Friday, November 5, 2010

Ahh...Summer has come and gone and now Fall is here

So we Florida Hills had a very busy summer! We visited Ohio (twice) and had a wonderful time, although the second time was for a bit more somber reasons that I will not go into out of respect and privacy for those involved, none the less we still enjoyed our visit! The rest of the summer was spent in Florida and I would say about 2/3rds of the time we just hung our in our swim suits! It was wonderful! Florida is hot in the summer and many predicted that we would be miserable...I am happy to report that not only did we survive but we didn't find it to be that bad. However I am very grateful for the invention of the Air Conditioner! As Ryan says...we are not sure how people lived in Florida before its invention!




The kids and I became very active in our playgroups. We have two...a neighborhood playgroup and a church playgroup. This summer provided Landon with his first summer love/crush...which I am confidant will continue for well until further notice. Landon met Hannah at our church playgroup swim days! Hannah is wonderful and will soon be Landon's babysitter as she is turning 12 (babysitting age)...yes I said 12...Our 2 year old likes the older girls!!! Seriously though Landon adores Hannah you should see him around her...he gets giggly, and just gets the biggest grin...oh and mom and dad totally disappear from the room...its like no one else exists but Hannah! So Hannah if you are reading this...the world (or just our family who is the main readers of this blog) now knows that Landon just adores you! We have made many friends! Landon often talks about his friends :) (which as a mom I just think is adorable)




Theo enjoyed the summer too...but so far still only has eyes for me...as I am still the number one girl in his life...I would of course expect this being that I am still a main part of his food source. However, he likes swimming just as much as his brother! He has grown a lot this summer and is crawling, standing and cruising...umm walking may be around the corner or may not...we shall see. However once he knows how to do something he just takes off! He learned to crawl, pull himself up, and cruise around the couch in one weekend...yes he keeps me on my toes...his favorite activity is sticking things in his mouth (food and all other things that don't belong there) and climbing the stairs! We do have a gate at the bottom of the stairs...however sometimes his amazing older brother will move it and help Theo in his mission! They are like peas in a pod...You can tell that Theo adores Landon and that Landon thinks the world of Theo!





The summer was busy for Ryan as well...he started final project (which he is almost finished with) woohoo! And thus has been spending a lot of time with the other loves of his life his team...ok maybe love is too strong! He does like them though and they have all worked very hard!



So now fall is here...today it is cold in Florida (although not as cold as in Ohio) but it is about 68..so we have jeans and long sleeves and socks on! For Halloween we continued with our family theme of tradition...this year we were all characters from Toy Story! Landon was Buzz Lightyear, Theo was an Alien, Ryan was Woody and I was Jessie. We had a very big Halloween weekend...I hosted a Halloween party here at the house for both play groups...which was around 25 preschoolers at our house...it was loud but it was so much fun! Then on Saturday we had our church trunk-or-treat which was fun I made some yummy chili, and then on Sunday we went to a friends trick or treat party and went trick or treating with them and then trick or treating in our neighborhood...needless to say we were trick or treated out! But it really was a wonderful weekend!





Soon Ryan will be graduating (yay)...along with his brother Alex. They both are graduating from Full Sail on Nov. 23. We are looking forward to a visit from Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Greg! Landon I know cannot wait as he will often tell me he is going to Ohio (most of the time this comes when he is getting in trouble...hmm lol) but we are all looking forward to seeing everyone...and having Thanksgiving together (on our new table that arrived last month please see previous post about said table).



Well we are all caught up on the Florida Hill life...so until next time :)