Weekend with the grandparents

We had a pretty busy weekend... a lot of it consisted of football of course, but we managed to fit in a few other activities as well :) Saturday morning Kyle and Payton headed down to Albany, while I was hanging out with my girlfriends Jenny and Kali for the afternoon. We went to the pumpkin patch on Sauvie Island, which is a VERY popular destination in the fall. I thought it was pretty crowded, but one of my co-workers said that one time she tried to go and the line to get into the parking lot was backed up for over a mile... crazy! Anyway, even though we weren't hunting for pumpkins to take home it was still fun to walk around, eat the food, and see the sights. Afterwards we had some mexican food and chatted over margaritas, and then it was time for me to fly south for the duck game!

We definitely weren't dressed for the pumpkin patch... one of the employees was like "can I help you??" lol

It was a beautiful day!

Kali, me, Jenny

I got to Albany right as Payton was taking a bath, and so I got to put my sweet baby to bed. It's crazy how much I miss her when I'm not with her, it feels like a piece of me is missing. If I'm not at work, I try to spend every minute I can with her!

Having a bath at Grandma Sue's!

Fresh out of the bath with daddy and Uncle Bryan :)

Earlier in the day on Saturday, the Halls were visited by some family friends, the Matthews. They met during reenacting a long time ago, and have been good friends ever since... even though they're Beaver fans :) Tara and her husband Mikey had a daughter just 2 weeks ago, Katelynn! I'm sad I missed the visit, but glad Kyle took lots of pictures. I'm definitely planning on meeting Katelynn sometime soon. She was adorable, and SO tiny!

Kyle and Tara with daughters Payton and Katelynn

Let the rivalry begin!

Sunday morning we didn't hang out for very long, my parents were headed down to Portland to visit! Payton was very spoiled this weekend, it's not very often she gets to see both sets of grandparents in the same weekend. It had been almost 2 months since my dad had seen her, so it was long overdue!

I was fascinated with Grandpa's mustache...

... but I liked it!

Kisses from Grandma!

Mom loves taking pictures of me sitting up like a big girl! My face is pretty priceless too :)

Look what I can do!



Grandpa reading me a bedtime story... the same one he used to read to mommy every night before she went to bed :)

Unfortunately, Payton has had a cold for the last couple days. She's got a little cough and a constantly running nose... It doesn't seem to bother her though! I thought at first that her nose was running a lot because maybe she was teething, but when her little cough started, I figured she had caught her first cold. Cheryl said she's been sleeping more at Wee Care too, like she hasn't been feeling as well. She hasn't been cranky or anything though, just her regular old happy self. I hope she gets over it soon, I feel so bad for her. I'm sure it's the first of many colds she'll have throughout her lifetime though :)

My day off this month is Wednesdays, which is actually really nice. It breaks up my week, and I never work more than two days in a row. This Wednesday I'm getting my phone fixed at the Verizon store. I apologize to anyone who's called or messaged me and I haven't called back, my phone completely stopped working and they told me it's a "software" issue, so they're sending me a new one, which is nice! I've only had it 8 months though, so that's kind of frustrating. I never realized how much I depend on my phone until I didn't have it!

Other than that, life is busy. Kyle's going to school and working about 24 hours per week, and by the time I get home with Payton from work, it's time for her to eat dinner, get a bath, bedtime story, and bed... then start it all again the next day. It makes us really appreciate the time we do get to spend together as a family :) This phase in our life will pass though, and we will be at Kyle's graduation before we know it!