Family Pics 2014

   Every fall we take family pictures because: 1) I love the weather and changing colors. 2) We need pictures for our Christmas cards. Picking a location was easy.  Every time I drive into town, I pass a bright red door that is built into a tall brick wall/fence. It's on the side of an old historic house, but we aren't really sure where the door leads to because it isn't a part of the house. Anyways, once you see it you will see why I love it! My friend Kelsey took our pics on Friday and did a fabulous job {Thanks girl!}. It wasn't easy with a hyper dog and a toddler that wants to run around. I hope you all enjoy them!

 

Just Another Day In Venezia

     On Saturday, we went to Venice {the second time I went this week}. We are so grateful that we live less than an hour from a place where people travel thousands of miles to vacation! We needed to buy Aaron a hat for Halloween and we wanted to walk around the canals just for fun. Our good friends Matt and Kelsey went with us too, so we had a great time! 

I love this little boy more then he will ever know!

Vienna, Austria: Day 3

     We finally had a sunny day on our last morning in Austria {10/12}. Connor and I enjoyed playing on the terrace while Aaron made us a yummy breakfast.

 Goodbye beautiful view.

Connor: Eighteen Month Appointment

   Connor had his 18 month checkup today and he is perfect in every way! Since I was by myself for most of the appointment, I wasn't able to take pictures like I usually do. Here he is playing in the waiting room before his check-up:

Vienna, Austria: Day 2

    We were in no rush to get started with our second day in Austria. Aaron woke up with Connor and let me sleep for a little longer. Once I woke up {maybe 10 minutes later}, he started cooking us breakfast. I went upstairs on the terrace with Connor, and saw that it was a very cloudy, foggy, and quite cool. Everything was wet up there, so instead of eating breakfast outside like we planned, we brought the dining room chairs upstairs and ate inside.

 Such a gloomy day.

Vienna, Austria: Day 1

    For my birthday weekend, we took a weekend trip to Vienna, Austria. Aaron had a long weekend, so it was the perfect time to venture out of Italy. We left our house right after 5 on Friday morning, and didn't arrive until almost 1! Aaron was a trooper and drove the entire way.

 We made a quick stop for breakfast and continued on our way.

Connor: Eighteen Months Old

Connor Andrew,

Happy 1/2 birthday baby. I can't believe your are 1 1/2 years old! You have grown so much over the last few months. You are very much a mommas boy, and I love it! Daddy, not so much. I keep telling him that in a year or two that's going to change. You are so much fun to be around and always put a smile on my face. I love you so much! It would be great if you would stop growing so fast and stay little for a while longer.

XOXO,

Mommy

All boy!

Aaron's Birthday Weekend

    I like to celebrate birthdays for longer than just one day. That's just how I am, and it drives my husband pretty crazy. He turned 28 on Thursday,10/2. Since he had to work, we starting the weekend celebration when he got off work by opening presents and going to a concert at his work {his choice}. We stayed for a couple hours, and then came home. It was fun to get out of the house and do something different in the evening besides catching up on our TV shows. Well, we did that once we got home anyways!

    Even though it was Aaron's birthday, I got an early birthday gift: sunglasses.

Lake Como

   A couple days ago I posted about our trip to Venice with Aaron's dad and Carol. While they were here, we also made a trip to Lake Como {on Sunday 9/21}. We got on the road first thing in the morning and met Carol's aunt and uncle at their lake house. They were super sweet and took us to a couple of villages around the lake on their boat. We had a blast!

 Walking on the narrow walkway to the boat.