What I'm Loving Wednesday

October edition... 

Since we had so many fun things happen last month, I thought this would be the best way to update! :)

I'm loving the fun Saturday we had in Lepanto! It was so wonderful to visit and see our friends! Not to mention, it was a beautiful day for Terapin Derby!  

I'm loving the homecoming pep rally that we got to watch! Anna-Kate was so excited we came along and she loved getting to high-five the football team! Plus they won the game! :)

I'm loving that I got to go with Anna-Kate on her field trip to a farm! We had so much fun at cowboy day!

I'm loving that Thomas had such a wonderful birthday!! We took monkey cake pops to his school and then we had a small party the night of his birthday with family. We made mickey mouse pizzas and then had cupcakes. He had a cute mickey-themed party on Saturday with some friends!

I'm loving the cute going away party we threw! Anna-Kate's student teacher had her last day in October, so we gave her a little surprise party! Complete with a "Thanks for making us wiser" tote bag with all of the kids fingerprints turned into little owls! We also had ice cream sundaes and owl cake pops! 

I'm loving the wonderful time we had at Grandparent's day this year! Anna-Kate was so proud to perform and to show off her class to Nini and Granddaddy! 

I'm loving how adorable my little monkey and owl were this year!! Thomas got to wear his costume to school and he was so excited! 

I'm loving that we went to Anna-Kate's fall fest at school and got to play games with her! She was so excited to see us! 

I'm loving that we had a wonderful trip to Franklin! We went to Pumpkin fest and got to spend lots of time with family! 

I'm loving that we still had time to go Trick-or-Treating at several houses on Halloween! 

I'm loving my precious little family and all of the special memories we got to make this October! I know I say it all the time, but I feel so blessed that I was able to be home through all of it! :)

Sorry for the mega post- but that almost catches you up! What are you loving today? Link up here and play along!! 

Happy Halloween! (Lots of Pictures!!)

First of all, I just have to say that I'm sorry there are so many pictures!! I just couldn't help myself! I thought Anna-Kate and Ben were adorable! 

Tonight we went downtown with our friends Elizabeth and Justin and their little boy Ben! Anna-Kate was a flower girl in their wedding back in June. She and Ben have celebrated Halloween every year since they were born! It's kind of special. :)

Last year we decided to coordinate their costumes. Anna-Kate was Dorothy and Ben was the cowardly lion and Thomas was Toto! This year since they both had their outfits from the wedding, we decided it'd be mean cute to dress them up as bride and groom! haha! Poor things! 

My Aunt passed down a costume from her son, so Thomas was an elephant this year! I had a pumpkin costume from Anna-Kate's first Halloween but I decided that it would probably be a little small on Thomas, so I let my sister borrow it for my nephew, Luke! He was SO cute in it! 

Sorry, I couldn't help but share this picture!! It's adorable! And taken by the very talented Brenna Gentry, located back home in Franklin, Tennessee!! 

After we went downtown, we went to see Derek's parents and grandmother. If you couldn't tell by the pictures, Kristen was Snow White! We all went trick-or-treating at a couple of places. 

After that we went over to Elizabeth and Justin's house for some pizza and to watch the game! She made us homemade pizza! It was delicious!! 

We had a great time! 

Anna-Kate is staying here with Derek's parents tomorrow so she can go to the fall fun fair at our church here! She's going to be a cheerleader tomorrow. Or as she says it "a broken-footed cheerleader." :)

By the way, if you noticed her new cast, you can scroll down to read all about it! I don't usually do back-to-back posts, but I was trying to catch up! :)