football, helmet and undies?

It's fall again and in our house that means college football on Saturdays (and Thursdays and occasional Fridays and pretty much every other day of the week. thank you DVR). Brian and I have a kind of unspoken deal, he gets to watch all the college football he wants and for the rest of the year sports are cut down to a minimum. Well Saturday morning I ran some errands and left Brian home with the girl. I came home to find her like this. Football, helmet and only undies? doing the Heisman.

Baby

This is Hannah and her favorite doll. Her grandma Cindy got this doll for her baby shower and ever since I can remember it has been Hannah's favorite. Hannah carries her around all day and has to sleep with her. Today, Hannah had to have her hair in two braids so she could be just like Baby.

Apple Hill

Today we made our annual trip up to Apple Hill. We love this little family traditions. It was really fun this year because Hannah was able to pick apple's with us.

Hannah couldn't wait to get the apples home and had to enjoy an apple right on the spot.

I'm looking forward to all our apple treats we'll get to make!

They say the cutest things...

Today Hannah and I were watching Cinderella and had this conversation:

Me: What is Cinderella doing?

Hannah: Dancing with the prince.

Me: Is the prince Handsome?

Hannah: Yes, just like daddy.

Me: Is Cinderella pretty like you?

Hannah: No I'm not pretty, I'm cute and smart!

Our little girl is growing up!

This weekend Hannah has celebrated two major milestones. After about 2 weeks, Hannah is potty trained. We're still having a few accidents but I think we're over the hump.

We've had Hannah's toddler bed in our office and showed it to her a lot to try and get her used to it. Well, Sunday morning I was cleaning up her room a little and when I went to find Hannah she was laying in her toddler bed. Hannah told me that she was a big girl now because she used the big girl toilet and she needed her big girl bed. After church, we took down her crib and put her bed in her room. I don't know what I expected but I thought Hannah would be a little sad giving up her crib. Instead she loves her toddler bed.

I'm excited to see Hannah reaching these milestones but I can't but feel that little twinge of sadness as I see my little baby girl growing up.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

We love going to the Rivercats and finally made it to two games this season. We have taken Hannah before but she was so little that she didn't get much out of it. This year she really enjoyed it. We were able to go on Friday nights and take advatage of the $1 hotdog and ice cream. The first game we sat on the lawn which Hannah loves cause she can wander around a little. They were handing out free tickets the first night we were their so we were able to get some awesome third row tickets right above 3rd base. Hannah didn't like sitting in the chairs as much but she did like being close to the players. She was also close to one of the cameras so they kept showing her. For days after she was telling everyone how she was on the big TV at the ball game.

Simmons European Vacation - Freiberg and Dresden

After spending several days in Prague, we decided to take a day trip to visit the Freiberg Temple. It is always wonderful to be at the temple with your family but for me the highlight was being able to see my Mission President and his wife, Frank and Helga Apel. He is now the Freiberg Temple President. We didn't get to catch up much but it was great to see them.

On the way back to Prague we were able to spend several hours in Dresden. Dresden was leveled during WWII but they have really started to rebuild it. The old historic part lies right on the Elbe river and is beautiful. We were only able to spend several hours in Dresden and the first part was spent visiting a famous renaissance gallery called the Old Master's Gallery. Here's the entrance and courtyard.

The rest of the time we just spent wandering around the city. Here's some of our favorite pictures.