Our Engagement Photos!!!

Brian and I had our Engagement photos taken about 2 weeks ago at Potato Creek State Park! I was thrilled with the colors of the leaves; it was exactly the look I had wanted for our photos. Our wedding is November 14, 2009- so by that time, there may not be many pretty colored leaves around for the wedding photos. So I decided to bring all of those beautiful colors into all aspects of the wedding; the bouquets, the table centerpieces, the wedding cake. I CANNOT wait! My mom and I have been busy purchasing Fall flowers, which are priced great right now, I did choose to go with artificial ones.

The evening that the photos were taken was a chilly one outside but the warmth from my future hubby's romantic embrace made it worth it!!

Isn't our photographer amazing? She is shooting our wedding too!! We got SO lucky finding her!

Happy Halloween tomorrow!

~Noelle

Oh, Scrappy Day!

I was very lucky this past Sunday to head over to my friend Angie's house for her "Croptober Fest"! Where I was able to get caught up on Gavin's album for ages 6 and 7. I chose a few of my favorite pages to share with you. I am able to relax and think straight for once (LOL) while I am scrapbooking; its such a great hobby!

I am hosting my own Croptober Fest this Sunday the 19th; which I hope turns out well. The girls will receive lots of goodies and prizes; I am serving some yummy fall snacks and dinner to them too. I also won a Gift Certificate and a FREE facial from a Mary Kay lady, who I invited to come on over that day to pamper all of us girls too! I'll have some pics from that FUN FALL day to post soon!

~Noelle :)

I'm thinkin'.... Christmas!

Wow, its not even Halloween and I'm starting to think about Christmas! It is my favorite holiday though; to bake, decorate, give gifts, etc.

I was looking online last week and came up with some gift ideas for my boys.








Gavin is 7 now and Gage is 1 1/2; so two totally different ages to shop for; but they always play with each others toys anyway! LOL So Santa, here is what the "K" boys have on their list so far...

~Noelle

A DAY AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH!

My adorable little family and me!













Gavin picked this one out for himself!







Gavin lead us through the corn maze!













Gage picked out his own pumpkin too!

Isn't this the cutest lil scarecrow
sign??







"I'm King of the World, mom!"















Gage loved the piggies and would make a snorting noise when we walked by them. He also found the noises that the turkeys made to be hilarious too!

Look at the above left pic of my handsome guys walking hand in had! Awwww, looooove it!

Here is Gavin and Gage by the Ruler? Look at how close they are in height! Gavin is 7 years old and 4 feet tall and Gage is almost 1 1/2 years old and almost 3 feet tall!!!

We had a lovely day at the Pumpkin Patch! I love fall and my cute family, so it was a perfect day for me:)

~Noelle~

The Shopping Cart Tragedy!

So a couple weeks ago, I had the worst "mom moment" out in public!! I ran into Martin's after school with the boys to get a few things. Gage was buckled in the little seat of the cart, like a good baby. I constantly have to tell Gavin to stay off the back of the cart because (1) he's too heavy and (2) he could tip it over. So we were by the Halloween stuff and I was looking at something when I hear a loud boom and a cry, sooooo... I turn my head and there is my shopping car tipped on its side with Gavin pinned underneath and Gage half hanging out, crying and scared!!! Groceries were on the ground and my purse went flying out of the car. I was STUNNED and SO Mad at the same time. I can't quite recall but I am pretty sure I yelled "What the Hell?" or something not good out loud. With like 2 seconds to think about what to do, as fast as possible to avoid a TON of public humiliation... I grabbed Gage's one arm and pulled the cart up with my other arm. Gavin was crying because his leg was stuck so I hurried up and pulled the cart off of him. I noticed a man walking by, who didn't bother to ask if I needed help!! (Jerk!!!) So I got the cart pulled up, checked my children for injuries, loaded to groceries back in, yelled at Gavin to pick up my purse and proceeded to get the heck out of there as quick as I could check out!! (I have to laugh about this now because I can imagine how stupid this whole situation looked! LOL) So we get to the check out lane and Gavin is crying and says "I'm so stupid!". The cashier looks at me like, what did you say to your child, lady? She then asks for my Martin's card and says "How are you today?" I thought for a brief second... hmmmm, do I tell her my humiliating story or not? I just said "I have had WAYYYY better days and today I learned to never take my children to the store again!!!!"

So my advice to my fellow mom friends, DO NOT let your kids stand/"ride" on the back of the grocery cart- cause this can happen to you!!!

(Hope you were able to find the humor in this! Now, I can:) When it was happening I wanted to DIE!!!)