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Closing Time...and EDWARDS APPLE ORCHARD!!!!

The kiddos and I busted it up to Rockford the first weekend of October to close on the old house and VISIT! (I'm STILL recovering from all the fun!)

We got in to town on the 4th, spent the night at the Hannas and then hit it Friday. We went up to the old house to walk thru one last time. We all did great. Cam actually said he likes his new home better, and so did I (miracle). Then Gail watched the kids and Patty and I closed. YEA! I felt as if the world rolled off my shoulders! I called Stuart right after and told him to buy a new TV before I got home and changed my mind!

Then Cam and I visited Aleah (and Amanda), Cam went on a date night with Emmett and Eli (Miss Gail too), visited neighbors, visited Colton, Corrine (oh, and Kari!!!), went to church at Northeast, did our Sunday night Harps, then hit EDWARDS, visited Miss Bonnie!!!!! It was AWESOME to see almost everyone (we still missed folks...that is the way it goes I suppose). Anyhow, we have a marvelous time with friends. We miss everyone so much.

Then we left, I hit IKEA on the way out (because I'm insane...me and the two kids without a lot of sleep under our belts...) it was a time. We survived. Then we got to visit Julia (Lindsay too). Cam had a fabulous time, as did Emmy with all the girly stuff around. This is where Em's hair was first put into "BOW HAIRS" ...this is what she calls anything put into her hair.

Anyhow here are some pics

OH...the horse ride at edwards...priceless. Emmy kept saying HI to everyone we passed that she knew and she chanted, "Leah ride-a da hosey, Cam ride-a da hosey, I RIDE-A DA HOSEY!!!" And not to be soon forgotten, Cam got hand sanitizer blown into his eye by the wind, we poured a bottle of water all over him and he then got his most expensive piece of clothing I've ever bought him...a t-shirt. He was SOAKED!

I hosted BUNCO

For those of you who know me, and my inability to keep a house clean, and my firm grasp on being anti-social...this was a big deal for me.

So there's my post...I did it...well...okay. I had it here, but Celeste cooked all the goodies. Credit where credit is due, and by the way SUPER yummy food!

So, there's my non-family, just Stacia post for the year.

THE ZOO!

I caved...I got the family pass for the year to the zoo around here. Its AWESOME, it has a spray park for in the summertime, a climbing playground, and a TON of animals...including a baby elephant.

So we packed up one day and called Mark and Nicole (the suckers they are) and off we went to the zoo. The tiger was really cool! But I think the family favorite was the baby elephant.

When we walked in they were doing "backyard heros", this basically meant you could dig thru dirt and touch worms, or pet the millipede. Emmy went for both, Cam did the worms - with gusto. GROSS.

We also hit the carousel...perfect

Apple Orchard HERE

Went to a local orchard here...we got to see the apples being sorted and washed, plus we got to eat one! We also went thru a corn maze, petted a cow, climbed on a tractor and a pile of hay...all in all a great time!

We went with some other buddies: Addison and Jake; TJ and Elizabeth

Then the silly adults, we decided to take 7 kids to McD's for lunch...crazy, but it all went really well!

BACK to Walmart

Okay, I'm going to spare you the details, but seriously I'm NEVER going to Walmart again. NEVER.