day of bliss

i had the most amazing day off saturday! i'd been saving my mileage money i get from driving to other walmart's to fill in for this day!

my and one of my best friends went to the Rain Tree Day Spa. it was nothing short of amazing! we got pampered to the MAX!!

we're gonna start saving and go again in a few months!

here we are in our fluffy robes in the tranquility room.

katie enjoyed it so much she fell asleep :)

thanks to my mom~in~law for keeping albo a few hours on her day off so i could have a good day.

when i picked aubree up i felt kinda guilty for having such an amazing time, so i took her out to town.

we went over to the mall and she got an m~n~m cookie and an icee!

everyone walking by had to acknowledge how beautiful she is.

the mall has this big play center set up in the middle of the mall. great for daddy's to let the kiddies play while mommy's shop ;)

but daddy was off with our friend david having a good time so me and albo played it up!

i caught this cute little grin while she was crawling through the tunnel.

after she was finished playing we went and got her a new purse!

she and i both fell in love with it. it's in the shape of an owl.

she has carried it all day long and tells me she needs money to put down inside of it :)

loving my life and aubree's mommy and bryan's wife!

my girls + cheesecake = happiness

so a couple of my favorite girls went out on the town tonight to have some girl time! i enjoyed dinner with my girls. we didn't have to worry about sippy cups and making sure everyone else was takin care of. it was NICE!! we went to the cheesecake factory. shannon and i had never been before. beautiful atmosphere, delicious food, and AMAZING cheesecake.

then we went to the pottery barn kids private shopping event to do some christmas shopping for our girls.

aubree is going to have a great christmas! i'm so excited for her!!

anyway....

girls night out again very soon please katie and shannon!

our first trick~r~treat

halloween at the Hall's was nothing short of a success!

we had a few of our close friends over for a little kiddie halloween party!

we trick or treated, made caramel apples and spiced cider, had some pizza, face painting, and a lot of playing!!

its going to be a "family" tradition for us from now on!

here is part of the gang in our make shift hay ride, i'll explain later.

anyway, aubree wanted nothing to do with it! she said NO!!

she rode in the stroller beside of us and katie was nice enough to push her around.

lovebug aka "jana". she is eating a kit kat from her halloween candy after she had a pumpkin painted on her face.

the bestie being such a good sport and letting MyKayla paint a bat on her face. she so didnt want to do this but we made her!

lovebug, ask her what she was for halloween and she says a Meow!

so sweet.

albo riding in the stroller with her don't look at me, don't talk to me,

and don't you dare touch my candy face!

i got a spider painted on my face. mckayla did such a good job!

and she is so good with the kiddies.

she's a keeper and i think we'll have her around for a while ;)

our friend doug and sweet baby olivia. not sure where katie was for the picture, but we have been friends for almost 7 years and i love her dearly!!

ok here we go. our subdivision is fairly new where the houses are few and far between. not ideal for taking toddlers trick or treating. so i thought! why not hook up the trailer to the riding mower. better yet why not make it festive! so we threw in some hay, tied a cornstalk to the back, stood up a scarecrow, and added some pumpkins!!

it turned out super cute and the kids loved it, well everyone except for aubree. maybe she'll come around next year.

all the lil trick or treaters.

aubree, reagan, jana, alex, and baby olivia...

trick or treat!!!!

hi mommy :0/

hi mommy!

this is what i hear when i walk up on aubree doing something she

knows she shouldn't be doing. for example playing in my makeup.

she knows exactly how each piece is used is what i find amusing.

anyway, i thought it was cute watching her play in my makeup and

watching her put it on :)

as you can see she has the lids off of everything and giving herself

a total makeover....

that's my girl!

Mail's Here!!

aubree got mail!! we were playing outside when the mail ran so i went to check it. i noticed aubree had a letter so i thought we better let her open it inside with the camera :)

low and behold she got a halloween card from her

uncle teddy and aunt susie! the pictures posted backwards, but she slowly opened the card, then she pointed out there was a cat on the front and the cat says meow and a pumpkin too! she opened it up and money fell out. she said mommy!! money!!

thank you so much for thinking of aubree teddy and susie. it was

very sweet and thoughtful!

we love you guys :)

the bug besties

aubree got to spend all day saturday with the ballard's!

(thanks again shannon)

sine the girls are best friends they had to have similar costumes :)

shannon took these pictures of them and i am so glad she did!

they are so adorable together and i know im partial but they

are the cutest bugs in the world :)

thank you for picking up our bee costume papaw, we love you!

you say "aubree, what are you gonna be for halloween?"

aubree says "um, A BEE!"

its so stinkin cute!!

and she is also saying trick~r~treat, but refused to when we

were actually trick or treating :/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

albo's home and there are leaves on the ground!!

aubree is home!! it is going to be a long long time before i am gonna let

her leave again. it was harder this time than ever. i often found myself sitting in her room, playing with her toys, and going through her clothes. i even caught bryan sneaking in her room a few times.

needless to say we missed her very much.

it was PERFECT weather outside today. after we got home from

church we changed our clothes and headed outside to "pay" (play).

we tried to carve a pumpkin we got at the pumpkin patch, rode our

bicycles and the beep, and played in the leaves!

we attempted to include albo on the pumpkin carving. she was very interested at first. we were talking to her about doing it and telling her how much fun it would be! she stuck her hand down in it to help daddy clean it out.... then she was DONE!! she said eeww mommie!!

she wanted absolutely nothing else to do with that slimy pumpkin.

her face here says exactly how she felt about the entire pumpkin

carving experience!

since she came home friday night we have probably kissed

each other around a million times. i missed my baby.

i love this face. she was belly laughing while we were throwing the

leaves around outside.

i think the words on her shirt sums it up :)

date nite!

so albo went to stay with my mom for the week to visit everybody.

i know she will have fun but i will really miss her :(

positive note..

bryan and i have VERY VERY few nights out to ourselves so we totally

took advantage of the opportunity.

Our Colts were playing sunday night football so we went over to

Buffalo Wild Wings to watch it on the big screens!

We had some amazing nachos, wings, and fries! yummy!

we had a good time hanging out. oddly enough we talked

about our baby girl 90% of the time :)

these wings were soooo good. bryan had the spicy garlic &

i had the hot barbecue! we shared with each other too :)

looking all cute in our #18 jerseys!

GO COLTS!!!