Kevin's Birthday and Nicole's Baby Shower!

Kevin's Birthday was on Friday. He turned 32. We are officially the same age again. He had a great Birthday. We went to the movies as soon as I got home from school. Kevin and Cian were actually waiting in the car. We went and saw Where The Wild Things Are. It was a great movie, worth seeing again to understand a little better. We then raced home to find Brian and the kids sitting in our driveway. Soon after that the rest of the crew was there. It was a crazy night with pizza, cake, and presents, plus another movie. Cian and I found mealworms at a candy store ready for human consumption and we could not pass it up, so we bought them for Kevin's birthday present. Anyone who was brave enough tried one.

We also threw a baby shower for Nicole on Saturday. It was a little hectic having both parties one right after the other, but everything turned out great. We had a lot of family that made the trip down to our area and we were so thankful for that. It was so fun to see all the cute baby stuff and to get excited for Nicole and Kyle. Twins! A boy and a girl...hopefully coming around Christmas! I want to say an extra big thank you to Sandy, Kevin's mom, for her help! She is ALWAYS there when you need her! Not only did she bring ton's of food, she also ran around at the last minute and cleaned my two bathrooms! Thanks again!

Apples, Pumpkins and Glass!

We were so busy this weekend! Kevin finally had a couple of days off in a row and we took full advantage. We went to the pumpkin patch early Saturday. It was so cold and drizzly, but it was worth it. We had a great time. Cian wanted to go into the haunted house, so we bought two tickets. One for Kevin and one for Cian. Cian walked into the barn very brave and according to Kevin, made it to the first corner, when he told his Dad that he thought they were supposed to go that way while he pointed back towards the entrance! So funny. Luckily they gave us our tickets back and Cian was able to to some bounce house stuff instead. Every year I tell Kevin that we need to try harder to grow our own pumpkins. These places are so expensive!

Later on that day we went apple picking and then came home and made a fresh apple pie. Cian was a great big help. Apples are one of the foods that he will eat, so it was a lot of fun testing all the kinds of apples before picking a bunch to take home. Cian ran all over the orchard. It was a beautiful day by the afternoon and it was so good to breathe the autumn air while standing on a mountain covered in fall leaves and apple trees! I am so glad we found the time to go there!
The next day we finally made it to Corning Museum of Glass. We had been wanting to go there again for quite some time, and finally we went. It was so cool to see the glass being blown and to read about the history of glass making. Cian did good, but we were there for about six hours in a museum of glass if you know what I mean. Most of the places were kid friendly, but others were oh so not! Very cool though!


Cian though the glass floor was really neat...he could have sat there all day, watching the people below.
This was a very awesome piece in the main lobby...beautiful!!!