Y'all... ARUBA!!! (October, 2016)

There are no words- Mike and I were able to enjoy a week-long trip to Aruba.... by ourselves! Our amazing friends and neighbors, the Marinelli's, kept the kids for us while we enjoyed an amazing vacation. It was so so so much fun. As much as I would love to give a daily play-by-play of our trip, we honestly spent a lot of time doing NOTHING, on a beach, in the sun (with some beverages) which was GREAT! We did make some time to go on an ATV tour of the island (WOW!). I'll remember this trip for a lifetime.

First sunset

Enjoying lunch at what became our favorite spot!

Got a little burned

Breakfast

Scarowinds!! (October, 2016)

Our local amusement park, Carowinds, transforms every fall into 'SCAROWINDS' and the kids and I experienced the fun for the first time this year (in VERY different ways!). During the day, the park is a fun filled pumpkin adventure. Along with all of the same rides, there is added entertainment that includes fun shows, foam pits, a pumpkin patch, cookie decorating and lots of other fun. The kids had a blast with all of the fun activities.

At night, the park reopens into a haunted, horror park.... seriously. I've never been before (as much as I love the high thrill rides, I have never been a fan of haunted fun) so I talked some friends into coming with me and it was such a fun.... and SO SCARY night!! As frightening as it was, I'll be back next year!

Before.....

After scaring us at the photo booth!

Pumpkin Picking! (October, 2016)

It's that time of year again! Each fall, we try to make a trip to the mountains to go apple and pumpkin picking. This year, we had BIG plans to do that but to make a weekend camping trip out of it... fun! Well, Mother Nature had other plans as a hurricane blew through and ruined our plans. No problem though- we have an amazing local pumpkin patch that we have visited in the past (and also throughout the year for their amazing produce) so we went to find our perfect pumpkins!

Future Falcon Football Game (September 2016)

Part of Mikey's chance to be a 'Future Falcon', is getting to play a flag football game with the Seniors during halftime of a JV game. Mikey had so much fun with all of the big boys and he showed them how fast he can run! He also got to eat a hot dog dinner with the players after the game (that actually may have been his favorite part!!). Go Falcons!!

Mikey runs the ball in!