Sunday, November 13, 2011

Hootenanny Weekend

For my birthday in October, I threw myself a party. And being Emily, I had something unusual in mind. Teaming up with some girlfriends who also had October birthdays, we put together a hootenanny. Yup, a "Hootenanny: Noun: An informal gathering with folk music and sometimes dancing." And indeed there was.

 My bros Adam and Joe even came and my SIS!

They were really happy to celebrate with me, see? (actually, in this one they are pretending to be Dre... ironically, here he looks more alert then them both combined. And it looks like he's going to punch them out. I would.)

So, back to the party... there was food....

...glorious food.


...boots, a must...

and hats...

... and bee-zaar doughnut games. (also a must)



Then came the manly challenges... wood choppin'...

...and wood chuckin'. (my man won, no surprise.)

Teaching some line-dancing.



And barn dancing. Grab yer partner!





Gabby, Katie, Me, and Abby....Happy birfday to us! Behold the awkward cake holding.

magical lighting


gettin' nutty at the fire-pit-after-party. (some stayed out until 1am, crazies.)


The next morning, at the raspberry-chocolate-waffle breakfast, some were a little grumpy.

but the food was good so...

Cue my mother: "Looks like a fun time was had by all."
True dat. (partner)

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Patch pickin' and Heel Clickin' Good Times

In keeping with fall tradition, we headed out last month to Ashland Berry Farm for some punkin' pickin!

Eva's favorite part, of course, was the hay ride.



"I'm coming punkins!"

Does this punkin' need a mommy?

Hay-mazing hay maze. Love her delight.

Dre-dre stayed with sweet Ms Patti instead of going to the dusty fields.

Determination face.

Daddy doing his part in hauling as much as he could carry for $20. (there were actually a couple more, but they didn't make it into this re-created shot) Our hero.

On a separate note, Eva got her fist pair of "clicky heels" this month that are 'just like Mommy's'... and she wanted you to know. (She's very proud of them, can you tell?)