Dallas!

When Daddy went home to work hard, Finn and I stayed to hang out with Anna and Jamie and their cute kids who were visiting from Wyoming and Idaho for the week.

 

 Played with Pugga a lot! Went to the Stock Yards in Fort Worth, went shopping, and went to the Dallas Zoo!!

We have loved all the time we've had with cousins this month! Coming home to be with just Mommy and Daddy is Bore-O.

OCTOBER

 We have bucket lists and we are checking them off! This month was short and sweet.

 The Pumpkin patch- and it was well worth the long drive out of the city! We fed goats, ate corn and fried Oreos, played in the hay, played on the play ground, picked out pumpkins, and Finn got bit in the leg by a goose! Despite the fact that it was 85 degrees and I was completely bitter about it, we had a great time.

Then we took those pumpkins and carved the crap out of them :) Kylie and Zach came over and we ate homemade applesauce, spider Oreos, and at least tried to listen to Halloween music (turns out it's all pretty much terrible).

 I worked on our costumes and made Finn a little mad scientist jacket out of a men's button down shirt,then I fashioned some leather gloves and some goggles to finish it off and we were a family of freaks! Two Frankenstein monsters and the Mad Scientist that created us! We were set to go to Grant and Callie's Halloween party!

It was such a blast and all the detail work was amazing! Callie is a pro at throwing parties and at making costumes, this was their "Minion" costume and Finn was convinced that it was Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba and was starstruck all night!

 We finished the month off with some cupcake decorating and trick-or-treating with cousins. It was a fun year of Halloween with Finn, he was mesmerized by the idea of running around outside past his bed time, knocking on doors and getting candy from complete strangers!! (and I realized that this holiday is seriously weird...)

 Earlier in the month we had a party with my Boy Scouts and Finn quickly caught on to the doughnut on a string game :)

When Nona comes to visit...

 Nona surprised us with a visit last month!! She was staying for a full week and we were absolutely ecstatic!

We introduced her to the finest fajitas Texas has to offer at Lupe Tortilla, then just played and played! This included story time at Discovery Green, feeding ducks and riding the train at Hermann Park and going to the Houston Zoo. Finn was in heaven, he looooves his Nona.

 

At the end of the week we sadly and SLOWLY drove Nona back to the airport and there Finn would not let her go. He just held her and said "no Nona, no Nona!" 

Who can say no to that sweet face, definitely not Nona and at times not even me!

SOOO........

I sent him on the plane with her? yep, yep I did. With nothing but the clothes on his back, and a few diapers and snacks that I had packed for the day, he was put on a plane to Utah for another WEEK with Nona and this time, PAPA!

of course he had SO much fun with his fun cousins, a ton of toys, snacks and treats whenever he wanted, and unlimited time with his Nona and Papa. Adding a lot of calls home to Mommy and Daddy to ensure that we survived too!

Airport reunion!

Then as an extra bonus, I got to visit Utah at the most beautiful time of the year!

The End... Right? 

What a couple of weeks, there couldn't possibly be more?

WELL, we got such a good deal on my ticket because it came with a 24 hr layover in Colorado. So we got to see Cory and Mindy and more of our fun cousins!!

 We stopped by to see Cory in action and I just couldn't resist taking a picture of his name on the door in HUGE letters. He's so professional it's crazy, I'm so proud of him!

these children are adorable and I am officially wrapped around their little fingers!

Finn completely adored his cousins they were so sweet to him and we had so much fun! 24 hours was NOT enough time!