Erik and Joe Visit

This past weekend my brother Erik and his husband Joe came to visit and we had THE BEST time! It was so great to see them especially since we will not see them again until Christmas.

They got here in the early afternoon on Sunday and Sunday night we went to PF Chang's (Erik had never been) and then saw The Skeleton Twins. It was a tough movie to watch, there is a lot about depression and suicide, but I really love Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader (as do my brother and Joe) so they made the movie very enjoyable. I'm glad we got to see it.

Monday we headed to Smolak Farms (our third trip in the past week, I guess you could say we like it there) and in the afternoon made and decorated "haunted house brownies."

A Lovely Fall Day

Nick was away this weekend for a bachelor party in Maine. Nicholas and I spent much of the day outside. It was a clear, cool fall day. I raked the leaves earlier in the week...not sure why I bothered to do that.

Smolak Farms

My brother Erik and his husband Joe visited this past weekend and we had an awesome time. It is always so great to see them and I'm so thankful they are building a relationship with Nicholas. On Sunday we participated in the Steps for Pets Fundraiser for the Lowell Humane Society. I volunteered for the event and although it felt great to help, I would like to and hope to be able to do more in the future. I made a good connection with one of the workers there and I'm hoping when my Mom visits I will have some free time to spend there and help them out with office work.

Today Erik, Joe, Nicholas and I went to Smolak Farms for pumpkin picking. Unfortunately Nick had to work so I'm hoping to go back there as a family and get another exorbitantly expensive pumpkin (it was worth it to see the little dude running around in the pumpkin patch though).

Here are some pics of our adventures today:

We started at the ducks and I knew instantly he was going to enjoy himself

This was probably his favorite guy, a huge animal but very sweet and gentle when he was fed (I fed him a lot too and had to remind myself to give Nicholas food because I enjoyed it so much!)

A perpetually smiling goat. Also adorable!

Chatting with the big guy

Being chased by Uncle Joe

More conversations with this guy. He honestly just sat down and start jabbering away.

An apple tree with pumpkins hanging from it- cute idea and a great photo op!

He only tried to pick up the heaviest pumpkins

My pumpkin smiling

He insisted on walking Bella in the pumpkin patch. She was not amused :)

My handsome bro with his pumpkin of choice

NOT a fan of pictures with Mom