Celebrating Daddy's birthday at Hidden Meadow Ranch!

Last weekend we drove up to the White Mountains to celebrate Matt's birthday at Hidden Meadow Ranch. It's truly "in the middle of nowhere" but beautiful! (www.hiddenmeadow.com). We passed the last small town of Showlow and drove 35 miles north and then another 15 miles on a dirt road through open range with lots of cows! Mia loved the horses, cows, aspen trees (they make a really cool noise!) and the bears (the wood ones, that is). She was quite popular with both the guests and the staff, as the only baby at the ranch. Matt went fly fishing, did some woodworking and just hung out with his girls. For his birthday dinner he had elk! It was really good and definitely a first!

Cool enough to try on some warm clothes

We have received so many beautiful gifts over the past year and we wanted to try on some of the winter clothes prior to heading up Greer, AZ this weekend and before going to Michigan for Thanksgiving.

Here are some pictures during the process. We loved the gift that Aunt Angie, Uncle Marty and cousins (Logan, Ethan and Parker) bought Mia in the spring, and as you can see she is a little taller then expected at this age. The snaps on the jumpsuit legs unsnap when Mia sits down.

The outfit is so cute though, and it's fun to see Mia in her big girl clothes. I love the cupcake on the front!

Fall has arrived in AZ!

Well, it's October in Arizona and we can finally go outside (even though we're still wearing tank tops and shorts!)! Mia is learning to kick the soccer ball. Does that make me a soccer mom? Oh no!