My Fall Bucket List

Fall is officially here and I'm so excited to be able to do all the fun things pertaining to my favorite season of the year. I always love seeing all the beautiful colors the leaves turn and breathing in the crisp air. It's also a great time for jeans and sweatshirts and cute boots. During this time, I always like to go to apple orchards and enjoy bonfires with family and friends. This year, I decided I'm going to make a bucket list and try some new things....... So here is a list of things I would like to do:

1.  Go on a hayride and pick out our own pumpkin. (our- meaning my family and I)

2. Pick apples and make a pie

3. Go on a Nature Walk and bring camera

4. Corn Maze

5. Bon-fire with S'mores

6. Outdoor Family Picture

7. Make a craft with leaves

8. Make home-made applesauce and pumpkin butter

9. Bake Fall cookies

10. Make Fall Drinks

11. Make a Halloween Costume for Kayley.........Maybe...We'll see

12. Make a GIANT leaf pile and jump in them

13. Carve/paint pumpkins

14. Have a Harvest Party

15. Last and best of all.... I will take 5 mins. out of my time and talk to God and tell him what I'm thankful for.

So....Here is my Fall Bucket List. I will probably add more later, but for now this is what I hope to accomplish. I will let you now if I did it at the end of the season and who knows.........maybe I will make a Winter Bucket List. What is your Fall Bucket List? I would love to see it. Happy Fall Everyone!

A Short But Sweet Florida Trip

The Birthday Boy!!!!

    Last Saturday Evening, Debbie, Kayley and I flew to Florida for my nephew's birthday. We were very excited to see him and his family for the weekend to celebrate his 6th birthday. I was also pretty nervous as well, because it was Kayley's first time flying on a plane. We departed from Detroit Metro Airport at 5:50pm and arrived to Florida at 8:37pm. (2hr and 36min flight) Kayley did GREAT! She played with the ipad most of the time and didn't fuss at all. I was so proud of her. When we got to Florida, Randy picked us up from the airport and IMMEDIATELY went straight for Kayley and held her. He was so excited to see her. Kayley was acting a little shy, but was soon very excited to see her Uncle Randy. It was so cute. Then he took us back to his house where we were staying. The kids were in bed, but we got to spend some time with Randy and Taylin before going to bed. The next day was Logan's birthday and we went to church in the morning and then went to the park to celebrate his birthday. He had a SkyLander Party. I'm sure you can check it out on Taylin's blog and read all about it. It was very cute and all his friends and family had a good time. Yesterday, was our last day there, so we went to the Naples Zoo with Tay and the kids. We had such a great time. Chloe and Kayley got to feed a giraffe and we got to see an alligator feeding and ride on a boat to look at all the monkey islands. Then we had Chloe's "Fake Birthday" at Olive Garden and Randy met us there from work. Then we went to the "Pirate Ship" playground at an outlet mall so the kids could play before we had to go back to the airport. Taylin and the kids dropped us off at the airport and it was hard saying goodbye. Especially for Logan.....He didn't want us to leave. But hopefully we will get to go to their house again soon. Thank you Randy and Taylin for letting us stay at your house and all the fun we had. It was so good seeing all of you and can't wait to see you again. Love you all!






Kayley on the plane





Cousins





Cousins at the zoo



Logan and Kayley in front of spider monkey island

This is the giraffe Chloe and Kayley got to feed

Alligator Feeding Time

Kayley's Favorite...The Monkeys!!!!

This Lion was Logan's Favorite

Our Labor Day Weekend!

Daddy and Kayley....Love this picture!

For our Labor Day weekend, we had some well-needed family time. Tony has been very busy at work and we haven't got to have much time with him. So on Saturday, Tony took Kayley and I to the Detroit Zoo. I haven't been there since I was a little girl and I was looking forward to seeing all the animals with Kayley. She loves animals! We got to the zoo right when it opened, so it wasn't very busy. The weather was nice too. We saw a lot of different animals, but I think out of all of them, Kayley liked the bears and the prairie dogs. They were super cute and they had these tubes sticking up through the dirt where people could stick their heads up and were eye level with the prairie dogs. We had a lot of fun and we found out that the zoo is even more fun in the winter time, so I think we might have to check it out some time. On Sunday, after church, we went to the Loons baseball game in Midland. We went to some friends of ours from Tony's work. They have a three year old boy, a one year old girl and are expecting another one in March. We all bought lawn tickets, so we could sit on the grass with our blankets. It was kids first time going to a Loons baseball game and they all did so well. Kayley and their little boy and a lot of fun running up and down the small hill we were sitting at. The best part was that the Loons won their game. It was a great time with some good friends. Hope everyone had a good Labor Day!

Kayley and Daddy watching th black bear



Peek -A- Boo Kayley! I see you!



Kayley watching the duck