new living room furniture

Dave and I have been talking about getting some new furniture for a long time but not really seriously. 

My parents were here and looking for some coffee tables etc. so I went with them and though about going and looking for ourselves, I mentioned it to Dave and put the bug in his ear. I wanted to just go look to see what was out there.

Saturday we went to a couple stores (we do live in the furniture capital of the US in NC) and ended up at a Broyhill outlet. 

We found Dave his man chair he wanted and a lovely red sofa couch and an arm chair. 

and bought them

excuse the mess- they called to say they were bringing the new stuff in 10 - 15 min!! our old stuff was recliners in the couch and both chairs (im standing by one)

This was the furniture we bought when we got married.

 our new stuff!~

much smaller 

 enjoying the new digs

 Daves man chair

The Ren Faire

The Carolina Renaissance Festival runs on weekends in oct- nov. 

This is exciting in itself but last year we discovered that the last weekend of the October is a day for trick or treating for the kids!!

How fun is that?

We decided to specifically go this year for the trick or treating. 

Zeke was batman

Abigail was a puppy

we went on a huge rocking horse! (daddy is below in orange)

We got to see the Jousting 

Zeke was telling his Nana a few days later about seeing the horses ride in circles. 

Zeke even went on a ride all by himself

Abigail got a ride too

It was a great day. Abigail did great and took her nap in the stroller over lunch time. We left at 4 or so and Zeke napped all the way home. 

He still refers to this day as "trick or treat day"

more pictures:

see daves post here: http://debaere.blogspot.com/2012/10/ye-olde-ren-faire.html

I love the batman pic he got (mine is of hm walking towards daddy)