Nebraska Birthday Trip

We My parents have been asking for a while what it is I want for my birthday which was in September. But let's face it the older we get the harder it is for me at least to decide what it is I really want. I have my hubby and my kids and my family and that's perfect for me. I knew a lot of my moms family was flying in and my brother was driving up so I decided a plane ticket to see my family who live in Nebraska is just a what I wanted (Emery got to come with me because she flies for free). We had a great time visiting, shopping, eating yummy food at home and out, visiting the zoo, seeing my moms store for the last time since it is now closed, playing games, sewing, laughing and having a great time! I love my family so much and I wish we didn't all live so far away! I will gladly take any trip I can to spend time with them:

Apple Orchard

This year we have enrolled Paisley into preschool and to say she is loving it is such an understatement!  She goes MWF from 12-2:30...she never wants me to walk her (she always asks mom can you just drop me off?).  Such a big girl growing up faster than this mom wants to acknowledge!  So far she has learned primary and secondary colors, days of the week, the seasons and this week they are on letter Dd.  Her teachers (she has 2) helps them learn the sounds and upper and lower case.  Paisley is picking up quickly even though she already knew most of them thanks to the activities we do at home and big sis and start fall and other educational shows we love to watch!

But with it being fall, one of her teaches families owns an apple orchard so last Thursday we got to go for free and learn how apples are picked and processed and got to eat a yummy apple and walk around and play on the tractor.  It was fun and Paisley had a good time (Emery did too...):