Wow, has it really been that long??

Gosh, how time flies. I feel like I just updated the blog yesterday. Then when Aunt Laura started begging for more pictures, I checked my camera and realized that we have been plenty busy in the last three weeks. So here are our latest adventures:

1. an autumn festival at a local farm where Conor and Madelyn got to walk through a hay maze, ride some tractors, pet the animals, and hear some music. Overall a fun time, but there will be even more activities for the kids when they are a few years older.

2. a trip to Rockford to meet Grandma and Aunt Laura who met us halfway from Madison, where Grandma came to visit Laura for Grandma's birthday weekend. We went to Texas Roadhouse and they (and we :) --he he he) made Grandma sit on a saddle while we all yelled yee haw instead of singing happy birthday in Texas Roadhouse fashion. She didn't want to be embarrassed all by herself, so Conor shared the special "throne" with her.

Happy Birthday Grandma!!

3. our local village also had an autumn festival where Conor got his first real pony ride; climbed a true haystack; and sat in an ambulance, another tractor, and a bulldozer. They also had a petting zoo where you walk within the cage among the donkey, llama, baby cow, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, pigs, and rabbits. He is getting better at being gentle when he pets them. ;)

Happy Autumn Everyone!!