Happy 1st Birthday, Sweet Samuel!

Our sweet nephew, Samuel, was born a month after Miss Morgan, so today we went out to the farm to celebrate his first birthday. It was such a beautiful day and we all had a great time eating, talking, chasing the young 'uns, taking lots of pictures, and enjoying the warm, breezy afternoon. Four of the five Lemmons families were represented today so there were lots of kids running around. Morgan only slowed down a few times, mostly to play with Abby, Samuel's English Mastiff. She's a great big hunk of a dog, but she is so sweet and docile, and let Morgan play all over her for quite a while. It was so cute to watch!! And you may think that the appropriate attire for a day at the farm is overalls and perhaps even boots, but you'd be wrong. It's actually white pants and a top festooned with ribbons!! A girl has to look her best even when she's rolling around on the ground with dogs!

A majority of the Lemmons family - Chris is holding Morgan, Scott (orange shirt), John (on Chris's right), their grandmother, dad, and stepmother, with assorted kids!

Morgan had a blast wallowing with Abby!
Bailey playing big sister to sweet Eliza
The birthday boy, Samuel, with his own little cake!
Morgan and Samuel checking each other out in the front yard.
Sweet Morgan's pumpkin photo op.

See you soon!!

Pumpkin Patch Magic

I am sooooo terribly behind in my blogging. We've actually gotten back to our old routine of busy-ness and I am so thankful that I'm able to participate! My knees are a bit problematic due to arthritis (boo!) and I've already had cortisone shots in both of them. But I've wearing a knee support every day and I have already lost a few lbs. so I am hopeful that I will be back to my old self in no time!!
Anywhoo, we went to a new pumpkin patch/corn maze on Sunday and had a blast!! We hadn't been to one in a few years but now that Morgan is 1, we decided it was time for her to experience some of what our glorious fall season has to offer! She had a blast and Bailey did, too! Bailey orchestrated several beautiful photo ops and Morgan toddled around checking out all the newness of the farm. She loved the pumpkins and tried her best to chew on their delectable stems, but someone was always there to thwart her plans! The corn maze was the best part and Bailey & I had so much fun pulling the ears of corn from their stalks and forcing the kernels off the cobs so we could pelt each other with them. It takes a truly cool mom to throw corn kernels at her daughter and allow that same daughter to throw them at her!! :D We finished the day with a mini corn of ice cream made right there at the farm - the perfect ending to a lovely fall day!
See you soon!!