Smithboro: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

Sorry it's been a while since I've written. I just don't have the time anymore to update this each week, so I'll try to do it when I can. We have been pretty busy these last few weekends. Sarah and I went to North Conway a couple Sunday's ago which was wonderful, we left the girls with the dad's for the day (which is the first time in 2 years) and we enjoyed lots of shopping, lunch and walking around to see some sights. It was a great day thanks Sarah! We definately need to do that more often. It sounds like the Eddie and Matt had a great time with the girls too. Last weekend we packed up and headed for VT to visit Eddie's Family and to have a "Thanksgiving" meal with everyone before Eddie's parents headed to Flordia for the winter. It was a bunch of fun even though Alison of course got sick with some virus on Thursday, while we were at Pumpkinland on her Daycare Field Trip. She managed to have some fun but wanted to be held pretty much the whole time. She always seems to get sick right before we go on a trip or while we are on a trip. But this one wasn't too bad, she just had a high fever and was a little clingy. But she seemed a lot better by Saturday. Alison had a lot of fun playing her cousins Matt and Brianna. And they were really excited to see her too. Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

A cute picture of Alison and her "Grammie ammie"

Eddie and the Girls while the Mommies were off shopping for the day

Playing in Matt's "Biigg truck"

Payson all bundled up at Pumpkinland

Payson and Alison in the Pumpkin Patch at Pumpkinland (each of the kids had to wear a blue shirt so we could keep track of them better, because there was a tons of kids there)

showing me her muscles. This is super funny.

Up close of the muscle show

Even though she's sick she was still in pretty good spirts

Alison in VT with the mountains in the back. She loves looking for mountains now as we drive. Pretty cute, she gets really excited when we pass them.

Eddie's old stomping grounds

A beautiful day in VT

Alison and Aunt Jamie on the tractor, in front of the new barn

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

A weekend full of Apples

We started the weekend off picking apples with my Mom Jim and Anna at Doles Orchard. We had to get a bunch of apples for Alison's Birthday Party on Sunday which of course was an apple theme. It was my Mom and Anna's first time picking so my mom was all excited to use the apple picker. She was a good sport as usual with all the making fun of. Everyone had a good time and we ended up picking over 40 lbs of apples. By far the most I have ever picked. We were also able to see the Pigs, chickens, pumpkins and Flowers. Alison loved seeing the pigs but got really upset when they would shove each other. Here are some pictures of that little adventure.

Daddy and Ali

Ali and her 1st of many apples of the weekend

Mom and her picker

Daddy and Ali on a walk through the orchard

Mom and Jim at Dole's Orchard

Aunt Anna and Ali on the Hammock

Look at all those pumpkins

After the farm we headed back to the house for some more party prep and some dinner and a couple presents for Alison since she saw my mom bring them in all wrapped and what kid could wait until the next day to open them. The next morning was spent with lots more running around getting ready for the party and then the party itself at 11. We just had a small gathering, but it was a bunch of fun. After the party and some cleanup we headed out to dinner, to Apple Bees of course. We actually didn't plan that but it does sound like something I would do so I'm sure no one will believe me. Anyways, Here are some more pictures.

Alison's present from the Pustulka's This thing is so neat. It's an all in one art kit and she LOVES it.

Another present from the Pustulka's. If you look carefully she has all 3 pairs of underwear on.

Alison painting her mask (the apron was from her 1st Birthday Party)

Nathan Hanisko painting his mask

Brady Hanisko painting (yes they are twins)

The AWESOME Apple birthday cake made by Grammie Smith

Mason (Alison's daycare buddy) enjoying a little bread. He has the most beautiful eyes!

Payson having some lunch

Brady, Nathan, Alison and Max. Max (3) is Alison's boyfriend from daycare, ever since Alison started going to daycare Max just loved her. He's so cute.

Singing "happy berday to me"

So cute!

Having a handful of frosting

Look at what she did to this cake. She really enjoyed it.

Showing off her sticky frosting covered hands on a little bit of a sugar rush.

Little down time with Aunt Anna

"coot as a butin" aka "cute as a button"

Oh How Time Flies

It is so hard to believe that Alison is two! She is getting so big and we are enjoying every minute. It's amazing how much they change and learn in 2 years.

Just a couple of hours old

One Year

Two Years

Pumkins, Apples and Friends

The weekend of the 3rd-5th we had lots of fun we went to a "little" pumpkin festival in OOB with our buddies the Plummers and we also went apple picking with Sarah and Payson and Kate and Julie. It was a fun weekend and a realization that fall is here. I'm going to keep this one short and just post some pictures. So here you go.