Just a few more pictures from Highlands that I took with my big camera…it was beautiful up there!
I think this one’s a framer for sure…
Happy Friday! Make it a great weekend!
Thanksgiving in the Mountains
On Thanksgiving morning, we loaded up and drove to Highlands, NC to spend the long weekend with Robert’s parents. It was a GORGEOUS weekend and we had a great time! We loved getting to bundle up in our coats but still feel the sunshine on our face. We had a fantastic Thanksgiving meal thanks to LuLu, a great dinner out with our good friends, Patrick and Liz, and even made a trip to a Mexaurant! All the kids slept better than I could have hoped. We hiked and ran around the golf course and even saw Santa Claus light up a giant Christmas tree! The only disappointing thing? No mountain lions were spotted…much to Maxwell’s dismay! 🙂
I took some new Christmas pjs for the kids to wear on Thanksgiving night. A good kick-off to the holiday season!
On Friday, we hiked up to the top of Sunset Rock with Patrick and Henry.
On Saturday night we went into town (Robert even left the tv halfway through he Iron Bowl! Shocker!) to meet up with the Woods to drink hot chocolate, sing Christmas carols, and watch Santa light up the tree right in the center of town! So neat and quaint! 🙂
ps – that’s not the tree. 🙂
Here’s a few more pictures from the fun weekend.
It was a great Thanksgiving and I’m so THANKFUL we got to spend it in the mountains! Thanks for everything Lulu and Granddaddy!
See you tomorrow!
Family Photos
Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break. I’m posting a few more photos from Samantha’s baptism today. After the service, everyone came back to our house for lunch and I had the photographer take some snaps of all the generations together!
4 Generations of the girls!
My family….
Our families together…
Robert’s family… (God love Spencer here!)
We’re so grateful so many could come to help us celebrate such a special occasion!
Halloween fun
Halloween season is busy! Busy but fun! We went up to Boo at the Zoo on Saturday night. We (meaning I) decided it would be best to save our real Halloween costumes for the main event so I had two little Spidermen with me.
This one was killing me with his big muscles. The cutest.
I even decided to go along with the spider theme a bit!
I also talked GJ into going with me and we sure were glad to have her along for the ride!
We left Daddo and Robert at home with Samantha to watch football. Robert kept trying to tell us Samantha REALLY wanted to go to the zoo but, we didn’t bite. 😉
We got to the zoo around 4:30. They weren’t supposed to let people in until 5:00 but we got on in around 4:45 so I was glad we got there early. We bought our tickets online in advance and that saved a lot of time too!
I can see how everything would be even neater later at night when it is dark, but we enjoyed being the early birds! The boys got their fortune told, rode the train, went down the inter tube slide (even spence!), went on the hay ride, trick-or-treated in the hay maze and finally rode the carousel!
Thanks to GJ, the boys even came home with some loot from the gift shop. That’s what grandmothers are for, right?! 🙂
We were home by 7:00 and honestly had a great time. Realizing I had somehow dropped my driver’s license at the zoo that night? Not so great. But, I called the next morning and someone had found it and turned it in. Hooray! I’d say we’ll go back to Boo at the Zoo again next year.
On Sunday, after soccer, we drove out to our church’s Fall Festival. The kids got to decorate a pumpkin and get a little face paint. They had a bluegrass band and you could make s’mores.
Maxwell got his marshmallow a little charred!
It was a fine time. I think the kids enjoyed it but I’m not sure if we’ll make the effort next year.
Halloween fun all around!
Rest of the birthday
Happy Monday! We had a really fun weekend – fall festivities are in full swing! Today let’s wrap up Spencey’s birthday celebrations! After his party on Monday, he got to take treats to school on Tuesday. He’s been loving Starbucks cake pops lately so I just got those to send! Perfect and easy!
He was pretty proud to go to school in his other new garbage truck shirt!
He was also pretty proud of the new Lego garbage truck that Maxwell “helped” him build! 🙂
We enjoyed having company here all week and loved getting to see Susu, Daddo and GJ!
Let’s do it all again soon! Who’s birthday is next?!