Josie's 1st Birthday!!!

Our baby is O-N-E! 

Saturday was little Josie Marie's 1st birthday!

This past year flew by!  

I seriously can't believe how quickly babies grow! 

It makes me sad!  

We had her party on her actual birthday.  

I personally like having her actual birthday and her party separate but we can't be picky, can we?!? :)  

We had her party at my sister's house.  We had family from Syracuse and New Jersey come!  And Justine and Tati made the trip from Goshen! :)  

Here is our little party girl....

Opening presents...

Time to sing! 

Love this picture! :)

Enjoying her first cupcake!!! :)

Feeling it out....

Tasting it...

Yup, I think she likes it! :)

Jo Jo and Abuelo (Jeff's Grandpa)

Cousin Drake had a little too much fun! :)

We love you so much Josie!

We can't wait to watch you grow some more!!! 

Lilley Farms

Last Sunday Jeff had the day off and we headed over to Lilley Farms for some Fall fun! 

This was my first time there (Makenzie went there last year as a field trip).

We enjoyed the nice weather and the short drive (5 minutes!).  

There wasn't too much going on...it's just a local farm that opens up for the public during the fall.  

We did enjoy a corn maze though...

...and a hayride out to the field to pick the perfect pumpkin

...and a tour of the barn!

and Makenzie's favorite a horse ride!  

She loved it!  

It was a whole lot better than those stingy pony rides at fairs 

that cost an arm and a leg to go in a circle once! 

The nice woman suggested that we put 'him' (Josie) up on the horse too!

She loved it! :)  

And looking back at these pictures I can't be too upset that she thought Josie was a "him".  

She does not keep bows or pony tails in these days and it drives me crazy!! :)

Makenzie and her huge pumpkin!

Leaves!

Makenzie was so excited last week when she came home from school and there were enough leaves in our yard to rake!  You would have thought it was Christmas morning with how excited she was!  

Usually she's so slow after school...washing her hands, changing to play clothes, putting away her backpack....all take like 30 minutes!  But this day she was so excited about the leaf pile she was going to make that she was ready to go outside in like 2 minutes!  :)

 The ground was kind of wet. 

Baby sister wasn't a big fan.

 ....and she wasn't a big fan of me when I plopped her in the wet leaf pile!

 Sissy had fun though! :)

Busted...

The time has come...

Jo has figured out how to open the puffs container.

I think she's pretty proud of herself!

Sneaky, sneaky little girl! :)

Applefest

Saturday was Applefest!  

Unfortunately, I had to work but I did skip out for a little bit to enjoy some fall fun with the fam! :)

Kenzie was very excited to ride the horse....  

Painting a pumpkin....

Kenzie was so excited that she saw so many of her friends.
It's so cute how excited she gets...

I can't believe how many people she knows!

Another reason I love small town living! :)

Our little redhead was there too...

but I don't think she had as much fun as sissy though!

Next year she'll be running around! :)