Our baby turned 8 today despite us telling her that she was NOT allowed! I think she had a really fun day! She convinced us to let her open just one present before school and she chose Evan's gift! It was a hit! He picked it out himself!
Lunch at school with the traditional birthday crown and cupcakes for her friends!
She chose Applebees for dinner and had her favorite chocolate dessert!
Relaxin' with a few of her new presents!
Evan took his first field trip of the year to G Wiz Science Museum in Sarasota! There was an awesome exhibit with drawings by Leonardo da Vinci that were made into models...very cool!
Lots of hands on displays and exhibits
Evan and his best friend, Maks 
Today Isabella's second grade class had a field trip to Hunsader Farm, the local fruit and veggie farm. The weather was perfect and almost felt like fall!
Lots of animals to feed including donkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens and bunnies!
Isabella and her friend, Noel
There was even a litte butterfly garden!
Isabella carved an awesome bat pumpkin!
Gracie made a very cute witch!
Cooper was a scary spider!
Dakota, Isabella, Hunter and Evan
Cutest.Cat. Ever!
Evan as Jason from Friday the 13th
Isabella's Dance Team performed at the Boo Fest on Main Street yesterday! This was her first performance because she missed all of the performances last spring because of her surgery so she was really excited! The streets were packed but she did a great job dancing to Thriller!
On Saturday, we took a drive to the east coast of Florida to visit Bruce's parents, Nana and Papa. We hadn't seen them in a while so it was a nice day of catching up!
The boys were fascinated with the turntable and record albums!
Everyone had lots of fun with the ping pong table!
When we lived in MD, the boys spent lots of time in the woods behind our house, playing in the stream and exploring the forest. After moving here, they traded in the woods for a creepy creek behind Jonah's friend, Ben's house! It seriously looks like a movie set...water the color of dark tea, spanish moss hanging everywhere...Ben's dad said it reminds him of Huck Finn. I try not to think about the creatures lurking in the water there ...the ginormous catfish, small gators, snakes and more snakes. The boys spend hours there fishing, building stuff and jumping off the side into the water. They built the dock you see in the picture and have hung ropes from the trees so they can swing into the water.
