Happy Birthday Uncle Casey!

Thursday was Uncle Casey's birthday. We went to Michael's for an Italian dinner, then returned to our house for yummy strawberry pie made by Grandma. After pie we carved more pumpkins. Eli had lots of fun putting the pieces back into the eyes, nose and mouth after we carved them out. When we were done with the carving we took the pumpkins outside to light the candles. They looked so pretty. It was another fun family night.

Pumpkin Carving

This week Eli had his first experience with carving a pumpkin. (Well, Daddy did the actual carving).





Eli didn't know what to think about all the goop inside the pumpkin.
He struggled with getting it all over his hands.




After the insides were taken out, Daddy helped Eli draw a face on the pumpkin. They then carved the face. Eli was so proud of his little pumpkin.

We'll have to carve some more so Mommy can help, too.

Daddy weekend

Last weekend I went to a woman's retreat, so Daddy had Eli the whole time. This was the first time I was away for Eli more then one night, and this was also the longest time Scott has ever watched Eli. Scott had the whole weekend planned. Friday night was pizza with Uncle Shawn & Uncle Casey. On Saturday, Scott, Eli and Grandma went to the pumpkin patch. Eli loved going through the corn maze and especially playing in all the corn. He even came home with another pumpkin. Later that day, after his nap, Scott and Eli went to BW3's with Nate. After they ate, they came back to our house to watch football. I called about 9:30 PM and Eli was still wide awake and as hyper as ever!!!! Sunday morning they went to church and I returned about when they got home. They had so much fun together! (Guess I'll have to go away more often!)

Congratulations Jared & Meg!

Congratulations to Jared Johnson & Meg Morguson on their wedding! We're so happy for the both of you! We love you guys! Can't wait to see the pictures!

Kercher's Apple Orchard

On Sunday after church we went to Kercher's Apple Orchard with PawPaw and MeeMaw. The weather was beautiful, so it was a perfect day for apple picking. Eli loved it when Daddy would hold him up to pick an apple. He would giggle and say the leaves "tickled". After apple picking we went on a hayride out to the pumpkin patch. Eli helped pick out a large pumpkin and a small pumpkin (he called it a "baby pumpkin") to bring home. We ended our trip with some yummy apple cider...Eli loved the apple container it came in. It turned out to be a fun adventure!

A Night Out with the Kidders

Friday night we met Scott, Micki and Gracie Kidder for a yummy Mexican dinner at La Esperanza. Eli and Gracie had so much fun playing together and sharing food. We then headed to the Kidder's new house. It's going to be so beautiful! The framing is about done and it's coming along nicely. We ended our evening at Barnes and Nobles. Eli loved playing with the train table...it was hard to pull him away. Eli and Gracie both left with a new book! We had a wonderful time seeing the Kidder family & hope to see them again soon!!!

Date Night

Last Friday night Scott and I had a date night!!! Grandma watched Eli for us. We went to an early dinner at Bonefish...one of our favorite restaurants...Yum! We started our meal with the Bang Bang Shrimp, then had the house salad. Both Scott and I ordered something we had never had before for our main meal and we were both extremely happy that we did. Delicious! We finished off the meal by splitting a warm brownie & ice cream and some coffee. We had gift cards (from last Christmas) that made getting the bill more enjoyable (thanks Dad!).

We then headed to the theater. If you know Scott, he HATES going to the theater, so this really was a special night. We went to see "Fireproof" with Kirk Cameron. It's about a firefighter who starts a 40-day experiment called "The Love Dare" to try and save his marriage. Don't want to give anything away for those of you who haven't seen it. It was a really good movie with a powerful message, and I would recommend it to everyone.

Date night was lots of fun, and I hope we can do it again real soon!

Let's Go Irish!!!

Scott left on Monday to go to Rhode Island for work. Mommy & Eli weren't feeling the greatest, so we didn't do too much this past week while Daddy was away. On Tuesday night we went out to dinner with Grandpa & Grandma Joey, then went back to their house so Eli could play with their toys. They gave Eli a book titled "Let's Go Irish!" Eli loved it!!! When we got home Eli climbed in his chair and pretended to read it. He then had Mommy read it to him over and over. Thanks Grandpa & Grandma Joey!


On Wednesday I had to take a few pictures of Eli in his Alligator towel. He got this towel on his birthday from his best friend Drew. So cute!