Dahlonega, GA

Marc was off yesterday so we took a little day trip to Dahlonega.  We started at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve. It was a beautiful day for hanging out with animals.

This lemur was hilarious.  It was a young one with a bunch of energy.  It would bounce and swing all over the room. Then it would disappear only to pop up and scare us at the window. 

We had to swing back by our lemur friend before we headed out.

We walked around downtown Dahlonega and drove through the University of North Georgia.  That was a bit surreal letting Kayla check out the campus.

You can't go to Dahlonega without a tour of a cave and some gold panning.

I just love spending time with my little family making memories. We all had a fun day.

Enjoying the Weather

 Macy and Mia went on a hunt for things for their fort. They wandered the woods and came back with quite a collection. They did stray onto the neighbor's property without noticing, but I'm sure he won't miss some of their "treasures." Macy also brought found her way into some poison ivy.

We've enjoyed working in the garden area.  It should be getting fenced in soon.

Marc and the girls built this for the green beans.

A Fun Filled February

 So the reality is that I quickly get behind in my blogging.  It is currently the middle of June, and I'm working on my February posts.  I can't remember what I've posted about this girl and her Science Fair project, and many of her awards came after this picture was taken, but I'll put them here to have them in one place. 

The King's Academy - 3rd place

GAAPS - 2nd place

GA Regionals - Honorable Mention

Georgia State Science Fair - 2nd Honors (She scored in the 80-90% of all junior project submissions for the state of Georgia.)

I'm so proud of how hard she worked on this project and her willingness to put in the extra work to participate in the other levels of competition - including a panel interview.

Meanwhile, Brooke started another collection and currently has them organized all over my kitchen island. Balance is good in life. 

Marc got the raised beds in place and filled them with good soil.  He said if we can't grow things in here then we have problems. ha!

We started some seeds indoors.

I found this little container and got curious about it. I opened it to find...

how she gets through her hard school days.

Brooke made  us lunch filled with love. 

Enjoying the peaceful sunshine...

until sister comes out.

But then she started helping her study for her test.

Planting carrots.

Some tennis, art, and fort building rounded out the month.

Kicking off February

 February started off with some excitement for Kayla. She and Marc went to purchase her a car! Marc did a lot of research before settling on the Honda CR-V. An added bonus was that I didn't have to go with them to sit through the purchasing process.  I made Kayla go so she could better appreciate what her dad went through to purchase the car. ha! She loves it and is super excited.

The girls had decorated this cut tree from the storm a few months ago.  Today we drove by and saw that someone added a "Get Well Soon" balloon to it. Hilarious! 

Parallel parking practice. It's so much easier in the smaller car. 

We had an early Valentine's dinner with some seafood.

We kept celebrating Valentine's Day with cheese fondue and dessert at The Melting Pot.  The girls love coming here.

Sometimes I don't ask questions, but I always love being with these silly people.

These people are my greatest treasures.