Fall Weekend of Fun

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

This past weekend, we drove to my sister and brother-in-law's house in Kansas City, MO for a weekend of Fall Fun! My parents went as well. Friday night we had pizza and enjoyed the company of Mike's (my brother-in-law) family. Evan and Leah had a great time with their niece and nephew. Saturday morning we went to a little town about a half hour away called Weston. My sister, my mom and I have been to the town in the past during their Apple Festival and we thought it was a good time, so we planned our weekend to visit during their Apple Festival this year. It's a cute little town that has shops similar to Old St. Charles. We watched the parade and bought some goodies from some street vendors. Afterwards, we went to a pumpkin farm, had lunch and walked around to see some of the farm animals and pumpkins. The kids LOVED seeing all of the different animals. Saturday night, Mike grilled some awesome ribs for dinner and the adults watched "Gran Torrino". Even though it was a movie I thought I would not enjoy, it was a really good movie!

Over the course of the weekend at my sister's house, we saw a wide variety of wildlife right outside their back door. We saw 6 deer walking at two different times, up to 10 turkey at one point and a couple several other times, two HUGE...I'm talking HUGE spiders, two praying mantis and an adorable FAT groundhog who likes to sunbathe on some big rocks just beyond their backyard. (their house backs to some woods)

After lunch on Sunday, we headed home. The kids did fairly well in the car, all things considering. The last half hour was torture with Evan getting very tired of being in his carseat. Greg and I think the government should tape our kids/any kids for that matter and have that be made into a cd for a torture device!

We can't wait to come visit again Aunt Mandy (as Evan says, "Mammie") and Uncle Mike. Thanks for letting us visit. Our Fall Weekend Getaway was definitely FUN!