Lily of the Valley - return of happiness (may's birth flower)

Honeysuckle - devoted affection (june's birth flower)




Such beautiful and accurate descriptions of my May and June babies

xoxo
Ashlea

Fall festivities

Around these parts there isnt a shortage of things to do the last few months of the year and it all kicks off with football, fall fairs and farms.

We are busy bust this time of year soaking up the perfect outdoor temperatures, enjoying the shift of seasons and making memories

making some art out of an old stump

tire yard at the farm

we went up for a quick trip to Va and Md and hung out with Gran and Papa Mints at an great fall farm

pirates for Halloween!

observing his trick or treat loot

the sweetest Starbucks date there ever was :)

pumpkin carving

100% did hers herself this year!

fall soccer

It has been a lovely intro into what are undeniably the best months of the year


xoxo
Ashlea

kid free vacation

In early October we went on our annual kid free vacation in conjunction with a family wedding. We crammed a lot into our 5 days there and had a wonderful time. Neither one of us had ever been to the southwest before and I loved to see the different climate, landscape and plants. The 2 things Tony and I kept saying while we were there was 1) its so open here! 2) the rocks/ mountains/ canyons are so big!. Here on the east coast everything is lush, dense and rolling, out there was the complete opposite.

I tried to capture some of our favorite stops but of course the camera cant really capture the enormity and beauty of it.

Grand Canyon

Antelope Canyon (so worth the extra 2 hour drive crammed in the back of a tiny rental car!)

see the lady in the wind?

Red Rock Canyon

Vegas

xoxo
Ashlea