Pumpkin Patch

We had an awesome time at Country Pumpkins Sunday afternoon. The weather was perfect. It was so nice to have a sun-shiny day to do something fun. The girls had a great time doing all the activities, especially the hay ride, and then they picked out several pumpkins. We plan to carve our big one later in the month. We also visited another pumpkin patch in the area that was real neat.

Emma Caches Too

Even Emma has gotten into the sport of caching. Here's a picture of her finding one for her daddy. She was so proud of herself.

Mini Trip to Mandeville

We had a great time this weekend on a mini-trip to Mandeville, Louisiana. I was able to sneak in a fall photo session at a neat park. It was a really beautiful place.

What Are They Making?

When we couldn't go outside to play (other than playing in the rain -- see post below), we decided to make a visit to Meme's house. Meme immediately put them to work making something. Are you wondering what it is? I'll tell you. It's homemade lotion. It was a messy project, but the girls had so much fun.

Is It Ever Going To Quit!?!

I'm talking about the rain. It seems like it has been raining forever. The girls and I were hoping for a pretty day where we could get outside some. I was hoping to take some fall pictures of them. Instead we went outside and played in the rain some. It was barely misting, so I didn't get some good rain shots, but they had fun playing with the umbrellas.

She Can Read!!!

Our little one read her very first book by herself last night. We were so proud of her. It seems like it was just yesterday when we were doing this with Anna Kate. Now Emma can read too. She was so sweet sitting in my reading rocker reading the words. Her face lit up when she was done. She was so proud of herself, and we were too!

GA Mother/Daughter Weekend

Anna Kate and I had a great time this weekend at Camp Garaywa for the annual mother/daughter weekend. This was our fourth year to attend. Girls in the first through sixth grade can attend, so both Anna Kate and Emma will be able to attend with me next year.
I love this sweet picture with my girl.

Here's our church group.

We only had four girls from our church to attend this year, but they were a great group of girls.

We were in Cabin 10.

The theme for the weekend was "Leaving Your Lifeprint." We learned that, whether good or bad, we all leave lifeprints on the people around us. I am renewing my commitment to leave a positive lifeprint on those around me, especially our girls.

We were so glad it wasn't too wet to do the Friday night campfire. This is such a special time of singing, devotion time and roasting marshmellows to make smores.

Here's a silhouette picture I took of Anna Kate in front of the fire.

Here's another one with a spotlight on her.

And one last silhoutette. I wasn't sure I would be able to do a decent silhouette picture with my "little" camera, but I am pretty pleased with the results.

It was really cool that night, but Anna Kate didn't like how hot the fire was.

Anna Kate on her bunk bed. Every time she rolled over in the night, I had this fear of her bed falling down on me.

I love this cute picture of Anna Kate on Saturday morning on the bridge.

We had a great time at crafts. Here are our canvases that we painted.

The weather was perfect. We enjoyed sitting outside soaking up the nice fall weather.

I love you, Anna Kate. I had a great time spending the weekend with you.

Black and Gold Day

Black and Gold Day was the last dress up day for Homecoming Week. I thought the girls look cute in their NH t-shirts to support the Trojans. We were sorry to hear that they lost the football game Friday night.

Class Shirt Day

Today was Class Shirt Day. They also had Fall Festival today too, so the girls were real excited about that. It seems like forever away, but Anna Kate is the class of 2017, and Emma is the class of 2022. That just doesn't sound right.