happy halloween!

Happy Halloween from my little vampire, spooky ghost, and puppy!

the pumpkin party

A few photos from our annual pumpkin carving party.  I love fall and Halloween and enjoy so much carving pumpkins with friends in our backyard every year!

cute little invite from MonkeyMooMoo.

a perennial favorite... bobbing for apples!

...treats!   S'mores in a  bag using graham squares, mini hershey bars and ghost Peeps!

And a special thank you to our very special friends that came this year all the way from South Carolina to join us!!!!


Looking forward to doing it again next year!

the rapids

Cameron's soccer team... the serious.....

and the funny.......!

Go Team Rapids!

UNC soccer

As I have mentioned before, Cameron made a travel soccer team this fall and has been enjoying playing at such a competitive level.  Last weekend his team was able to serve as ball boys for the UNC men's soccer game against Maryland.

Cameron came home telling me what a cool experience it was and who is new soccer "idol" is.  I think it was #6 Matt ????  Anyway, I think it got his "wheels turning" about trying to play soccer at a college level!

They were able to walk out on the field with the players at the start of the game.  Cool!

Pizza at halftime.  Then lots of opportunities for photos and autographs with the players after.  Autographs on the sweatshirt... really Cameron??!!

kindergarten field trip to the farm

Fall is a time for pumpkins, leaf piles, pumpkin bread, and visits to the local farm!

Bryson's class took a trip last week to our local Maple View Farm.  We all learned a lot about the animals, pumpkins and the changing of the season from summer to fall.

Did you know that a pumpkin is 90% water????????

happy belated birthday

Oh my... blog catch up time!

Even though it was almost two weeks ago, I wanted to say a very special happy "belated" birthday to my special little nephew.  Little Miller turned two years old!

Happy Birthday Mill!

the "maine" review!

We are back!   Let me just say that if you have never been to Maine, please put it on your "bucket list."  Maine is simply breathtaking.  Beautiful!

After flying into Boston and driving into southern Maine, we stayed here our first night, the Union Bluff Hotel.  Amazing views of the water and amazing rooms.  Would highly recommend this place to anyone.  Loved it!

Nubble Lighthouse.  One of my favorites!

This was the quirkiest little building on the side of the road.  I made Doug stop the car so I could get a picture of it.  Again, probably one of my favorites.

This is overlooking from the drawbridge in the little town called Perkins Cove.  Perkins Cove was probably the cutest little town we visited.  Plenty of boutique shops and restaurants surrounded by this marina area where the lobstermen came in and out of.

the scenic lobster boat tour

The Bush estate on Walker's Point.  The former president was in the front yard and waved to us as we went by!  Seriously!

We had the most amazing whale watch tour ever!  One we will never be able to repeat again.. ever!  The captain of our boat said that he had been doing this tour for nearly 15 years and he had never seen this many right whales in one area.  Right whales are on the endangered list and he said what we were seeing was probably half the population.  They usually are found more in the Nova Scotia area.  It was mind blowing how large the creatures are and how close they were to our boat.  One swam right under us!  Scary at first, but then cool!

on the streets in Kennebunkport

at Cape Elizabeth Light

ate lots of these....

Portland Head Light

"The Bug" Light in South Portland.  The architecture of this lighthouse was so intricate and majestic.

We decided that if we win the lottery we are moving to Maine and this will be our house!