meow.

more to come on Halloween festivities...

champs.

Regional Champs!!!

We are pretty excited around here. :)

This win was huge, not only the first regional championship Todd has had during his years coaching the girls season, but the first volleyball regional win the school has had in decades. And to top it off, the win was against a rival school and a rival coach. Triple Woot-Woot!!
I'm so glad Quinn was there for it too. Growing up on the court is exciting, as I've mentioned before, and this is just the beginning for her.

newbies.

We are newbies to our new town's huge annual festival.
We knew our initiation to this big event was crucial to feeling like we are officially part of the community. :)
Last night was the kick-off to a five day festival that we are very much looking forward to. It was the night that decorated pumpkins are collected on the courthouse lawn, where booths are open, food for kids is free (we love that word), a huge cake-cutting ceremony kicks off the event, and the streets are filled with ghosts, witches, princesses and little kitty cats going from store to store trick-or-treating.

Unfortunately, Todd was only able to catch the tail end of it due to his practice schedule. We were so glad he could come though.
So it was a mommy and quinny event, and I am mastering the art of how to handle a toddler in a large crowd of people by myself. One, bring the stroller (the one that you don't have to buckle her into for easy climb out and trick-or-treat access. Two, trade in the diaper bag for husbands over the shoulder backpack (easier for chasing). Three, bring snacks, drinks, and distractable items just in case. Four, forget the nice camera and bring the point-and-shoot, you won't be able to get many good pictures anyway when there is a huge crowd and she is holding your hand standing in lines for candy - one less item to bring along - check! Five, remember that she is one, she doesn't need much candy and she really just likes to collect a few, play with them and people watch. :)

meow.

people watching.

sharing our slice of cake from the cake-cutting ceremony.

smiley kitty with mommy.

daddy is here!

looking at all the decorated pumpkins.

the girls.

great grandma.

Quinn is a lucky little girl to have such loving great grandmothers. Quinn is a very lucky little girl that for 5 months of the year she gets to spend lots of time with her Great Grandma Ginny. She is our babysitter, takes care of us, takes us in when we are without home during our moving interim, and offers any possible help that can be offered. We love our Grandma Ginny very much and will miss her when she leaves this week for winter in Arizona. But we hope that she has a fun-filled fantastic time as always. :)

Lots of Love,
Todd, Lisa & Quinn

apples.

a little photo outing.

Last week after a fun little stop to Hobby Lobby (well fun for me), Quinn and I drove a couple blocks further and got out to enjoy a gorgeous day.

fall sweets.

Busy, busy, busy.

Many more things are getting checked off our home list.  YEA!
Now that a chunk of the painting is done, things are starting to get hung up (my favorite part).
I'm in the middle of a few DIY projects that I will share soon, as well as took some fall pics of our little babe, and had a busy week of baking (and this all continues into this week as well as we prepare for our first festivity at our new home).
All this while Todd is wrapping up a great fall volleyball season heading into the last week of regular season competition.

a few pumpkin sweets

speaking of little pumpkins :)

Happy Monday!

cue the wind.

little miss sunshine.

fall checklist.

Making some progress on our fall checklist...

 

On Columbus Day we headed out for a day of pumpkin farm fun.