Trick-or-Treat

The girls had a blast dressing up and getting candy at our friend's church where they had a "trunk-or-treat" event for the community. Sarah's friend Chloe dressed as a precious pumpkin.

Hannah doing her angelic pose - don't let it fool you!!!
Our precious little baby Minnie Mouse!!!
Big sissy -Clara Butterfly!
CHEESE!!!

Hannah's candy bag is almost as big as she is.

Hannah having her hand painted for the first time. Amazingly enough, she actually stayed seated long enough for the lady to finish.
The girls and daddy heading out for trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.
We picked up Chloe and her parents along the way so we could trick-or-treat together.

Mark pulled out the treadmill one night, so the girls wanted to give it a try. Hopefully, they are learning about the importance of exercise at an early age; especially after receiving all of that Halloween candy.

City Life Camping

Well, we were supposed to have our annual camping trip with the Brogdon family up in the north Georgia mountains; however, the weather forecast had predicted 30 degrees at night. We felt like the frigid temps would be too unbearable for all of these little guys, especially Hannah. Therefore, we did the next best thing, moved the "campsite" to the Brogdon's new home in Milledgeville.
We set up the fire pit and roasted marsh mallows to make smores - yummy, and we had the convenience of indoor plumbing to use rather than an outhouse.
We even brought the projector and set up our outdoor movie theater to watch the movie, "Kung Fu Panda." I have to say, I personally enjoyed the city way of camping, because after the movie was over we all headed inside to cozy warm beds.
The next day the guys went golfing, while Rebecca and I took the kids to the Milledgeville Lockerly Arboretum. They were having a Civil War reenactment day and had lots of activities for the kids to enjoy. In the above photo the kids were learning how to use a branding tool.
The girls enjoying the coy pond.
The boys posing with the Civil War reenactment men.


The girls posing with the Antebellum dressed woman.
I am teaching the kids how to walk on stilts. They had various activities for the children to do, which were of the era of the Civil War.
Storytelling, candle making, spinning tops, and cotton dyeing were all activities the kids enjoyed while we were there.

Overall, we had a fabulous "camping" trip to Milledgeville and enjoyed our time with our sweet friends the Brogdons.

Clara Caterpillar

Halloween is upon us, and I know people have different views on carving or not carving pumpkins, but I just have to share this little pumpkin carving prayer Sarah's teacher used while carving their class pumpkin. I had not seen this little prayer before, and I just think it is perfect. I look forward to using it next year while we carve our family pumpkin.

Sisters helping mommy in the kitchen!
Sarah's preschool had book character dress-up day. We went through several characters before making a final decision. Cinderella, Snow White, and Fancy Nancy were all possible winners. "Clara Caterpillar" written by Pamela Edwards was the chosen book character. However, Sarah wanted to be the butterfly after the metamorphosis change. So, she dressed as Clara the Butterfly. I doubt anyone knew which butterfly, but it didn't matter. She dressed just like she wanted to dress even though Mommy was pulling for Fancy Nancy.

Autumn Fun

The girls and I enjoy going to Sam's - for the free snacks that is. I mean we make a Sam's outing about every other month, so it's not like we are frequent "free snackers". Anyway, ribs were on the menu today, and they were scrumptious. Hannah started gnawing on that rib, and she didn't stop gnawing until it was completely clean. She was cracking me up!
Her hands and mouth were completely messy, but it was finger lickin' good!!!
The girl's and I had a Target outing this week after eating lunch at Firehouse Subs. Hannah was sporting the firefighter hat.
We woke up Saturday morning, and Mark said let's go on a family date to Waffle House for breakfast. So, we loaded up the van and headed out to Waffle House.
We had a fabulous breakfast, and yes, Hannah is still in her pj's.
Our neighbors and friends came over Saturday night for a movie night under the stars. We ate dinner, drank hot chocolate, ate popcorn, and watched "Night At The Museum II". We had a fabulous time.
Pumpkin carving time!!! Sarah finally stuck her hand in the pumpkin and pulled out the ooey-gooey!!! It has taken her 4 years to actually want to touch the ooey-gooey. Hannah on the other hand, was all about the ooey-gooey.

Smiley Pumpkins and Girls!!!!
So thankful for Autumn!!! The leaves are changing colors, falling everywhere, and screaming to us to pile them up for a leaf jumping day!!!

Farley's Forced Family Fun Fishing Day

Mark and I decided to take on the adventure of taking the girls fishing. We went to Fort Yargo State Park last Saturday morning before we went for a family run. We took the girls to Walmart the night before to buy a new fishing pole and tackle. Sarah was super excited!

So we set off for a fun-filled day of family fun! I took lots of pics, so enjoy!

Sweet Hannah peeking over the side of bridge! My job was to keep up with Hannah and keep her from jumping into the lake, while Mark "relaxed" with Sarah.


I love this pic below - sweet moments!

Hannah dug into the wiggly worms without a second thought.
We didn't stay in one place for too long before Sarah wanted to move locations. Therefore, we didn't have a single bite the entire time. Better luck next time!



I taught Sarah how to bait a hook with a worm. Yes, I am actually pretty good at fishing, well at least I used to be about 20 years ago. My fishing buddy, Mrs. Henderson, would be so proud of me for passing this along to my daughters. I spent many hours sitting by the pond fishing with sweet Mrs. Henderson. She and I were in contests over the years and won several trophies. Thank you Mrs. Henderson for taking so much time with me over the years.




All in all, we had a fabulous day creating new memories as a family. I look forward to many more fishing outings with the girls. Maybe next time we will actually catch a fish!