Congrats Tessa! Send us an e-mail….you win the book! Ha!

Before you read one line further…I have to say that this post is quite possibly my most indulgent post to date. If you don’t like Twilight, just stop reading, right now and come back tomorrow for more photo goodness! Like on the outside of a little boy’s clubhouse the sign posted here says, “No Twilight Haters allowed.”

For those of you who know me personally….you know that I LOVE the Twilight Saga. Stephenie Meyer has caused a re-ignition for people to start reading again, as well as all things vampires, werewolves and all things supernatural. I’ve compared her to Jane Austen…but obviously…that isn’t a very popular comparison. I could go on and on about it….but I’m sure those of you who aren’t fans….will quickly stop reading here, and that’s okay. *wink*

So, in honor of the NEW Breaking Dawn {part 1} movie coming out…we are going to give away a copy of the Breaking Dawn book! I’m guessing that if you are still reading, that you’ve read the books. So check out this AMAZING trailer for it below. If you have not read the books but have watched the movies, let me give you a spoiler alert, this trailer gives a LOT away. Also, it’s kind of graphic…so little kids shouldn’t be around while watching it.

How can you win a hardbound copy of Breaking Dawn? In the comments below…tell us who your favorite character is and your favorite part of the whole saga. I can’t wait to unleash my inner teenager for this one! Will announce the winner by MIDNIGHT {EST} tonight! It will be added to the TOP of this post! So you only have TODAY to enter! Don’t be too proud to share….my husband read all four books, watched all of the released films on the day they were released for me {they came out on his birthdays!}, AND loves all of the music that came out with him….and he remains the MANLIEST man I know!

Okay, so if I’ve asked you to give this information….I better give my favorites: Carlisle…he’s so steady. In the books his character was developed a lot more. The part of the books…hmmm….I have a lot of parts I like, but the one I relate to most is when Bella’s heart was broken and how Stephenie creates the passing of time.

WAIT…one more indulgence! Have you seen this beautifully shot music video of Christina Perri singing the anthem from the newest installment, “A Thousand Years”? Watch it. Here. Now.

It’s important that we make sure we take days off during the week. Why? Because we work almost every weekend of the year…and if we don’t intentionally take days off….we end up working ALL of the time, and how fair would that be to not only us…but our sweet baby girl? On one of our days off, we took a trip to one of the local farms that offers Hayrides, Pumpkin Patches, Ponyrides, Corn Mazes, Farm animals and more for Stevie. I’ve always wanted to visit one…and now that we have our juicy fruit, there are memories to be made.

Okay, you want the honest truth? I debated only putting up the super awesome shots of Stevie in her costume, but that’s not real life. There is a lot of stuff in between…and I don’t want to forget it and I want to share it. So here’s our trip to the farm….with a couple of pictures of Stevie in her humorously over-sized Halloween Costume.

So…the first one isn’t actually of us…HA!


Stevie LOVED the animals…..this is the response we got when we moved on.




Stevie is fearless.



….so we put the costume on….

It was a perfect day. The breeze did amazing things.

Her hands INSTANTLY went to the hat to take it off. We shot about 300 pictures for just a handful with it on. Love it.

Daniel looks GOOOOOOOOOOD in a cowboy hat. That. Is. All.






Stevie was DONE with the costume…so off we went through the corn maze.


We are making it a rule that we have to get a family picture when we go do stuff together. So, Daniel propped up the camera on the stroller…and wah-lah!

Hope you guys have a rockin’ Friday! Thanks for checking out our family! If you have made some memories this month with your family, post a link in the comment section, we’d love to get to know you a little better too!