things (things I'm not very good at!) She also has a wonderful set of parents who also claim us as extra additions to the family.

Erika is also a worker!  She throws her whole self into something and does it with pizazz! She is also training to run a half marathon!

BRRR Weekend

 BRRR, gets the thumbs up!

 A nice morning to walk!

 The boys ran.

 The girls walked (except for one)

 My walking buddy Traci

 Ready to go!

 Apache Relay (just one of the bands from the weekend)

What a fun weekend.  We walked (Ashley ran), we went to Kids Day and played with farm animals, we cheered for daddy's team (which lost) and we listened to some great music! I even had a friend so sweetly spill beer on my feet to make walking super sticky!  LOL

Working for the weekend!

I'm so excited the weekend is almost here!  Even more excited because this happens this weekend!

Oh, how I love my hometown when we have big exciting things going on!!  My friend Ashley will be in tomorrow and we will head out to the music soon after.  Saturday we are doing a 5k run/fun walk (I'm walking) and more music, and just a little bit more music!!! 

23rd Monthday!

In one month this little gal will be 2!  Oh my!  My emotions are so crazy on this.  I love Emma being interactive and learning so many new things, but I'm sad she isn't a baby anymore.  Can I even do these updates after 2?  Who knows, but I may do it just because old habits are hard to break!

The picture was darker than I wanted so I had to picmonkey it up some.  You can't see her gold sequin shoes very well, but they are uber cute!

Emma is such a sweet girl, she tries her boundaries at times, but she is pretty quick to straighten up!  She loves to run at me and give me a big hug and kiss before I leave for work and she is all smiles when I pick her up at school.  I try to get as many pictures as possible because she changes overnight.  I hate that I'm not good at taking videos.  I get a few on my phone, but nothing that is a big deal, maybe enough to make her smile when she gets older!

Weekend shots

Wordless Wednesday- Retro meets New Age

Tunes of the time

I am currently listening to The Civil Wars and Green River Ordinance

Check them out!

Hokie, Hokie, Hokie Hi, Tech, Tech, VPI

Labor Day Weekend

I know there's still tomorrow, but I doubt we will be doing anything grand so here's what happened with us this weekend.

Saturday we had breakfast with Violet. 

Saturday evening we attended a cook out with some friends. Emma enjoyed seeing deer, outfit matching Kool-aid and s'mores!

Emma in her new shoes for a day trip!

 Sunday we traveled to Blowing Rock, NC and to The Blowing Rock. What a view!

 Here's the rock see the "blowing" effect?

 Emma, look at the view!

 She'd rather play in the rocks.

 Attempting to climb on the big rocks after seeing daddy do it!

 Finally, she checks out the view...

 but finds more rocks.

This shows a happy well behaved Emma.  I will just let you continue to believe that this was a magical trip!  :)

After we left the park we headed to some outlets and then ate lunch.  We wanted to stop in downtown Boone but the whole area was packed and Emma had already passed out.

Even though it may have not been a dream mini-trip it was worth it and I got a lot of hugs tonight!