Fall Festivities!

It's fall ya'll in the South and I love the smell of autumn in the air and the beautiful colors of the leaves changing that we get to enjoy in Middle Tennessee.  We have had a busy October, nothing unusual for us, and have enjoyed a lot of fun activities each weekend. 

Travis went on a boys trip to Atlanta for the first weekend in October to see the Braves so Ava and I left for a weekend in East Tennessee to spend time with Mimi, Uncle Chace, Aunt Mandy, and Uncle Matt.  Mimi treated us to homemade apple sauce and apple pie and we spent a great afternoon at Warriors Path State Park's children's playground.

The next weekend Uncle Christopher, Aunt Emilie, and cousins Joseph, Jacob, and Denbigh came in town and we all stayed at Nana and Papa's for the weekend.  They arrived Thursday evening and we brought Ava over a night early so she could spend the night and have all day on Friday to play with her cousins.  They arrived Thursday after dinner and while Ava had already eaten, Nana and Papa ordered pizza for everyone else.  Ava and Jacob were upstairs playing with the train set when Nana came up and asked Jacob if he wanted pizza and Jacob said no.  Ava looked at Jacob in disbelief and said, "Jacob, pizza!  PIZZA Jacob, PIZZA!", and then Ava told Nana that she would like some.  The rest of the weekend involved Ava following her cousins around which made her one happy little girl.  Sunday afternoon we went to Cheekwood for their Fall Harvest and to check out their Scarecrows.  Ava also enjoyed looking at all of the different pumpkins, playing in the tree house, and watching the choo choo train.

The third weekend we in October we went to Avery's 5th Birthday party at Bounce U followed by a quick trip to Gentry's Farm. 

The last weekend in October we rested.  Ava went to Nana and Papa's Friday night so Mommy and Daddy could enjoy a date night with our friends Dan and Andrea.  We spent the rest of the weekend relaxing in preparation of our BIG trip to Florida for Halloween!