My little rockstar

Caroline has been really into guitars lately...or "tu-tars" as she calls them. :) She has a Yo Gabba Gabba guitar and likes Daddy's Wii guitar. Sometimes Daddy even lets her play his acoustic guitar. She definitely has the stance down.

A day at the farm

There is a great pick-your-own produce place in Fairfield that we went to a few weeks ago. You can pick your own, or just buy the super fresh fruits and vegetables at their little market. We thought the kids would have fun picking tomatoes, but it was a lot of walking and the tomatoes were picked over from the weekend. At least we tried!! We ended up shopping at the market and IO got 2 huge bags of great produce for $10! (Heirloom tomatoes for 89 cents a pound!)
If you are ever in Fairfield or driving through, Larry's Produce is definitely worth the stop.

Maddie, C, Weston and Sierra

Ready to pick some tomatoes with their buckets!

Our trip to NC!

Being considered high-risk for this pregnancy has limited our travel opportunities. I wanted to make sure I got in a trip to see Amy in NC before it is too late for me to travel and before the craziness of having two kids begins! Scott was a really good sport about encouraging us to go, even though he couldn't make it this trip.
Caroline and I went for a week, which seemed like a really long time, but it went by super fast. We were able to see a lot of our friends and even made a trip to Rashkis to visit friends and past students. Being able to spend so much time with Amy and Mia (especially our many trips to Barnes and Noble!) was the highlight of our trip.

Here is my big girl reading books on the plane. She did really well on the long flights, especially considering the fact that she WILL NOT SLEEP on airplanes. :)

Having lunch at one of our old favorites, Brixx with Jennifer!

Ice cream at TCBY in Chapel Hill, another one of our old favorites!

Caroline was really good about sharing with Mia

Amy's cat, Abby. Caroline loves cats and followed poor Abby around the entire week.

We read lots of books...big surprise. :)

Grandma Sue even came by for a visit!

Hairbow madness! Amy's mom owns a hairbow business (hairbows.com) and came over with huge bins of ribbon. We left with another big bag of new bows!

Getting ready to go over to Erin and Mikes

Playing dress up at the Hollingsheads. Erin had a princess dress for Caroline (which is amazing considering she has 3 boys) but Caroline wanted to be Spiderman

With Erin and Little Mike

Caroline and Jack

Silly goose

A wagon ride in the rain with Mia and Jimmy

Caroline and I had an amazing week and we loved spending time with our friends. Thanks again Amy, Jimmy and Mia for letting us visit!

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we went with Caroline's class to a Pumpkin Patch in Dixon. The kids got to take a ride through the pumpkin patch on a tractor and loved it! It was fun being able to go with a bunch of friends. Going a week day was also a bonus; there were hardly and other kids there which made it easier to watch our kids when they ran around.

Caroline and Sierra in the car on their laptops. :)These two make me laugh!

Maddie, Caroline, Sierra and Carter

Bubbles!

Riding on the "horse"

She picked out her own pumpkin to take home

Big girls

Tahoe

A few weeks ago we took a trip to Tahoe for a few days. We have been looking into possibly buying a cabin and wanted to scout out some different areas. We did a lot of exploring and narrowed down our search quite a bit! We may not buy anything for a year or two but wanted to have an idea of the areas we like. And...going to Tahoe for a few days is always fun!

We didn't have much of an agenda, we just kind of bummed around...and it was a lot of fun! It was pretty cold the first couple of days, but warmed up after that. It's so nice that Scott's schedule finally allows for us to take trips again. :)

We tried Burger Me! (I think that is what it was called) in Truckee because it was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and it was fantastic! Best onion rings ever!

Lunch at Garwoods...yum!

Splashing around in the water with Daddy!

She told us she was swimming. :)

Dad's Birthday

This year for Dad's birthday, Scott had the day off so we all decided to go wine tasting. It was a fun day! (A little less fun for me, the DD!) :)