Portland, our refuge.

Last week we decided to take a last-minute trip to Portland.

Cory had the time off, so we said let's go!

Our super, awesome, wonderful friends, Jake and Shontee, were brave

enough to let us stay with them. We had such a good time and we

can not wait to get back up there!

We also got to spend a few moments (that's what it felt like)

with our friends the Browns!

We'll be back up there soon, I know it!

Halloween!

We had a great Halloween weekend. We painted pumpkins Thursday afternoon. We went to Harvest Fest at our church on Friday evening, Farmer's Market on Saturday morning, and then Sunday night we trick-or-treated around our neighborhood, and visited with our awesome neighbors! We only made it to a few houses but it was a good time!

Cousin Chris is OLD!

We celebrated Cousin Chris getting another year old. I won't say how old, but trust he is old!

We had so much fun play and hanging out with our cousins and we can't wait to do it again!

We are ready for Halloween!

We got to get all dressed up for Milam's birthday party and now the excitement is here for Halloween! Harvest Fest is coming up and Farmer's Market, PLUS trick-or-treating! Yippee for costumes!!

Feels like Fall

This picture captures my family so well! I love it...and them.

And we are so ready for that cold weather to get here!

: )

Summer is Ending (Thank Goodness)

We have been so busy this summer, it is hard to remember exactly everything we've done! It has been such a fun summer and with the kids being a little older we were able to do a lot more with them! We have traveled, gone to Farmer's Market almost every Saturday via bicycle, Merrick and Mom did VBS this summer for the first time, had a few birthday parties, went to a few parties, and enjoyed all our friends and families company. And with the Summer coming to a close we are very much looking forward to Fall and what God has planned for us!