Roar Little Dragon

Joshua was the cutest and sweetest little red dragon for Halloween! The morning of Halloween we went to Holly Fest here in Holly Springs. It was at a local park. There were rides and blow-up slides, lots of food, and good fun! We even got to see a pig race! Joshua's Grandma sent him a cute little race car driver uniform for Halloween. He got to wear it to Holly Fest and was so stinkin' cute! I'm so sad we never even got our camera out while he was wearing it. I still have plans to put it back on him to take a picture for my Granny. She is a huge Nascar fan and would be tickled to death to see him in it. That night we dressed Joshua up in his dragon costume and let him hand out some candy to the neighborhood kids before we headed off to our friends' Shane and Anna's house

When we got to Shane and Anna's we took Joshua up to their door and rang the doorbell and ran away. Shane opened the door and Joshua fell in.....ha! Shane started cracking up. They kept saying how cute he was, and I had to agree! We hung out there for a little while. Greg and Nichole stopped by with Ayden. It was a fun night.....well really an entire day of fun!

Joshua and his "friend" Grace....Shane and Anna's daughter

Lion Ayden, Flower Grace, and Dragon Joshua....so cute!

Side not about the dragon costume.......I was outside with Joshua a few days before Halloween when our neighbors came outside. We talked to them for a few minutes before they asked what Joshua was going to be for Halloween. I told them I wasn't even sure we were going to dress Joshua up this year because we hadn't really planned to go anywhere for Halloween. I'm pitiful...I know. So our neighbor ran into her house and yelled for us not to go anywhere. I was a little confused, but then she came out with the cutest little red dragon costume. Their son wore it last year, and it was practically in brand new condition. It was just such a neat surprise and such an adorable little costume!

Hill Ridge Farms

Can I just say that Hill Ridge Farms is such a fun place to go!! I think we might have even enjoyed it more than the state fair. There was so much to do there. We.......

Found our way through a little maze

Jumped in a bounce house

Saw some animals

Rode a huge slide

Played on a fort (which we have no pictures of)

Jumped in some hay

Played in some corn

Rode a hay ride

and Picked out some pumpkins!

Kara and Christopher ventured out with us which made it even more fun!

I think next year we may even go twice. The only downside to it is that it is about an hour from our house, but the ride there was well worth all the fun that we had.

State Fair 2009

At the end of October we headed out to the NC state fair with David, Pamela, Hudson and Katy. We have been loving having them close by! We ate some yummy food, saw some animals, and rode a few rides. We were a little disappointed in the number of rides Joshua was actually able to ride. Even some of the rides that had the sign saying if you were under a certain height you could ride it with an adult wouldn't let us on. His favorite thing by far was the carousel! We had to ride it several times.

Joshua had his first taste of a funnel cake....and then he had quite a few more tastes ;). We had a great time and can't wait for next year!

Our Little Family

Kara's Havin' a Baby!

Our good friends, Kara and Christopher McLendon, just had a baby! Little Caleb is just precious! I'll introduce him to you in another post. (I'm a little anal and feel the need to keep the events in our lives in the correct order on the blog....ha! I guess that means I should update it more often.)

In October Derek and I had the opportunity to go to Meredith College (where Kara and I went to school together) to take some maternity photos for them. It was a lot of fun! Joshua came along and had a great time running around the amphitheater. I think we got some really good shots for them!

Happy Birthday GaGa!!

Happy Birthday GaGa! We love you lots!