My Get-Away

This past week, I was able to go and visit my sister Megan and her cute little family. She just had her second child on the 10th of October. So, I took Bella and flew out to see them. My mom was also there, helping out. It was so fun to see Megan and her husband, Steve again. It had been about a year since I had seen them last. They have a little boy named Colin who is 2 1/2 and they just had a little girl, named Cora. They are both adorable little kids and I was so glad to be able to get to know them better.

Here is sweet baby Cora:

She really liked sucking on her thumb. Too bad it covered her face!

And this is cute Colin:

We didn't do a lot while I was there. Just being able to hang out and talk and work on some sewing projects was heaven for me, though. We did go to a pumpkin patch one day, and we went out to eat a few times.

Megan, Cora (under the blanket), Colin and Steve at the pumpkin patch

Colin loved the little maze...




My mom and Megan

Colin found a cute little pumpkin, just the right size.

So many pumpkins...

Me and Bella on the hay ride

Sweet baby Bella

Megan also took us to a really neat Halloween store that has a lot of the department 56 villages that my mom and sisters and I like to collect. I bought a fun piece to go with my carnival. It's called Swinging Ghoulies. It's so cute!!

We also looked through all of Megan's old photo albums which was fun to reminisce about. Steve was great--he made us Indian food for dinner one night, and he also made us a pumpkin pie--it was really good!

I don't think he wanted his picture taken, but I think the smirk is great!

We watched some good movies, too. We watched a really old version of Rebecca, a book by Daphne du Maurier. It had Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine in it. There's supposed to be another version of the movie, but I have only seen this one. It's pretty good. The book is great, too.
We also watched Jane Eyre. I love this movie, but still haven't read the book. It's on my list of books to read. The best version of this movie is the one with Toby Stephens. I love him as Mr. Rochester.

Last of all, we watched a movie that my mom recommended. It was called the Great Debators with Denzel Washington. It was a good movie, too.

Here are a few other pictures:

Megan, Steve and Cora

Megan and snuggly Cora



Megan, Cora, me and Bella

Me and Cora

My mom

Bella and Cora--6 months apart. Two cuties.

I just wanted to thank all those people who watched my kids while I was gone. It was so nice to know that my kids were being taken care of by good people that I knew I could trust. Thank you for your help!

And thanks to Garrett for watching the girls all week on top of working and scouts, etc. Thanks for supporting me and understanding my need to "get away"!

And, last of all, thanks to Steve and Megs for letting me crash at your place!! It was fun!