This is a blog following primarily the events and happenings of our most precious daughters Emma Marget and Olive Grace Patterson. Much love to our friends and family and extra hugs to those that we cant see daily.
Elliott, Emma, Cooper and I went back to the park that we had our wedding pictures taken at - exactly 10 years and one week to the date and time! Below are the best of what the photographer got.... we were pretty happy but hope to do something a bit different next time. And we certainly won't wait 10 years! Every year now....:) Love to all....
WE had a lovely and relaxing Thanksgiving! My Mom and Denny came over for a late breakfast (Orange puffy eggs - I loved them, was the only one:(....). They spent the entire day with us, which was special. Emma napped on the floor in the family room with us. The men watched football while mom and I looked at the "ads" and planned our attack!
We were in the 60's two weeks ago and now there is snow and 30's! So the first picture is of Emma outside in short-sleeves putting the Christmas lights up with Elliott.... The following is Emma on the deck shoveling snow last Saturday morning! She woke up that morning because it was "sunny" outside. When she looked out the window she literally yelled "SNOW!" So Emma and Mommy played outside in the snow two days in a row and we had such a blast:)
Sure were tasty....
Emma in her princess/fairy outfit.... This was chosen after waiting 20 minutes at Party City, just to find out they didn't have her first choice in her size!!!! This fairy costume was a quick, I can't take it any more, pick:) She was excited and pretty dang cute though! Here she is with Mom's neighbor Kelly, who she adores.
Emma's sweet friend Easa, who lives literally across the driveway from us (the girls talk/yell to each other from between the bars of our balconies!) and her parents came to Trick-or-Treat with us. The girls had such a good time, and it is so fun to see Emma interacting with friends. They always have a HUGE hug for each other, and held hands a good portion of the night - when they weren't arguing who's turn it was to ring the door bell!
The girls approaching a coffin (with someone inside), a fog, gravestones, and Freddy Kruger waiting in the wheelchair with a chainsaw, at the top of the driveway!!! The girls did pretty good!
The girls' bags were too heavy towards the end, and they were cold and Emma could barely walk because her feet hurt! So, Chris, Easa's dad took charge:) Chris and his wife Colleen are from Washington, with a huge dog, WA Plates on their cars, and a cracked windshield too!!!!! It has been fun getting to know them. However Chris is in the Army, so we know they will be moving in two years....:(
Emma - the gooney face - watching a movie with Easa after the evening!
Emma has started gymnastics again.... That was what she chose to do, and she has a knack for it thus far. Not too flexible though, and the biggest belly in her class:) She's actually got her cartwheel down!!!! Dang cute - 
Emma and G.P.
Celebrating Aunt Judy's birthday with Apple Crisp
Tom Tom.... Old man is still kickin' :)
Emma found some water color paints that we had for her, and enjoyed her first experience with them. Maybe a good Christmas gift from Santa?!
This is how Emma enjoyed carving pumpkins.... drinking warm apple cider:) She didn't like the "guts", literally said "Oooohhh, gross!" I didn't get over the goop until just a couple of years ago. Sweet Daddy set out to make the spider web that Emma really wanted. I did three pumpkins in the the time it took for him to get that one crazy one done! You can see below though that it was well worth it!
I went to Saver's the other day and got Emma a couple of dresses for "dress-up play" and she just loves them! It is fun to see her explore her imagination in so many different ways.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
You notice in the picture above that Elliott is in the air, but Emma isn't - that can only mean one thing.... Emma face-planted it! She was OK though
Singing and dancing - her two favorite things. She will sing all day long, in the back of the car, in the living room - anywhere! And she makes up songs too, or will sing different words to a well known song. I love to hear and see her learning that way!
Dancing with her FAVORITE baby - the 25cent one that is naked with crazy hair from a garage sale! She is so cute with her babies - cares for them, kisses them goodnight and says "don't let the bed bugs bite"
So obviously the reason we went to the apple orchard was to pick apples.... no such luck! they were DONE picking for the season (when I called on Thursday that was not the case!). Of course, thankfully Elliott is all too comfortable taking matters in to his own hands. We found a ladder out in the Orchard and our little girls was as happy as a lark!
Stomping on the rotten ones...
So sweet - and so independent. She wants and needs to do every little thing on her own, like carrying the apples, or deciding who will carry them!
BEST FRIENDS
Apparently you are supposed to enter the pumpkin patch somewhere other than from the orchard - Elliott again didn't hesitate to take matters into his own hands:)
Somehow Emma got it in to her head that she needed to line all the pumpkins up!!!!! She is so dang strong..
On the way out of town Elliott stopped at a Farm Distributor that he had promised Em would stop at, on our way in! 
They walked around and Elliott of course even lifted her in to one!!!!