A First for the First

A few years ago we told the girls when they turned 10 they would be allowed to sleep at a friends house (certain conditions will apply).

Well, Meghan is about 3 weeks older than one of her really good friends, so it worked out great when she received the invite to the sleep over party. Rob and I were a little nervous and we told her it was OK if she didn't want to stay after being there for a while.   I really think we were just saying that to make ourselves feel better...because Meghan was so excited about the over night trip. She mentioned to me a few times that she would be fine because she had stayed at Memom and Papa's without us before (kinda different, huh?!).

She had a BLAST!!  I'm so happy she went and had a great time.

They decorated cupcakes to bring home!

I know Meghan was beyond excited about cupcake decorating and she even has some ideas to share with us.

We took Jenna and Sarah to Ritters (ice cream spot) after we dropped off Meghan at A's house.

We had a quiet evening at home until Sarah started coughing too much and threw up all over the couch.

I'm still working on getting the smell out. Baking Soda is my friend!

Sunday afternoon the girls crafted and we all had a nice relaxing day at home.

Sarah said she didn't want a relaxing day...she wanted a happy day!

And finally...I wanted to post a little of our fall colors. Well, this is actually the neighbors tree..but still the beautiful color from our area.

Weekend visit

We had visitors this past weekend.

The girls (and Rob and I) were all excited for the visitors to arrive.

We had a fun filled long weekend and as always hated to see them go.

We ate out, went shopping, watched movies, played games, 

checked out Young's Jersey Dairy and had lots of fun.

Kitchen Renovation

We had fun planning out this renovation and picking out cabinets, tiles, countertops, appliances, sink...and all the rest of the goodies needed.   We will get new flooring in the future and look forward to many fun cooking times in our renovated kitchen!

Happy 10th Birthday

Happy Birthday to my first baby girl! 

 Wow, 10 years old.  No longer a single digit:)

We baked cupcakes for her to share with her classmates and some friends.

We attempted tie-dyed (white cake with food coloring) and vanilla frosting.

Tie-dyed cake with white frosting. Meghan wanted me to do a design with the blue food coloring and it came out kinda cool.   We decided to sprinkle the cupcakes after my frosting/food coloring on the cake.

Meghan said everyone loved the cupcakes!

We had Meghan's requested meal on Sunday evening. We had shrimp fettuccine alfredo with bow tie pasta and broccoli.  

We even let Meghan open gifts and cards on Sunday evening.

10 candles can light up a cake!

Meghan had a great birthday!  

She had school and gymnastics today and tons of "happy birthday"s wished for her!

John Bryan State Park

Meghan wanted to go hiking to celebrate her birthday. We headed out after Church on Sunday and went to John Bryan State Park in Yellow Springs.

We picked the trail that was the shortest distance and all three girls did great. It was about 2.8 miles total and I only carried Sarah about half of it!

I'm almost always behind the camera, so I snapped a picture of myself at the beginning of the hike.

Ohio is a beautiful state and has some great outdoor trails! 

Jumping fun

This beautiful weather means more outside play time!

My happy girl jumping with some baby dolls.

She was asking me a question in this last picture!haha  

Antennae lashes?

Sarah found a friend today on the trampoline netting.

I had to grab the camera because this little guy/gals antennae were cool.

We are just bug crazy in our house!  

Anything that looks different and cool catches our eyes!