Sport Shorties ~ Basketball ~ Bloomington, Indiana ~ Dreams Do Come True Photography

Josie's weekend of practice for basketball.

Raking Leaves & Filling Pumpkins ~ Bloomington, Indiana ~ Dreams Do Come True Photography

I promised Josie that when we got home Monday night, we would fill the pumpkins up with leaves. Well I kept my promise, but she didn't! This raking, didn't last long, she decided to get in Dad's truck and play while I raked. So Mommy just went and got the leaf blower! I'm not no dummy!!!

Josie really couldn't play much in the leaves, due to Gertie.

She acted just like Levi used to! Jumping over,under and in leaves.

Our finished pumpkins! She even told me where to put them. One is in the garage driveway, one is in the flower bed at the house and one is on the pool deck. She asked me if we could get millions next year. Of course I said, Yes!

On a side note: Josie stayed with Mama Carole today and Mama said out of the blue, Josie told her that Daddy and Mommy were trying for a baby. And that Daddy is always camping.
Daddy is not ever camping. Don't know where that one came from.
And we haven't spoken about a baby in front of her let alone between just the two of us. I wish we could give her a baby sibling, but at this point, it's not really an option. It took so much money and time to be able to have her. Then to top it off, I ended up with pretty bad, PostPartum Depression. Josie was worth everything we went through and yes I would do it again in a heartbeat if it was a possibility. But I don't want to take away the time, money and my mind from my daughter.

Apple-Works ~ Trafalagar, Indiana ~ Dreams Do Come True Photography

Sunday we took the kids to Apple-Works. They had fun, but I was dissapointed! They said they closed at 7:00, but not really. Everything is put up, animals and all around 6:30. And they were out of Apple Fritters! My biggest dissapointment.

But it was alot of fun this year with Josie. She was running around the patch, trying to find a pumpkin she could carry. Kayla was fun, but Riley may be getting too old for it. He was kind of in the "iffy" stage. He wanted to have fun, but he also thought he was too big for it.

Their pickings

Riley definately enjoyed the Apple launching!

Family Portraits ~ Bloomington, Indiana ~ Dreams Do Come True Photography

Remember, how I said a while back, that there is no excuse big enough to postpone your family portraits! Whether it be a weight issue, So and So is going to have another child, I'm growing my hair out, so on and so forth.
Well check out this video! I couldn't have said it better myself!

http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/I-Heart-Faces/?omedia_id=161

Baseball ~ Sport Shorties ~ Sports Plex ~ Bloomington, Indiana ~ Dreams Do Come True Photography

Finally, the glasses we just had to have at Bass Pro Shop, she is finally wearing!

Josie started baseball on September 24th and October 1st was her first game. She seems to enjoy baseball more than she did soccer. She does have an issue though, she doesn't listen and pay attention. She is too busy people watching!

She didn't understand the "good game" line up so Coach Leslie assisted her. Now we are always playing "good game."

Camping ~ Bloomington, Indiana ~ Dreams Do Come True Photography

Josie keeps talking about going camping in the woods. So Mike got Chris' tent and mattress and we set it up down in our bottom. We wanted to make sure she would do okay with it before we went far from home. She was so excited! While daddy and mommy were trying to set up the tent, she and Gertie just played in the bottom picking up "lemons" (aka, walnuts) and throwing sticks.

Once we got the tent set up, we ran to the store so she could get a "treat". She picked out gummy worms, licorice and a cherry frosty. We settled in, turned on the laptop and watched Fox & The Hound until she fell asleep. Now that's camping!

She did perfectly, the only downside, she got up at 6:00 in the morning. Which didn't make for a very fun day, but she did really good. And slept wonderfully. Dad & Mom on the other hand, Dad was falling off of the mattress into the floor of the tent and Mom was stuck up against the tent wall with only one direction to lay, otherwise I rolled to the center because the mattress was losing air.

Awe, MEMORIES!!!

 

Caterpillar, Desk and Chilling ~ Bloomington, Indiana ~ Dreams Do Come True Photography

How cool are these caterpillar photos! I'm trying to figure out where to blow them up and hang them, they are just simply awesome to me! Now I need a macro lens!!!

My new project! I bought this at a yard sale for $25, it is going to be painted a bright green and put in our "art" room. 

Josie, simply chilling out with a Popsicle on Chris' boat in the garage. This will occupy her for at least 30 minutes at a time. She gets up there and pretends, her and her friends are going fishing. "Shawna and Pupa" (pronounced pooh-paw)