The Russo's

Gianna was so excited about fall! She couldn't wait for the first day of fall because it's her favorite season. She helped me set up on the porch     Hudson played the fall soccer season with Josh back coaching this year. This was his 4th year playing.     It was Kaden's first year to play and we enjoyed watching his team of little kids. They are too cute at that age! Gianna had apple breakfast at school. They learned all about Johnny Appleseed and apples leading up to it.   They sang a song after we ate  One of her friends, Sam. Kindergarten has 17 boys and only 4 girls, so some of her good friends are boys.   Her and Parker at recess  We went to the sugar fest the first weekend in October. They enjoyed petting the animals.  Gianna tried washing the clothes after the lady demonstrated.  It was quite warm that day waiting for the train!  ...

For Labor Day weekend, Josh surprised me with a night away in Covington. We stayed at the Southern Hotel. It's an old hotel that was modernized. It was very nice.   That night, we had dinner at Lake House in Mandeville. It was right next to Lake Pontchartrain. The view was nice from our table.  We went for a walk by the water after dinner and saw sail boats. Our walk didn't last long because it was still quite warm that evening.   The next morning we went to breakfast, the local farmer's market and checked out the town of Abita Springs. We had a great time together on our quick getaway!  After church on Sunday, we took the kids to a hotel in Lafayette.   They swam in the pool and hot tub. Not many people were there, so we had it mostly to ourselves.   We took them to Chuck E Cheese before heading home on Monday. They said they had a good time, even though they wished we were going to the beach :) ...