Halloween!

Fall is my favorite time year. I love the changing leaves and the bite in the air. I love wearing sweaters and cuddling in a blanket, reading a good book. And I love Halloween!! Unfortunately Bobby and I had to work all weekend, but we celebrated with his family on Friday night. My mother in-law put together several games for the kids to play--pin the nose on the pumpkin, a treasure hunt, eat the donut off the string w/o using your hands, and musical chairs. Here are a few pictures of my cute nieces and nephews.

Molly, the Fairy Princess

Owen, the Skeleton Army Man

Abram as Dracula, Molly, Lulu and Norah as the Brides of Dracula

Chicago!

On our way home from Michigan, (yes, we drove...) we stopped in Chicago for a few nights. It is an amazing city! It feels cleaner and safer than New York, but it's still a huge city. I loved every minute of it. We went on an architectural boat tour which was awesome. The buildings there are incredible. Hopefully we'll be able to go there again next year! Oh, and we stayed at the Hilton Chicago a 4 star hotel for 80 bucks a night thanks to priceline.com.

Buckingham Fountain

Cloud Gate
I LOVE this (thing?)! I could have stayed here all day to take pictures of it with different reflections. Unfortunately we only had a day to see Chicago.

On our boat tour we went right under the Sears Tower or I guess now known as the Willis Tower.

Michigan

Bobby and I just got back from a wonderful trip to Old Mission, Michigan.
I will warn you now that this blog will be filled with pictures...

A group of us at the Old Mission Lighthouse

For some reason I look disgusted that Bobby is kissing me. I swear I love him.

Sailing! Bobby's grandfather has a beautiful sailboat that we were able to go on one day. This is Bobby preparing to put of the main sail.

Bobby with our nieces Olivia and Maddie and our Nephew Owen.

Us in front of Lake Michigan, on our way to the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes.

The "warning" at the top of the dunes. It was SO steep. I stopped about a third of the way down. I honestly didn't think I could make it back up if I went to the bottom.

This is the view from where I stopped. Those little dots are the people in our group... Doesn't Lake Michigan look beautiful in this shot?

Happy Birthday Bobby!

It's my wonderful husband's birthday today! I feel so lucky to be married to him for eternity. Bobby turned 27 years old today. We spent the day celebrating. I woke him up at 10 with German pancakes and orange juice. We laid around for a few hours, then went to see The Last Airbender. Bobby used to watch the cartoon, so he wanted to see it and he did enjoy it. And, surprisingly, I enjoyed it too. The acting was horrendous, but the story kept my attention. When we got home, Bobby took a nap to prepare for his long night of work. While he napped, I made a 7 layer chocolate cake that Bobby loves. Sarah, our sister in law, used to make it so she passed the recipe on to me. We took the cake to my in-law's and had a delicious dinner to end our festivities.

I love you, Bobby!

Zoooo!

I had 3 days off last week, so Bobby and I were able to spend a lot of time together. It was wonderful! We went hiking, ate sushi, celebrated Bobby's mom's birthday, had our 3 MONTH anniversary and we went to the zoo with our friends Aubrey and Hunter!!

The zoo was a lot of fun!
This cute little sand cat was mine and Aubrey's favorite animal at the zoo. Unfortunately we can't have one as pet. Yes, we looked.
Here was Bobby's favorite part of the zoo. A wolf... He made us hike up a hill to see it.

A crocodile!

Check out this amazing peacock!

There's nothing quite like coming home from a long, hard day of work to a sweet husband and two dozen beautiful red roses. I love being married!

Cakes Galore!

I'm getting behind on my posting!
I found these on a blog today and would LOVE to make one of them!

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