Annual Trip to Patterson Farms

Despite the very cold weather today (low 50's and wind), we headed to Patterson Farms to pick our pumpkins. This event has become a fun one for us because it is a big outing for the families of my mom's group at church! They have hayrides, a corn maze, a petting zoo, a big corn pit, a pirate ship, and so many more activities for the kids. At the end of it all, we had a pot-luck dinner for the families. It became pretty comical because we all ate really fast due to the cold weather :) ... All in all, we had a wonderful time and are already looking forward to next year's pumpkin patch.

baby pigs

Ansley found our pumpkin

literally trying to pick the pumpkin up

she loves her little pumpkin

Ansley's boyfriend, Ethan

Disney on Ice

Last Thursday, Mimi and Pops came into town for a long weekend :) It was great having them here, especially since Rob was out of town for work until Friday. On Friday night we took Ansley to see Disney on Ice. She absolutely loved it!!! There was one part in the show that scared her, but she got over it pretty fast. Thank you Mimi and Pops for treating us to Disney on Ice, we had a great time :)

Before the showthe dancing broomsAnsley's new favorite toy...we will be happy when the batteries die! intermission

Mimi and Pops also watched Ansley for us while we escaped to Asheville for a night with Jenna, Richard, Laura & Dave. We had a great time getting away from our kids. We went to the Biltmore House, lounged around and watched football and then went out to a great dinner Saturday night! It was a much needed night away.

Thanks again Mimi and Pops for coming and entertaining Ansley!

Ansley's Self Portrait

Georgia Football

Sorry, I don't have any pictures from yesterday's win over Arkansas, but we are so excited the Dawgs pulled off the win, YAY!!!

However, I do have pictures from our first tailgate of the season from last weekend when we played SC in Athens. It was a long day of tailgating but we had a great time. Ansley did so good, she really is so easy to manage at tailgates. Like last year, we packed everything up before the game, and then I headed back to Mimi and Pops' house to watch the game on TV while Rob went into the game. I really don't mind going back to the house... I have a comfy couch to watch the game on, I can get in my pj's, and then just veg out :)

very serious about playing tailgate golf

I got it!

a sweet moment with daddy!

Willis' son, Sam... he is just precious!

can you get any cuter?

Sam even wanted to try some of his daddy's liquor... starting way too young, ha!

Congratulations!!!!

We want to say congratulations to Matt & Chelsea (CC), Matt aked Chelsea to marry him over Labor Day weekend in New York City! We are so excited to have another girl in the Mautz family :) And we can't wait til the big day. Congratulations again!

school has started!

Last Friday was Ansley's first official day of preschool. She went last year to a different school but this year she is going to our church. We really loved her school last year, but our church is so much more convenient, plus it is with the kids she sees on a regular basis. She will be going MWF's...

Ansley was so excited to start school, and so was I :) She went hopping into class never looking back. Unfortunately, they are still doing the "easing-in" process for this week. She definitely doesn't need to "ease-in" and with it only being an hour and 20 minutes, it doesn't give me much time to get anything done. Thankfully she will be at her normal schedule beginning next week!

Better Late than Never ...

I am so behind on my posts, we have been going non-stop for the past couple of weeks! ... My birthday was on August 31st and it was a great one. We had a playdate at my house and my girlfriend's (Cindy & Caroline) brought me a birthday cake so we had a little party. Then later that day, Ansley and Rob made me a cake. They tried hard, it definitely tasted better then it looked :)

working on decorating my cake

notice the chocolate on Ansley's lips :)

and the masterpiece... they ran out of icing so it says, "Happy Bday Ma"

The day after my birthday, Ansley and I headed to Atlanta for the week. Aunt Kelly, Maddie, Hailey, and Brent were going to be in town to celebrate Hailey's 1st Birthday. Kel, was having Hailey's 1st birthday party the day of the OK State game at my parent's house, it was a georgia themed party! It was precious and all the lil one's were dressed in their Georgia gear. Kel did such a great job with all the decorations and details. We had a great time and can't believe Miss Hailey is already 1!

the adorable pillowcase dress my sister made Hailey

change of outfits after the cake

the wall of pictures

party favors my sister made

Ansley's pillowcase dress Aunt Kelly made

it's cake time!

trying to share some of her cake with Casey

the demolished cake!

ready for some football...

"Go DAWGS!!!"

me and the birthday girl!