Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Joe turned 29 today!  He is officially on his way to the big 3-0!!  At least this makes me feel young, as I still have a couple more years.  We went to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner and ran a few errands afterwards.  Pretty low key. 

Joe has been on a golf kick lately, so for his birthday gift Caroline and I got him a new set of clubs.  He also got a new golf bag, golf balls, a couple golf shirts, and some money, which he plans to use for new golf shoes.  Do we see a theme here?

I only had intentions of putting the first picture up, especially since Joe isn't even looking in the second one.  However, these last two pictures are funny to me because 1) Caroline is signing 'eat' and 'more' and 2) they show what a little piggie she truly is.  Yes, Joe did cave and let me try some cupcake right before bedtime.  How could he resist?!?

Eckert's Pick Your Own...

Apples!  Yum, yum!  Joe, Caroline, and I went apple picking this past Sunday at Eckert's Farm in Belleville, IL. This is the first time we've gone apple picking.  Last year we ran out of time.  It was a beautiful fall day, and Caroline really had a good time.  She was able to "ride" a John Deere bike, feed some animals, push around a shopping cart, and most importantly eat some delicious apples.  I plan on using a good portion of the apples to make a pie, but with work, school, and keeping up with a busy one year old, who knows when that will actually happen!