Capturing Moments

I finally backed up my phone and downloaded 700 pictures.  Yes my friends you heard me right, 700! I will spare you all 700 pictures but thought I would start with the summer and then do another post with some of the fall pictures.  I can't believe it is November and Thanksgiving is next week!  Wow this fall is flying by and our days are numbered here.  Once again I reminisce and smile at all the fun times we have had and then get teary and sad thinking these are our lasts.  I'm so excited for our move home and am so happy we made the decision to go back, but I can't help but be sad about leaving too.  Tim and I have loved our almost 5 years of being here.  We took a leap and decided to go somewhere new and exciting and are so glad that we did.  I made amazing friends at my job and loved what I did while I worked in the ortho clinic.  And I'm still friends with so many people I met at work still.  We have gotten to know Tim's classmates, spouses, other residents and wives, and lots of great people from our church. My sister lives "down the road" and I have spent many a days over there.  It breaks my heart to picture the day we will say goodbye to them.  She and I have connected and bonded and Jonah along with his momma is in love with those 5 Mosley's kids.  I will cry sad sad tears when I have to drive away and see them not as often as I would like. Oh the joys of life, getting a job, and making big decisions of where you want to live and establish your life. We still have 7 more months of bliss in the great state of NC and we are going to make the best of it!  So lets look back over some fun times!

 This boys loves strawberries.  Perfect little snack!!

Beautiful curls. The heat and humidity really make his hair
 curl!

 Swimming with his best bud Lillia.  They are the best of friends, some love, some fighting!!

 Montana fun.  We go to ride on the lawn mower, gator, and play with the puppy all day long!

 Two of my favorite pictures!

 This place I call home!!!

 Julie had some hangy marshmallows.  Had to get a pic of those!

 And the remnants of Dad's delicious Jardee Mountain smore!

 Love these two ladies oh so much!

Halloween North Carolina Style

It was our fifth annual Halloween with the Mosley's and it was very bitter sweet.  We are now into the countdown of our many lasts here in North Carolina and this was one of them.  Since we moved here in 2009 we have been going over to the Mosley's for Chili, Queso, and candy.  It has been such a fun tradition getting to do this every year.  Laura makes a big pot of chili, queso and chips, and then the adults pick their favorite candy from the kids buckets while the kids are distracted oohing and awing over how much candy they collected.  This year was perfect weather wise.  It was 75 degrees that day so Jonah and I headed over early to play outside and enjoy the fall weather.  Then the dads got home from work and we all headed out for some trick or treating in the neighborhood.  They have the best neighborhood for trick of treating because one, It's full of families with little ones so everyone gets into the spirit, and two, they live on a double culdesac so its so safe with little traffic.  It was fun to see everyone get dressed up and the smiles as the little ones were so excited to wear their costumes and get candy. I was unsure if Jonah would wear his costume because earlier in the day when I had pulled it out of the closet he shook his head an said no.  But the minute his cousins started getting dressed he was 100% into it.  I was able to capture a few good pictures.  Some of the better ones are on my phone which I haven't backed up in quite sometime now, and Laura has some good ones too (but who knows when I will get those:), right Lar).  Anyway these will do.  We love you Mosley's and have enjoyed every Halloween we have spent with you!

 Snow White and the Cow!

 I love how Jonah is looking at Amelia in this picture.  These two have become the best little buds.  It so sweet to see them play with each other and how much fun they have together.

 Eli the football player.

The sweetest little cow that you ever did see!:)

 I couldn't get Jonah to look at the camera the whole night.  He had other things on his mind I guess!

 Me and my sweet little cow!

Group picture that was an epic fail.  Oh well.

Pumpkin Patch

I can't believe it is already the middle of October!!  This fall is flying by.  We had a great few days with our parents out to visit and then Tim's mom was here for a week.  It was so nice to have someone around to help with Jonah, take walks with, go to the park with, shop, and love on my little guy.  The weather was great and we had some fun times.  We have one more big trip before the Holidays and then I think things will slow down a bit.  Here are some pictures from a few a few weeks ago. We went out together as a family on our annual pumpkin hunt.  We found a great little place called Holly and Reagan's Pumpkin Patch a few years ago and have been going ever since.  They have every size pumpkin, plus, white ones, green ones, gourds large and small, indian corn, mums, and more.  They also have an awesome little donut stand right there.  The weather was absolutely beautiful so we took our time browsing and checking out all the Halloween decorations.  It was a such a great family outing and here are few pictures to enjoy.

 This was one of the best shots I got of Jonah.  But unfortunately it had that little boy in the background.  Oh well!!

 He found the biggest pumpkin in the patch and climbed right on top!

 Someone loves cars!

 Hi mom!!

 There was a blown up black cat on the top of one of the buildings.  He was in interested in it but also a little scared of it!  He kept looking up and pointing to it!

 Driving a truck and eating a sucker.  This kids day was made!!

Tweetsie Railroad

Our little family took a trip to Blowing Rock the middle of September for a little family get away and for Tim to do a bike ride.  We have been wanting to take Jonah to Tweetsie Railroad and were excited we finally found the time to go.  Plus Tim has had some time for training and was super excited to be able to do his first bike race in North Carolina!  We had all day on Saturday together and then Tim did his ride Sunday morning.  Tweetise was so much fun and Jonah was in love with the steam engine!  It was a little chilly that whole weekend and we didn't come prepared.  Thankfully I had thrown in a jacket at the last minute for Jonah, but Tim and I did not pack well.  We were both chilled until the sun came out and warmed things up a bit.  Always remember when going to the mountains to pack for all weather types!

 Jonah was not to sure of the cowboys!!

After we road the train we went up the mountain to the petting zoo.  Jonah was loving the goats and was pretty excited he got to feed them and pet them.

We walked to the top with the stroller so I brought the stroller back down while Tim road the gondola down with Jonah.

This is Jonah getting his cowboy on!  He is preparing for our move back to Montana!