Catch up time

Here is a synopsis of what we have been up to in the past week or so...first of all, last weekend a group of us went up to Seneca Lake (one of the Fingerlakes) and went "camping" Okay so it really wasn't camping as it was originally going to be, but it was WAAAAY better and SOOOO much fun. We got up there Friday evening, put the kids to bed, then stayed up late, late, late playing all sorts of games, Ninja, Hide and Seek in the dark, Murder in the Dark...you get the idea. I loved how my friend Steph put it on her blog....she said"we figured there wasn't going to be another time that we had a whole huge house without fragile decorations all to ourselves. That's right, it was Hide and Seek time! Can you picture it? Lights off. Grown adults acting like children. Running amuk. It was hysterical." We seriously had so much fun. The next morning was beautiful and sunny and so a few crazy people in the group decided to hit the lake and go wake-boarding....I graciously declined and was happy to just watch...it was only in the 60's outside and the water was FREEZING!! David had to give it a shot...he was sore for days afterwards!
Our sweet "cabin"...a 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath house with lots of space for crazy games:)
The group...
Getting ready for a little Ninja action...don't even ask what this game is about! It sure is fun even though it might look and sound a little strange.
Some wake boarding action by David..lookin' good babe!
Maia and Hayden playing outside...she LOVES Hayden so much!
Then on Tuesday this past week, me and some girlfriends went to Becker Farms to pick apples. This is one of my most favorite fall time things to do here! I LOOVE fresh orchard apples and have been WAITING and WAITING for a nice enough day to get out and pick some! Seriously this fall has been pretty miserable...lots of rain and cold weather, but the day we went turned out to be absolutely beautifuL! I picked a whole bushel and now just need to make some applesauce.
Elsie was NOT in the mood for pictures apparently...
Maia loves to eat the apples along the way...
And finally, the fall here just wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Clarence Pumpkin Farm! We went last night with our friend's the Davis' and although it was a little chilly, it was still lots of fun.
David is going to love this picture below!! I'm sure most of you know about Maia's eye...she has what is called Brown's Syndrome. I've mentioned it before on our blog so I won't get into what it is, but it is basically just weak eye muscles and it is not serious at all. It is just one of her crazy quirks that we love. We tell her to give us "the look" and this is what we get. It is hilarious! She and Rylee were doing a silly face picture and David called out for "the look" and I got the picture just in time. I'm sure she will hate us one day for taking these kind of pictures! But we sure love you girl!
Elsie in the wagon of pumpkins... or "punk-mins" as Maia says.

Me and the girls...
Maia and Rylee...they are best friends and play so well together. In fact when I need to get stuff done around the house, I call Rylee over so Maia can be entertained for hours. It is so nice!
And just a random side note about Elsie...here is proof of what kind of trouble maker she is....she pulls herself up on everything now and crawls FAST. She keeps me on my toes! She finally broke a bottom tooth two days ago and the second one is coming any day now (she has kind of been a little on the cranky side and not being the amazing sleeper that she normally is...I'm ready to get back to the 12-14 hours of sleeping at night again, so I'm hoping the teeth breaking through helps) But she sure is cute, so I can't complain too much!