.REWIND part 3.

We were down in Florida right after Andrew's bday, so we had a family birthday party! It was so fun! Gigi ordered a big water slide, so the kids (minus AP) had a great time playing in and on it.

.nothing like a match on a mini pumpkin pie!.

this little man was partied OUT!

.REWIND part2.

The Cousins! 

AP's first Saturday morning breakfast with the fellas!

Lookin' for trouble!

LOOK OUT!

.REWIND...trip to Florida.

Here are some more pics from our time in Florida in September! These are photos that were captured on Gigi's camera!

His pirate face!

LOVES her daddy!

It's GOMEK!!!!

So thankful for my sweet little family!

posing like Gomek

Her version of Gomek!

We loved our visit to the Alligator Farm with gigi and poppa! 

.Beauty and the Beast.

Last Sunday I took HJ to see Beauty and the Beast broadway show at the DPAC. We went with my sister and Allison. HJ was so excited about an all girl date...not to mention the fact that she didn't have to take a nap. She was WIDE EYED the entire show. I think I may have watched her expressions more than the show. I love seeing her enjoy something! It worked out great that the next day was show and tell at school and slacker mom here forgot, but she was able to tell all about the show, so it was all good! ha

.the 1/2.

On Sunday I ran the Bull City Race Fest Half Marathon. It was really a lot of fun. There were 6 of us from Mercy Hill that ran it, so we got a hotel room the night before and had a girls night! Then I got a call at 6:30 Sunday morning from my dad....he was there! He had come to surprise me and cheer me on. I was so thankful! Not to mention we had a delicious date at the Cracker Barrel afterwards.
I had a good run despite the K.I.L.L.E.R. continuous hill that lasted from mile 9-13.1.....it was INSANE! I finished in 1:41, not to shabby!

pre race...it was dark and cold!

post race deliciousness!!!

we were matchy matchy at church! 

.kiddos.

The other week Andrew was cutting down a tree in our backyard, so the kids and I grabbed a snack and sat on the patio watching!

Tweetsie Railroad (year2)

Last year on Labor Day we went with the Dager family to Tweetsie Railroad and declared that it was going to be a yearly tradition for our families! So we headed out there again this year. Last year in the petting zoo the goat ate a bit of Norah's shirt, this year the animals were super greedy! One cute little baby goat snagged HJ's ice cream cone of feed and took off, however not far behind him was Andrew who grabbed the goat by his back legs to get the ice cream cone of feed! I think our family then became the talk of Tweetsie.
It was such a fun trip. We look forward to many more years of the "Southeast's most overpriced attraction" as Andrew calls it.

 *terrible quality pictures thanks to my phone...boo!*

 #selfie on the way there!

.Gigi and Poppa House.

.playing dinos while HJ rides the horse.

.Our Little Cowgirl.

.this girl LOVES every minute of being on a horse!.

.dino time!.

.She's a natural.

.beach day.

We were in Florida the last part of the week and weekend spending time with Andrew's family and celebrating his birthday! WOOT WOOT! It was a such a fun time as it always is and hard to leave. We did lots of playing, exploring, and just hanging out with the cousins. On Thursday we went to the Alligator Farm (pics to come from Gigi's camera) and then we went to the beach for an hour while Andrew had a skpe call. Here are some pics from the beach. Funny thing is, I had the kids' swimsuits packed in the car....I didn't put them on because I didn't think that they were going to swim...boy was I wrong! haha... LOVE these two WILD things!

 HJ ran wild in and out of the water and played in the splash park...AP got a kick out of running and collapsing in the waves, chasing the gulls, and playing in a puddle. I am pretty sure we looked like the biggest rednecks out there, but seeing the kids enjoy things like this brings me so much joy!