Arboretum on my B-day!

So groupon gave me some free $$, don't ask me why I didn't question it, so I bought some tickets to the arboretum (completely free for me!), and decided to use them on my B-day because Stephen was able to take the day off!!

Earlier that day I opened my presents and was completely shocked to get a new camera!!! So I went a little snap happy with the kids and the pumpkins, but I obviously still need to figure a few things out with it because 50% of my pics were blurry or just slightly out of focus, bummer.

He's really good at saying "cheese" when I ask him to, but he's usually looking at the ground.

There were some serious pumpkins at this place, they were EVERYWHERE!

Oh and I usually plan fun family outdoor activities on the one particular day of the week that is bloody HOT, so we were really excited to find this hidden fountain, and we may have let Brooks go for a little swim...well almost.

Funny story.....the whole time Brooks thought we were at the Zoo and kept asking to go "find the animals".....we kept him from having a melt down by going along with this idea and kept searching for animals. We saw a few squirrels, some horses made out of hedges, and FISH (his favorite). Stephen and I had a good chuckle about it, but the poor kid didn't want to look at ANYMORE pumpkins, haha.

Happy Birthday to me, it was a really fun day-

complete with some time alone shopping AND a dinner/movie date!!! I'm so LOVED (a.k.a. spoiled).

Thanks Stephen for all your time and efforts, LOVE YOU!!