Saturday, November 26, 2016

Thanksgiving

I love hosting Thanksgiving at our house each year.  The kids are at an age where they love helping out in the kitchen, and I enjoy making these memories with my family.








This girl loves mashed potatoes and peas just like her mama.

This year Marc and the girls made cookie pies. We learned a couple of years ago that I don't have the patience for homemade sugar cookie dough. Marc does. Therefore he makes cookies with the girls.


So what are cookie pies you ask? Basically they decorated sugar cookies to look like pies. Some varieties like key lime pie were a little bright and festive, but they were all yummy.



Somehow I only managed to get pictures of preparation and not the family that was able to join us. We are so thankful and blessed to be able to open our home to the wonderful family we have near us.

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Middle School Square Dance

Several weeks ago Kayla's clogging group was invited to perform at King's. Of course I looked on the school calendar to see what event was going on, and I found out that they would be performing to kick off the middle school square dance.  She was so excited to perform at her school, and her sweet friends were excited to watch her.



We then had a quick change into her plaid shirt and boots. She had a great time at her first school dance.


Monday, November 14, 2016

A Weekend in Savannah

Marc's cousin was married a couple of weeks ago, and they held a reception this past weekend in Savannah, Georgia.  All of Marc's immediate family came in town and we rented a large house on Tybee Island. It was a little chilly for me to walk down to the beach, but Marc took these two down for a little walk.



I can't believe I didn't get a picture of the bride and groom, but I did manage a few pictures of the kids enjoying the photo booth. 




The reception was held in one of the beautiful squares in historic Savannah.  It was quite chilly, but the heaters they brought in helped keep this Florida girl warm enough.




It was so windy and cold, but we decided to make the quick walk to River Street after the reception.  We only walked a short way to the candy shop, and then we swung by Starbucks on the way back to the car.

The beach house had a roof top deck that the kids enjoyed hanging out on.  The funny part was that Drew had no idea it was up there until we were about to leave and wanted to get this picture.



Cousin dance party in the street before heading home.


Instead of rearranging all of the pictures I'll just backtrack to our morning in Savannah.  There happened to be a children's book festival going on and it was quite the event.  The kids went on a little scavenger hunt to different stations to do little projects and they had a great morning.

We even ran into these two guys.




Because of our love for cathedrals we decided to take the walk to St. John the Baptist Cathedral and it didn't disappoint.




The amazing organ.

I love this cute little princess!


We had a great family weekend exploring Savannah. It has been a busy time of travel for us, and I'm grateful that we will be home for the next month, but I am thankful for the times set aside from the busyness of life to enjoy with my little family. 

The clouds were so interesting on the way home. I have never seen waves in the sky.