Too much fun!

I haven't been good at blogging the last couple of weeks. That is because we have been busy having too much fun.  I have always really liked summer time but Fall is quickly becoming my favorite. The weather has been as good as it gets with sunny, blue skies and temps in the 70s and 80s!
So... here is what we have been up to (if I can remember it all!)! And if all of this wasn't fun enough, we have more exciting events to look forward to in the coming weeks!

Last Friday our neighbor invited us to go with her and her kids to see Disney on Ice.  We had talked about going but thought the kids were probably still a bit young.  When we were offered FREE tickets, I couldn't pass it up.  So... we put on our princess dress (and pulled out a fun Thomas shirt for Drew so he didn't feel left out) and headed toward Knoxville.  I think Drew and Anna Kate would have been just as excited about our outing if we had drove in circles around town. They thought it was so special that Gabby and her baby brother Mason were in our car with us!  We were right that they are still a bit young but they had a great time!  They did get excited when Micky, Minnie, Donald, & Goofy came out between the different acts and managed to con me into $30 worth of cheap souvenirs.

Excited little cuties!

 Gabby moved in next door a couple of months ago and Drew and Anna Kate have really enjoyed having a playmate next door.  It is nice to be able to just walk back and forth to each others houses and enjoy hanging out with them!

 Sweet friends.

The next morning we went to breakfast with the Garner side of the family to celebrate Uncle Doug's birthday. We don't get to see them as often as we would like so it is always nice to spend some time with them.

 Anna Kate got to sit by her cousin Rylee and you know she thought that was the best! She really likes getting to see Rylee and even has named most of her baby dolls "baby Rowee".

Daddy was working so after breakfast we went to the mall to waste some time (and money!)

 We had to ride all of the rides and drive the model train.

Sunday we went to dinner at Tami's house.  She made some yummy Mexican and Drew and Anna Kate enjoyed visiting with everyone there.

 Doing a little work on the computer before we left.

Drew and Anna Kate love to talk about Tyler, Tami's son.  They make note when we drive by about whether or not he is home and sometimes they will tell me their name is Tyler.  This is odd because when they actually see him, they won't talk to him.  Well, Tyler is a firefighter and earned some major cool points while we were at dinner by letting Drew and Anna Kate try on his helmet.  Drew's face is blurry because the helmet is so heavy, he couldn't hold his head still!