Shane's birthday!

Shane had the benefit of having a birthday right around the Jewish holiday DAY OFF!  LUCKY Shane -  You got a bonus birthday hang out with your buddies. 

Gotta love the heartfelt cards from your bros right? 

I wonder what dad is holding?

I spie the favorite birthday bag

Famous leadbetter birthday cake!

Happy birthday to our Schmooby bear!

 

The Big E!

One of my favorite things about Farrah here is her ability to plan stuff!!  She got us some big E tickets.  I do LOVE the Big E, just never make the time to do it!  Sampling the different foods of New England was the BOMB - 

These 2 were our explorers and samplers

Got to walk through the see the animals

This guy is on par for the it hairstyles. 

 It was an impressive amount of effort to 'show' these animals.  The animals appeared

The food just keeps coming

Chris was part of the late crew with Nick and Shane post soccer.  I managed to find them while walking about where Lisa Loeb was singing!!  As we walked back she was singing her signature song STAY!  The timing was epic

These kids are pretty fun to hang with - gotta admit.

I mean, seriously right

Anyone want to give it a shot?

Gotta be one of my favorite blended family photos!

 

Pumpkin Patch Picking = and the famous fan sighting

My favorite pumpkin patch!  Deeply rooted.  Got to bring the whole crew and loaded up on the gourds.  It was a bit warm for the fall activity

Well balanced Macy!

Super thankful to have a buddy in my adventures these days.

This buddy even picks out the coolest carpet upgrades - from her new favorite store Ocean state job lot!

Saturday night football, Nick stays up to watch the CO game (and maybe catch a glimpse of Ashley in the crowds.  I remember my parents doing that for years.  But never did they see me.  Now I am wondering if they were trying hard enough!  Guess who he finds?!?!  How amazing is that!

 

Football in New Haven

University of New Haven Parents weekend!  We all get to go, in many different ways.  Chris and Brian are biking, Farrah is driving the big crew with all the tailgating supplies,  Drew and I are hitting his soccer game before heading down.

The biking felt flat and almost downhill.  Boys seemed very positive about the experience but not opting to bike home.

Look at this crew - this capture just cracks me up!

Impressive tailgating set up!

Cornhole and all!

Tailgating - love the magnetic phone!

The blue field is a little something - but gotta say I LOVE a good band performance!

Love the capture and gotta love that hair

Love the college campus tour.  Something about being on a college campus just feels adventurous and smart.  Love it!  Forensic science at its finest!

Beautiful family Tate!

Capturing both sets of parents here!!  

Not a bad bathroom for a group of boys - spacious!

Nice capture crew!

I can see tate enjoying many a meal out here.  Love the vibe of the campus.  Great to be able to see his next chapter of life.

Next up - Dinner together at Zuppardis

Your up next kiddo, can't even imagine.

 

Wine NIght!

The day the McCulloughs arrived from Korea we sent our boys to a charity golf tournament.  Turned out Nick won all the 'wine things!" it was funny that Rebecca swiped them from him precautionarily.  One of the winnings was a wine tasting for 20 at the Cellar - Thanks to Farrah we put the wine tasting into effect.  She made this beautiful spread and literally made it all beautiful and possible.  

She made it look so easy!

Thank you Farrah!!

So appreciated!!

 

The Canton Football game weekend.

There is something about these crew of boys - Been playing soccer together for how many years now - great to see them running the team.  Congrats to Sam and Shane for snagging that JV Captain slot.

We get one Friday night lights in Canton and the whole town comes out for it.  Love that CMS did the Star spangled banner!

Some good Friday Night lights

Love seeing how in just a matter of weeks how Macy is right in the thick of it with everyone.  Such a testament to what a great kid she is.  

It was nice to head out to the lake for a little end of the week serenity

Nothing beats waking up here

Cruise time with this guys is pretty fab too. 

Summer changing to fall and a really long ride!

Things I love - Dahlias crushing the bloomsKids being goofy -Love having the Macy factor and they Shane's hair is looking fine!By fine I mean fire

Brian took us on a pretty epic ride - Love how he finds these rides that we just have never done before.  He has a gravel bik which is super fab for the all terrain.  Chris and I took the mountain bikes.  Made for some hard work and I will admit to being exhausted at the end.

The ride was around the revivor.  Reminded us of Lobster lake.