Rain, Rain go away

My picture has nothing to do with my post. Just a favorite snap shot from a couple weeks ago. I wanted to post while I had a few minutes to check in. It's been a terrible cold & raining day. Maddie and I have spendt all day inside. We've been redecorating fall cleaning.. you name it. I am cleaning & updating every room just about. Getting ready for our new roomate to move in. End of this month my mother in law will be moving in with us. So I am trying to make room for her. Stay tuned for some pictures of my redecorating venture.

Life in the Sunshine

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;

and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the great part of life is Sunshine"

~ Thomas Jefferson

Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

The hunt for the perfect pumpkin

Getting so big!!

My favorite the Cinderella Pumpkin

We visited the pumpkin patch at Council Farms in Skipton on Saturday. Maddie was to into the pumpkin except for when we let her pick out a mini pumpkin. However it barely made it home. As she dropped it, scratched it.. you name it. This was the first time we've picked our own pumpkin. It was pretty neat!

I won, I won

Scrappy skirt

I am late blogging about this but check this out ! I won this scrappy skirt on a blog giveaway by Lassie Girl. I love the colors! The skirt was made by Crystal at Little Bit Funky she's an awesome mom & crafter. Check out her goodies at her Etsy shop

I am love the name pillows (Maddie needs one) and the patchy scarf!!! Ooh

Rest of the Vacation photos

Us with Grandma Carolyn & Bridges fam

Us again with Uncle Andy & Uncle Keith

Linds & Mase

Tickled that she got to sit in the big girl chair

Me w/Maddie & Mason

Beach Beauty

Sandy Cheeks Luv it!!


Here's the rest of my favorite photos from vacation! Enjoy!!

Beach Day

Our kite not bad for $2

Daddy & Pops jumping waves with Maddie

The house we stayed in was within walking distance to the beach. We also picked the perfect time of the year not alot of people and the weather was awesome. Maddie wasn't too sure about the sand at first and sat in her chair and held her feet up out of the sand like yuck what is this stuff. Eventally she caught on and from then on she was unstopable. Rolling, crawling, running around then she picked up the sand and putt it on and in everything. Towels, shoes, bags everything. She loved the water too. Squealed everytime a wave would crash around her feet. She's way too brave, once a wave would come in she would move further into the ocean.. A couple times she got up and ran towards the water.. Oh my!

Day one of our Vacation

Our view from the beach house

Us at the fishing pier

The yellow beach house was ours

Exmore Diner a must stop on Eastern Shore of VA



What a step back into time

Fish tails Rodanthe Pier

House from the movie Nights in Rodanthe not quite what it looks like in the movie



Okay so my pictures are a little out of order.. but who cares. We started out our adventure with a stop in Exmore VA at the Exmore diner for the best lunch in the WORLD! I never heard stopped in Exmore before GPS lead the way. The diner was a bit scary looking but packed full of cars. Good sign right! Not much has changed there since the 50's and I loved it! I had a crab cake sandwich ($6.95 w/fries can't beat that) which was huge and delicious! Much different from back home. We all also got homemade chocolate milkshakes, you know like you used to get with the metal cup!! Yum!! Sorry to go on & on about it . But this was a highlight of our trip...

On to Rodanthe, we arrived 530pm or so. Long but scenic trip. My dad who had never been to the Outer Banks before road down with us. We made a few stops along the way. We stop at Moyok Motors old car heaven. Full of old broncos, pick up trucks and my fave big ol cars! I wish I would have grab a picture but we were all busy hollering ooh look at this & that.

My first impression of Rodanthe was that it was beautiful! The dunes, Pier..everything

A-ha relaxation! Our place was nice! awesome location. We were able to walk down the street to the Rodanthe Pier. We had views of the Ocean & Sound side.