Minnesota :)

At the beginning of September...on my birthday weekend...we took at trip to Minnesota for the wedding of one of Joe's best friends. 

Pretty much as soon as we arrived we had to make the 2 hour drive to Wabasha. That is where the wedding was taking place. Joe was busy with groomsmen duties the whole time, so my birthday kinda got put on the back burner. I was not a happy camper but I tried to make the best of it. 

 

I managed to not get one picture at the wedding. After the wedding madness was over, we enjoyed our self back in the twin cities. 

We visited Joe's grandpa's nursery and picked sunflowers. 

We went upstate to visit Joe's dad.

Sally got a cheerleader outfit and cheered for the Vikings.

We took Sally to the Minnesota Children's Museum where she had a ball. They had a HUGE Thomas the Train set up.

I visited one of my favorite spots to stock up.

We went to the apple orchard.

We went to get one of the best BLT's EVER!

All in all, it was a fun trip! It's aways so fun to be with Joe's side of the family. 

This is Sally's favorite thing at the airport :)

Five on Friday

{one}

I broke down...drank the kool-aid, and ought the Emily Ley planner. Its just beautiful and I cannot wait to use it in 2015. I'm honestly scared to write in it for fear that I will mess it up. Does anyone have tips for color coding, etc.?

{two}

We did a fall photo shoot with the fabulous Jennifer Davenport Photography last weekend. She sent me a sneak of one of the pictures. I love it and can't wait to see the rest.

{three}

I have been working on getting our Christmas dresses ordered. I have several more casual ones. These are the new ones I recently purchased. This one from Lukey Lou.

And this one from Kelly-Ellis Designs. 

{four}

Sunday nights are my favorite. I seriously cannot wait for The Walking Dead. Its so good. If you are looking for a new show to watch, please watch this one...but you have to start at the beginning.

{five}

Because Christmas is just around the corner, I am sharing this fabulous and FREE Christmas planner than I found online. Its super easy to use...just print it out and put in a binder. It will help you stay organized. 

Get yours HERE.

Halloween 2014 {Zoo Boo, Pumpkin Carving, Toddler Ideas, Cedar Hill Farms, Halloween Night}

I know Halloween is over but I still need to document Halloween 2014 with the Moske Family. Get ready for all things spooky :) I shared some cute toddler Halloween lunch ideas and activities a few posts ago. 

Here are some shots of the casa all decorated. 

 I met up with some friends at Zoo Boo. Joe had to work :(

Sally looked so cute dressed up like Alice and I was so excited that she had another place to wear her dress :)

She had so much fun trick or treating and riding rides. 

We carved pumpkins with Daddy one night. Sally was very helpful in getting the seeds out. What? You don't carve pumpkins in pull-ups?!

We also cleaned and roasted the pumpkin seeds the next day and Sally LOVED them!

Joe and I took Sally to Cedar Hill Farm in Hernando, MS. This has become a yearly tradition and it was so fun to see how excited Sally was this year. She loved the pumpkin patch, petting zoo and riding the pony!

I made Sally a foam pumpkin for the bath. She had so much fun making different faces each night 

That night I also made her a special dessert. 

Here are the treats that Sally took to her teachers for Halloween.

And this is what I made for her classmates. Its just a tootsie roll pop, but I packaged it up cute :)

Of course my girl had to take a spooky lunch to school. Here was the one she took the day before Halloween. 

 Sally was so ready for her halloween party at school. I found this shirt the day before on clearance for $2!! It's big enough that I'm pretty sure she will be able to wear it next year.

That night Sally and I got ready in our costumes and waited for Joe to get home. 

After we were all ready, we drove over to my dad's and trick or treated at a few houses. We also managed to get one family picture. If you can't tell, I was the Queen of Hearts, Sally was Alice and Joe was the White Rabbit. 

We went over to my Aunts for her annual Halloween Night Chili Party. We trick or treated and Sally had so much fun with all of her cousins. 

I made some white chocolate covered Nutter Butter cookies as mummies. I think they turned out so cute!

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween. Can you believe it's almost Christmas?! Let's not skip over Turkey Day. Although I'm not hosting this year, I do plan to create the cutest kids table.