A nice fall day...

Austin took Hadley to MI today to visit his grandparents.  It looks like it was an awesome fall day, so they decided to enjoy some time outside.  I was sorting through the pictures that he took, and I came across some that I absolutely adore!  This was Hadley's first time playing in the leaves and she appears to have loved it! 

Below are 4 generations of girls...Grandma Kim, Hadley, Aunt Shelby and Great Grandma Reames!

Hadley loves Aunt Shelby, and here she is hanging onto her and Dora. Poor Dora, hanging by her hair!

Hadley enjoyed hanging out w/ Great Grandpa Reames and showing him the leaves...

Hadley's first time playing in the leaves:

Hadley enjoying running through the leaves with Aunt Shelby:

Looks like it was an awesome fall day spent hanging out with family and playing in the leaves. I can't wait until next fall when I'm done working in Indy so that I can enjoy it as well.

Fashion Farm Pumpkin Patch

I love fall and everything that goes along with it: pumpkins, mums, sweatshirts, changing leaves, corn stalks, hay rides, pumpkin pie, scare crows, bonfires and much more.  I am excited this year because Hadley is old enough to take to the pumpkin patch.  I have been reasearching different farms/patches over the last few weeks with great anticipation!  After much rave reviews from friends and thumbs up via the net, we settled on the Fashion Farm in Ligonier, IN.  It was a lot of fun, and we've decided to make it yearly tradition! 

It was awesome weather tonight: 75 degrees w/ no wind.  This particular patch has pumpkins that are dressed up and painted to match different themes each year.  This year's theme was "Memories through Songs." The pumpkins were fun to look at, and you can only imagine the hard work that goes into this place.  The cashier told us that the artist spends 120 hours painting the pumpkins and the employees spend 2 months transforming the green house into this fall wonderland!

Below is a picture of daddy and Hadley hanging out with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Hadley and me seeing how she measures up with the large pumpkin.  I'd say 2 1/2 feet on the nose. 

Hadley enjoyed walking around the place with daddy!

...and "OH MY!" she found the pumpkins!

A sunwashed family picture.

Hadley w/ daddy.  I think she liked that pumpkin!



Hadley w/ mommy.  We were about to embark on Hadley's first hayride!

Do you like Austin's expression?  We tried for a few minutes to get Hadley to look at the camera, but she was more interested in the pond with fish.

After the hayride we ventured over to the "pumpkin patch" to explore the pumpkins and gourds.

This was the largest pumpkin that they had there, and Hadley thought it was pretty neat even though it doesn't look like it in the picture!

...and one last family picture beside the barn.



Not only is this a great pumpkin patch, but they have a restaurant right there on the farm!  We headed over there for dinner and enjoyed homemade pumpkin ice cream and pumpkin pie for dessert.  Needless to say, it was a great first adventure to the pumpkin patch with Hadley.

Rose-Hulman Homecoming

We traveled to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN for Austin's Homecoming this past weekend. We always have a lot of fun catching up with old friends at Sonka's, eating at First Wok, attending the picnic at the Delta Sigma Phi house and shopping at the bookstore. This year we didn't make it down to the football game, which was okay because it was cold and raining.

I only took pics at the Delta Sig family picnic, so this entry may get a little boring! 

When we first got to the house, Hadley quickly made a new friend: Brutus!  He's Gary and Becky Lane's dog and she just loved him.  We felt comfortable letting her play with him because the Lanes have a little boy named Max who is just a couple of months younger than Hadley, so Brutus is use to babies.

 

It was cold and raining this year, so everyone hung out on the porch, in the tent and under the trees instead of in the yard. 

The fraternity rents a blow up funhouse for the kids...it looks like fun.  It will be a few years before Hadley is able to play in it though. 

Hadley played nice with Hans for a little while, but then she got super jealous that daddy was holding another baby and tried to push Hans away.

Here are pictures of Hadley on the porch with daddy.  The top one was last year's picture and the bottom one is from this year.  It's CrAzY how quickly Hadley has grown up!

...and here are pictures of Hadley sporting her Rose-Hulman gear from last year and then this year.

It was a fun weekend and we can't wait to do it again next year!

Bed Time Story