So My Mom Came for a Visit....

...a few weeks ago!  Finally sharing our wonderful time with her. I surprised the kids (except Eden who had to get her room ready for grandma) by secretly packing our things and just heading to the airport without any real explanation. She was a fabulous surprise and to top it off mom got us a room in Philly for two nights!

She always comes bearing gifts, and she took us to the Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and fed us! We are spoiled.

We came back to our place and she did grandma-y things like playing cars and baking and staying up late at night with Eden in her room talking . We went a corn maze (where Beck was super excited/surprised about every ear of corn he found...in a corn maze) and collected fall leaves. 

Her last day we went to Longwood Gardens. So many beautiful flowers. It was the first day of their chrysanthemum festival. 

She also took pity and got my hair did. Like I said, I'm spoiled.

Thanks again mom for a great visit. Love and miss you!

October

In a desperate need for family time we took the older two on a walk while the younger two napped.  It was a perfect day to enjoy the changing foliage, signs of life and the beautiful view provided in our extended back yard.