We had surprisingly nice weather here. Relatively mild, gorgeous leaves, lots of sunny days! In September, we went to the Johnson family reunion (Jarrod's mom's family). We drove to Silver Mines, MO to visit with many, many cousins, aunts, and uncles. Spence always loves playing with all of his cousins (second cousins in this case).
Then, came my FAVORITE weekend of the year: the Balloon Glow! This year we didn't plan quite as well. We grabbed wine and cheese and hopped the metro to the park. Unfortunately, we forgot to feed Spence and the food lines were ridiculously long, the weather was less than perfect (a windy night made for some difficulty), and we arrived way too early! Oh well, it was still fun and we learned what not to do for next year. Seriously, people, if you're ever going to visit (which, for most of you, I have completely given up hope) - this is a really cool event!
In October, my parents came to visit. My dad got to hit with McEnroe/Chang on Friday which I thought was fun to watch! On Saturday, we headed to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins. Kiki then made me work all afternoon carving masterpieces which rotted prior to trick or treat! :)
Then, of course, came Halloween! Our Halloween turned out to be VERY hectic. At noon, I ran to Spence's daycare, got him dressed, and Jarrod and I accompanied him on a parade through the neighborhood with his whole class. Spence loved seeing all of his friends dress up - and I'm pretty sure they all napped in their costumes.
That evening, we went over to our neighbor's house for a quick dinner then lined up at the end of our block (along with the other 40 or 50 kids from our block ALONE - I kid you not) for a 1 block parade for all the parents to see. After that, we had a never-ending stream of kids for trick or treat!
It's definitely been a busy fall! In addition to all the above, Spence started soccer again, we saw Toy Story on Ice, Spence saw his first movie in the movie theater, and we had lots of fun visiting parks, the zoo, the Magic House, etc.
We miss everyone. Love from the Taylor Trio!
