OMG today was fun! The kids were awesome and so adorable dressed in their finest. The hamburglar was exploring the playground and ended up wedged on one of the climbing structures (I laughed so hard I had to get help untangling him!) and we had such an eclectic mix of new moms and old, it just clicked!!
Noah and I celebrated a day that was just us. Well, us and about 4000 other parents, goblins, and ghosts that decided to venture to the zoo to celebrate the lions, tigers, and bears in true October style with treats and sweet moments!
I try to capture some moment everyday to send to jaythan at work. this was our Friday.
OK so sometimes it gets away from me:) and as I was trying to work on the monstrous pile of clothes in our room Ima totally tanked out! HA!
That’s right! We hit the road and headed to devil’s lake where we shopped, drank, ate, and dished til our hearts content. There were stories told that can never be repeated, secretes shared, and the only pictures to capture any incriminating behavior were of the kids 
We rocked! We rolled! I taught Noah invaluable lessons like how to yell with the band, and how to boogie in the aisle! as well as important distinctions like the difference between an MandM and reese pieces! He had a blast running between standing room and the lobby 
I don’t think we’ve ever had more fun!!
“Tradition” is a funny word. Loosely defined as an act repeated and brought from the past into the present. Our tradition, the first we did upon moving to wisconsin and the reoccurring event we have then experianced every year since: pumpkins. We drive to treinen farm where we visit the dogs, goats, lamas, chickens, and horses and on a good day, take the horse drawn carriage to the pumpkin patch where we peruse and carefully select THE squash of choice.
But this day, the day we chose to venture out to this picturesque farm and begin our adoration that is halloween; WAS FREEZING! It began snowing as we left the city and was so wicked cold we couldn’t even get the gumption to get on the carriage!! So after much debate and not a lot of argument from our little people we celebrated our trip with a Crockett picnic in which we enjoyed hotdogs, coke and each-other! This is that moment!
We watched the fireman parade at the capital with Noah waving on with complete adoration
This marks my 28th birthday. We are constantly changing, everpresent to capture the next perfect day, the next unqualified moment – that encapsulates our lives. I continue to wait for the other shoe to drop, for something to happen that will bring reality back and remind me that we are getting older and that birthdays begin to mark that passage between age and youth, but right now, we’re vital! We’re in the middle of EVERYTHING with laughter and celebration. I have such confidence, such power in the woman I’m growing into! I wouldn’t change the younger me (although I might advise NEVER say never;) but i look back at her and think… there’s still so much you have to live!
