Church Fall Festival

Sunday evening we went to our church's fall festival and had a great time! The kids all wear their costumes and we all get to enjoy games, prizes, hotdogs, a chili cook-off, and last but not least... trunk or treat! People decorate the trunks/backs of their cars and the kids go around and get their first big dose of candy for the Halloween season... they love it! It was a beautiful day for the event and everyone had a fun time.

High School Musical 3!

The long awaited day is finally here... the release of High School Musical 3 in theaters!! A group of moms decided to take our girls for a night out, so I waited with a small crowd at the theater this afternoon to get the tickets. I was glad that I had because it was sold out well before the show! We all went out for pizza before and then enjoyed the movie along with a packed theater. It was very cute and the girls loved it! Thanks Disney!

A week in the life of...

Our week has been pretty normal... work, school, tennis, musical theater, etc... but we have had some fun things happen!

On Monday Amelia's school (OCES) officially moved out to the brand new High Shoals Elem. school to use until the end of the year. OCES is being totally renovated while everyone is gone, and will be ready for them to move back into in August, 2009. At that time HSES will open up to the children who are zoned to go there. Amelia loves the new school, but she says that they do miss their school!




On Wednesday my mission friends class at church packed their boxes for Operation Christmas Child. If you have never heard of this organization, it is well worth your time to look it up and learn more about it. The boxes are packed for a specific age and gender specific and sent all over the world to children. The DVD that we watch is very moving and really shows the excitement of the children when they receive these presents. It is a wonderful learning experience for our children to learn the importance of giving!

As I have probably mentioned before, Amelia will be in the production of "Big" the musical in November. This is her headshot that will appear in the program. She is really growing up!

Watkinsville Fall Festival weekend

This past weekend we got to enjoy some more great fall weather attended the annual Fall Festival in downtown Watkinsville. There are lots of crafts, lots of very greasy food (yum!) and some fun activities for the kids. Mitchell and Amelia really enjoyed the bungee jumping thing and the rock wall... they did the bungee jumping twice! After enjoying a wonderful fried lunch topped off with a funnel cake we all headed home to watch football and relax.



This weekend was also Oconee High School's Homecoming game and dance. Clara (in the blue) lives next door to us and babysits Mitchell and Amelia. We were able to take some pictures of Clara and her friend Amber while they waited for their dates to arrive. Don't they look great!!

Fall Break

Mitchell and Amelia had their fall break this past Friday and Monday, so we left Dave at home (he had to work) and headed to Myrtle Beach, SC for a long weekend. We had to deal with some rainy weather, but it got better with each day that we were there and we were able to enjoy the warm weather and have a great time camping with my parents in their camper.

Our first full day at the beach (Friday) was the rainiest day there for us. We did manage to sneak in about 15 minutes on the beach under very cloudy skies before the rain started to really fall... Mitchell and Amelia were so excited to get that much time out there! Then we headed to the indoor pool where we stayed pretty much all of that day (thank goodness for the indoor pool and hot tub!). That night we all went out for a great seafood dinner... yum!

Saturday morning was still rainy, so we played in the indoor pool again until lunch. After lunch Mama, Amelia and I went shopping at Broadway at the Beach where there are lots of cute little shops to look in. Amelia is funny (and challenging) to shop with because she wants everything that she sees! We also fed the huge fish and met some friendly ducks on the boardwalk. Mitchell and Daddy hung around the campground and watched lots of football, rode bikes and ate icecream. After dinner we found a great place to play putt putt... ten holes of the 27 total holes were inside a cool building that looked like a pyramid. This worked out very well since it started to rain while we were playing! It was lots of fun!

Even though we weren't expecting great weather at all (due to what the Weather Channel was forecasting) we woke up Sunday morning to blue skies and lots of sunshine!! We were so happy! We quickly ate our wonderful breakfast of Krispie Kreme doughnuts and headed down to the beach. Can you tell that we were all excited to have a beautiful morning on the beach? The temperature was warm and we couldn't believe that we were on the beach in our bathing suits in October! We spent most of the morning on the beach, ate lunch, rode our bikes to the camp store for a dessert of ice cream, then packed up the car for the trip home. We arrived home happy and relaxed at about 11pm. What a great weekend!!

Pumpkin Time!

We had a wonderful trip to Washington Farms today! The day was beautiful and it was fun spending family time outside. We each picked out our own pumpkin for the front porch.




On our way out to Washington Farms (which is here in Watkinsville) we passed a few cotton fields. I have always wanted to just stop at one and let Mitchell and Amelia see and feel one of the plants... well, today was the day! We pulled off the road in between two fields and got out to explore. Cotton plants are so neat! Mitchell and Amelia thought that it was cool how there is an actual cotton ball on the plants!




We all had fun picking out our pumpkins out of the huge pumpkin patch... it was a hard decision because there were so many to choose from!




There is lots to do at Washington Farms besides pumpkins... we shot corn out of a canon, shot small pumpkins from a slingshot into the pond, visited the petting zoo, rode on a hayride, and made our way through the huge corn maze. Like I said before, it was a great day for family time! We came home tired and happy, had a late dinner together, and are now getting ready for sleep. Hope you had a happy Saturday!

Fun Fall Day

Wasn't yesterday a beautiful fall day? We are definitely enjoying the cooler weather to go along with the sunny days! Amelia had two friends come home with her from school to make "shuk" which is one of the foods of their made up country "Smartland" (this was an activity for their PACE class). "Shuk" is a ball of sugar cookie dough on a toothpick and then covered with melted white chocolate. They used the colored white chocolate to match their country's colors blue, red and yellow. Everyone in the class is making a food from their country and bringing it in to share when they present their country. Sounds like fun! I also got busy and did our fall decorating around the house and put out pansies and mums. The fall colors are so beautiful... I love it! Hope you are enjoying your fall days, too!