One week ago today Chad had an appointment with his hand surgeon at UW Madison for a check-up.

It went well!

We are continuing on with therapy for six more weeks and then we will see the surgeon again.

I took the kiddos along to Chad’s appointment so we could make some fall memories that day too!

We stopped on the way to Madison at two different Peck’s Farmer’s Markets.

Pecks have beautiful stores filled with all kinds of goodies, but they also have amazing parks behind their stores that are filled with animals!

Best of all – it was FREE to walk through!

It was the most beautiful day!!

I was very thankful that none of the animals were for sale, because Eliza and I wanted to bring them all home!!

They had SO many different breeds of animals between the two farmer’s markets!

I could not resist the photo opp that all of the pumpkins offered!

After we enjoyed the parks, we headed to Costco to fill our huge cooler and trunk of our van with groceries, and then it was time for a picnic lunch.

A road trip would not be complete without a stop at Starbucks for some coffee (and apple juice!), so we did that next!

We were so thankful for a great appointment for Chad too!!

He is still making progress in getting those fingers to move again!

Progress is encouraging!!

It was a FUN and FULL day!

Happy Fall, friends!!