Go, go, go!

Go, go, go! That's what this weekend felt like! We both worked all week. It was a COLD week. Saturday we got up and played/cleaned around the house for a bit. Josh then took the puppies to go get their pedicures and took Ella with him (the vet is about 1.5 miles from our house). When they got to the vets office he let Ella carry Bella's leash. Well the receptionist, techs, and even the vet were all swooning over Ella and her two adorable chihuahua's. The vet was even carrying Bella around saying that they were two of the sweetest dogs. And they gave Ella a kit-kat. It was her first ever kit-kat (the snack size) - she liked it a lot! Once they got home, I was ready and we went to an apple orchard that is about 15 minutes from our house. It's a small little orchard but they had goats, and a donkey that Ella was in love with. She kept petting them and just laughing away. We got some fresh cider and some apple cider donuts. Then, out of the blue, Josh says, "let's go to Roanoke to the gun show." So...why not! We drove to Roanoke and went to the gun show. We looked around and saw lots of pink guns (Ella and I checked those out!) We saw a few people we knew from church there. And Josh found some powder that was a good buy. So he bought that. By this time it was about 2:30...and we had not had lunch yet. So...I told Josh to just pick where he wanted to go...he chose Red Robin...which is pretty much all gourmet cheeseburgers (his heaven!) I did eat a cheeseburger and it was very good...Ella had a corn dog (she loves those and only gets them on occasion). I let her choose between broccoli or apple slices and she chose broccoli! She actually ate some of it too (good girl!) Then we headed back to Lynchburg. Ella fell asleep...and so did I! We stopped at a tool place on the way home...Josh wanted to get some work gloves - he's clearing out some brush behind our house. Ella slept, I stayed in the car, and Josh went into the store. Then we went to TJ Maxx....Ella slept, Josh stayed in the car...and I went shopping! :) Ella woke up just as I was walking out to the car....we came home and had just enough time to get changed and head back out again! We were going over to a friends house for dinner and a campfire (and to make S'mores!) Well it was a late night! Ella stayed up til 10!! The latest I think she has ever stayed up! I felt bad having to wake her up Sunday morning!

Sunday morning I had nursery at the 8:30 service....so I had to wake Ella up to get her ready and to have a bath (to get the campfire smell out of her hair!) We went to church, then stopped at the grocery store. Josh took care of the trash while I made lunch. I did a bunch of laundry. Ella got a good nap in....then it was time to go to a Fall Festival! Ella got to wear her costume....

What a cute Minnie Mouse! It was at Hyland Heights church. It was from 4-7. We had a trunk or treat at our church tonight....but it didn't start until 7:30 (which is actually Ella's bed time) - so we opted not to do that and instead go to the Fall festival. They had a "kiddie-zone" area for Ella's age...2-5. So she got to play some games and got to get a few pieces of candy. We went on 2 hay rides! She did get to bounce in a bouncy house for just  minute but then they let some bigger kids in and she got scared so she wanted to get out. The hay rides were her favorite. They had pony rides too - we brought her over by them - and asked her if she wanted to do that -she watched them for a minute and said no. It was a long line - I wasn't going to stand in line and have her back out! It was fun....we stayed for about 2 hours.

And now I'm getting ready to go fold all the laundry. Josh is leaving for Chicago first thing in the morning and will be gone for a full week :( He'll be home Saturday night. So another week of just Ella and I - whew - I'm tired already!