Happy Halloween

This year we had an eventful Halloween. Maggie dressed up as a candy corn and we think she looked pretty cute in her costume. Besides going to the pumpkin patch, Maggie and I hit a trunk-or-treat at our church on Wednesday and had a photo session at a local boutique on Saturday with our friends Amy and Liam.










Friday night our friends Jim and Kellie had their annual pumpkin carving party so Chad, Maggie and I went to that, staying up too late and having a blast.








Last night, Halloween, we had family (Great Old Aunt Leslie, cousin Bailey, Uncle Gabe, cousin Chris and his girlfriend Michelle) come to town to go trick-or-treating. Maggie didn't trick-or-treat, but she did have fun in the stroller going from door to door with Bailey. Chad stayed home to give out candy and did a great job.

Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday Mags and I went to a pumpkin patch with our friends Heather and Nate. Heather took the shots (among many others) of cutie Nate & Maggie and Maggie & me and I took the one of just Mags. We had a fun time with them and are glad we have photos to prove it!

Organic Farm

Today Chad had to work for a couple hours so Maggie and I went to Fresno State's Organic "U-Pick" farm. We cut some beautiful green peppers for dinner this week and enjoyed walking the rows and looking at the produce.

Happy Friday

Today my mom came for the day and got this great smiley shot of Mags. That's the reason for this post. Oh. My. Gosh. Can you say cute? I just needed to brag.

Four Years and the Fair

Friday Chad and I celebrated our four year wedding anniversary. We went to a steakhouse and had a delicious dinner--thanks Mom and Dad! No photo of us this year--too much going on and taking a photo completely slipped my mind. Happy Anniversary, Chad!

Yesterday was Maggie's first trip to the fair. She loved it. Loved it so much she slept most of the day. After eating some yummy fair food, Chad worked at the CBS47 booth while Maggie and I hung out behind the scenes. The weather was wonderful so it was nice just watching the people and enjoying the day.

Shades

Today is Maggie's 3-month birthday. Hurray! To celebrate I bought her some new shades. Anyone who knows us knows Chad and I are never without our sunglasses. Now Maggie has her own fancy pink ones--welcome to the family!

Please excuse the poor quality of this photo. Darn camera phones...

Knobs

For almost two years now I've wanted to get knobs for the cabinets and drawers in our kitchen, laundry room and two bathrooms. Tired of waiting and ready to take action I went ahead and ordered 61 of them last week. They arrived on Monday. Wednesday Chad installed them and I love how they turned out!

Goodbye Summer

This week we took down our vegetable garden. Our tomato plants were overgrown but finished producing fruit a few weeks back.

On Saturday Chad noticed some pretty yellow and purple caterpillars eating our grape leaves. Maybe they were Greek caterpillars? (Bad joke.) Anyway, they're gone now and thanks to them, so is most of our grape vine. No grapes this year...maybe next year?

Giant Zucchini

Last night we harvested an amazingly big zucchini. And considering we didn't think we'd get any from the plant this year we're particularly impressed with the outcome. Of course we had to use Mags as a measure of how large it really is. Keep in mind, she has adorably chubby thighs, but this monster makes them look slim! Here are the stats:

Weight -

Mags: 12lbs, 13oz

Zucchini: 7lbs, 8oz

Length: -

Mags: 24 inches

Zucchini: 17 inches

Too bad the county fair is over a month away. I think we'd have an award winner!

Happy Birthday, Mags

Of course it's not really her birthday, but she is two months old today so I'm posting photos. These pics are from this weekend at the cabin. As Chad said at the time, Maggie is thinking in this second photo, "Oh Lordy, the vapas." Ha!