Happy Birthday!

So since the last post there has been another birthday in the Conner family!!! Adam's birthday was Saturday and we had a great day/weekend! His birthday ended up being more like a kid-friendly family day, but he enjoyed it (and so did we!)

We started the day by going with our good friends Adam and Bailey (and their two girls) to a water park in Charlottesville! It was so great and we were all sad to have found it at the end of summer - but now we know it's there and we will definitely make some trips next summer!

Kinley just turned 3 years old - it's been so awesome to watch her grow up, and now she and Ella are able to play together!

Here you can see some of the fun things the park had to offer - slides (for big and little ones), a lazy river, and one of those huge buckets that fills up and then dumps - both Ella and Kinley enjoyed watching that, but weren't too fond of being close when it dumped!

Then after getting home and having lunch and naps, we had a birthday party/play date (because most of our friends have young children) - which also was great fun for all! The adults got to chat while the kids played! Here Ella (and her very best bud Mia) is hanging out with the newest member of the kid's group, Baby Bryce!

Then Sunday, for a family day, we went to a petting farm in Afton (http://www.mountainsidepettingfarm.com/). It actually turned out to be a little ghetto (yes were duped by their awesome website), but we still had fun walking around looking at the animals (they had horses, goats, ducks, a pig and a camel - all which were rescued so we at least supported their cause), and there was a little train playground that Ella enjoyed going through (love that picture)!

She particularly enjoyed the ducks for some reason and loved getting as close to them as she could (maybe it's because they were right at her size) - it looks like she's trying to tell them something in this one!

...And then we finally settled down for some rest! This is something we do now most evenings before the bedtime routine - she loves to snuggle up for some Elmo on TV (and of course Momma loves it too!) She has recovered from yet another illness which came from daycare (of course!) and we are looking forward to another fun (LONG) weekend coming up!

Oh and I couldn't resist putting in here how much I love fall and this beautiful weather we have been having the past couple days (Sarah P., I know how much you are loving my tribute to fall) - we were out this evening taking a walk at the local park (which has a trail through the woods) and I kept saying to Adam how much I love fall - the crisp air, all the smells, the colors and falling leaves - LOVE it all!!