Fall is the BEST!

  We have been out of town so much lately, that the last couple days, just spent bumming around the back yard, in the gorgeous Fall weather (80 degrees in November, we will take it!), jumping in leaves, riding bikes around, and swinging on the swings.

  I'm not sure if I'll ever get "official" 18 (or now 20 month) pictures of Quinn Evelyn... but I think these pictures are much more fitting of her spunky little attitude.

Quinn, some days you test us (me) to the core.  You are fiercely independent, and I love that about you.  You are talking up a storm!  "I do it" "I want ____" (insert anything you want.... and then repeat it 7 times! ha!) You love your "rabih" (lovey rabbit), and you would take him everywhere if we let you.  You will eat almost anything we put in front of you.  Asparagus?  OK!  Salmon?  No problem!  Meatballs?  More, please!   You continue to love dogs so much - you lay around on Sullivan, and he doesn't mind one bit.  Oliver minds, but you don't.  lol!  You want to do anything that Palmer or bigger kids are doing.  You had to trick or treat, you have to color (I draw! you say!) and you love to "wing wing wing wing" (swing!)  You are one of a kind.

seriously... with the finger.   Totally showing this to all your dates, when you are 50.

Happy Halloween!

This year, because we live in Louisville, I thought it would be fun to make costumes that are related to where we live.  After taking a trip to Churchill Downs with my parents over the Summer, it just made sense!  We have two little kids... jockeys are little... our two little kids could be jockeys!  It was so fun when we took the kids to the Downs, the horses that were on the track in between the races, were able to be pet.  The kids loved that!

Pictures from this Summer's trip to Churchill Downs!

I love how my Mom and Quinn look like twins in this picture! 

  So flash forward past a few hours of hunting down items, painting "silks" for the kids, and searching for items so that Ross and I can match... and you have our halloween costumes for the year!  The kids were the jockeys, and Ross and I went as attendees of the derby!  Only thing we were missing, were the mint juleps!

 We had SO much fun this Halloween!  We also had a few visits from very special people!  We were (if you can't tell from the pictures) up in Fort Wayne.  Friday night, we got a special visit from Aunt Heidi, Mr. Eric, and Piper - the kids ran around and played, and had a ball together!   We took some pictures of them, because they are always changing and growing.  We wanted to document them right in this special moment together!   Our visits are always too short, but we love them so!

We were also lucky enough for not one visit, from far away family (Strobels are family!) but two visits!  Uncle Sean and Aunt Meredith were in town this weekend as well!  We hung around the house, played with dogs and kids, went to adult dinner at Cork and Cleaver, and went to a movie (The Accountant).  Palmer used Uncle Sean's legs like a slide, and Aunt Meredith helped Palmer sort out all his Halloween candy.  It was a good weekend!