Tooth Update for Ella!!

You may have seen from a recent post that Ella has lost all of her 6 snaggle teeth within this year!!

Well, now we're up to 7!! She pulled this one on her own at school!! Thanks for the baggie, Mrs. Escobar!! (I think she was giving her best "Monster Face") :)

Where does she get such a great monster face from?? She's been practicing since age 1.....

Cheers to more snaggles and monster faces!!

The Legends of Sleepy Hollow!!

Last weekend, we headed over to the Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Patch to pick a groovy pumpkin. Sleepy Hollow was the perfect name because in our class, we recently had a book study about The Legends of Sleepy Hollow, so Nora was a little EXTRA stoked to go!!!

When we got there, we had to pet the sweet animals, especially Priscilla the pig. She was a cutie!!

 The bunnies were cute, too!!

 After a few photo-ops.... 

 .....we headed down the dirt road to aboard our tractor ride!! (Thankfully, we had our big coats in the car....it goes from summer to winter around these parts!!) 

All aboard the tractor!!

 Here's Nora's progression of me telling her that we might run into Ichabod Crane or the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow:

We never found the Headless Horseman, but we did find acres and acres of Christmas trees!! We may have to come cut one down this year. My secret Christmas dream is to become the Griswalds!! 

 The tractor dropped us off at the corn maze:

 We finally found our way through, and played for a bit at the pumpkin patch!! 

 Finally, it was time to get down and dirty and find our pumpkin: 

 Daddy chose this "pumpkin" #dummy 

  Nora chose the one that looked like a phone (or big banana).

 But, we finally all agreed upon a big, jolly pumpkin!!

 Getting back on the tractor to head back to the front: 

 Daddy carrying our big, jolly pumpkin!! It's about 4 times the size of his head, so you KNOW it's big and jolly!! 

 We had to check out the animals one last time before we left..... 

 .....especially Priscilla the pig. We just couldn't get enough of her!!

Before leaving, we shopped in the little country store. I loved this sign (should've bought it.....one of my favorite sayings by one of my favorite people).

 
Daddy bought some muscadine cider.....

.....and the girls picked out some home-made candles that smelled oh-so-good!!!

I'll leave you with the entire crew!! The pillow on the "hay couch" says THANKFUL. The only word for this season, this sweet family, and God's Grace that carries us daily!!

Cheers to perfect pumpkins and headless horsemen!!

Blue Ridge Bliss!!

We were on "Fall Break" this weekend, and we headed up to the Blue Ridge mountains for some good ole' family fun!! We drove up Thursday night, got up Friday morning and dashed to take a ride on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway :)

All Aboard!!

I begged Claira to put her little matching bandana on. She said, "I put it on for ONE picsher." And she did, and ripped it right back off:

The conductor stamping our tickets:

We loved seeing the leaves changing colors along the Toccoa River. So beautiful!!

Our whole crew:

The train dropped us off in Copperhill, TN for 2 hours. Just enough time for us to eat, shop, and explore the groovy little town:

GA/TN line!!

Hershey Heaven

Eating lunch!! The beer-battered onion rings were to die for!! Do you see the blue line on the table?? That's still the GA/TN line - it ran all through the city. Grandmama officially ate in TN, while the rest of us ate in GA!!

Eating in two different states:

Lea is telling me that I'm number one (like I didn't know). :)

Selfie, like always:

After lunch, we explored the sights:

Toccoa River:

Daddy liked the bear rug....

.....but I preferred the raccoon in a canoe!

Doing a little shopping:

Having fun with some festive props!!

Ice cream time!!

Boarding the train back to Blue Ridge:

After all that food and walking, we were tired:

REALLY TIRED:

We headed back to the cabin to greet Henry. He missed us while we were gone:

Next up: HOT TUB TIME!! (note the Barbies)

Yes, Claira is naked. What's new??

Daddy dancing to mine and Lea's rendition of the Dixie Chicks. We put on a SHOW!! I can't believe nobody got that on tape. We should tour.

Firing up the grill!!

After dinner, it was s'more time!!

Nice pose, Pops.

Always dancin'

Nora is preparing to tell a ghost story:

It was super scary!!

Smoky faces:

Catching toads!!!

The next day, it rained all day long, so it was the perfect excuse to lay around and do nothing all day long!! It started with a big country BREAKFAST!!

We snacked and watched TV the rest of the day:

Claira lost her clothes again....

Watching Tech lose. Ugh.

More hot tub fun!! It's always better at night!!

Since it rained all day, we couldn't do another bonfire, but we still had one last round of s'mores on the porch, and rocked our babies to sleep :) Until next time, Blue Ridge....

It was such a special, relaxing time with the people I love most!!

Cheers to Mountain Memories!!