I love the bright colors of the vegetables!
I decided to make a side of creamed potato casserole and also had a mixed green salad, which ended up being a super simple meal!
The finished products...(would be much prettier in a colorful casserole dish! :)
Thomas must think it's funny that Aunt RuRu wants to drive his tractor!
He looks a little concerned that I don't seem to know that tractors don't belong in the back of dump trucks! :)
After truck time, we spent a little time on the floor using Aunt RuRu as an obstacle course!
Picture time with Grandmommy:
We worked up quite an appetite with all of our playing, so we decided to get some lunch:
We heard that Aldi had a great price on some pumpkins, so we went to check it out...of course, the one that I picked out would have the be the BIGGEST one in the box and it would also be the one on the very bottom, too!
Getting enough leverage over the side of a tall box proved to be a little challenging, and the fact that I was laughing so hard at my little predicament, made for quite the adventure!
With a little help, we finally got it out!
Totally worth it!
We met Tom for a wonderful dinner at the Fish Market (sorry you couldn't join us, Robby--I know you were working hard :) and headed back up the road....what a fun time together!
The next two arrangements only got to stay in my house for a few hours, but I thoroughly enjoyed them while they were here...there is something wonderfully therapeutic about putting flowers together! These two were for a double baby shower at work...
In other happenings...it's been a beautiful start to the fall, and I love being outside every chance I get...enjoying me some river-time in my inflatable kayak :)
The next two pics are from my birthday a couple of weeks ago that I never posted...my sweet sister Ivey surprised me at lunch thanks to the Rena Carolyn and her husband scheming together to have her catch a ride from Birmingham with Rob on his way back from a business trip! What a fun surprise to start the day (little did I know that there would be more surprises later :)
Funny story...I had a huge craving for a cinnamon roll on my birthday, and the first bakery we tried had sold out, so we called another one and were told they only had ONE cinnamon roll left...we told them to hold it for me! It was especially tasty knowing it was the last one in the city! :)
Wow! That number is a big one!
I was SO SURPRISED!!!
Lots of yummy food:
And drinks....
My sweet sister and nephew who surprised me earlier in the day thanks to my dear friend, Rena Carolyn making sure they were there...another post on that later...
Dear friends...
my precious family who means the world to me (we missed you Nathan)!
Wonderful Co-workers...all Child Life Specialists
Poor Maggie cut her finger just before the party, and had to make a quick trip to the ER for some glue...
Loving my sweet little buddy...
What's a B-day without a birthday hat? :)
Sweet hostesses...what an amazing night...Thanks to everyone who helped make it so special!
*a special thanks to Kate who took all of these pictures...what a gift to be able to remember the fun!
But that's OK, because you end up with a few treats that look like this:
Yumminess!! :)
