Steeplechase

The girls
the guys

EVERYONE- I MEAN EVERYONE- there had on boots, either with jeans or a short short skirt! We had to take a pic of all of ours....work it Fran!!

We got to see Ellen!!!

Bryan was happy to see John and Moret!

No.....don't get confused....this is not Nicole Richie in her big sunglasses!

Fran is giving a run for her money though with these sunglasses!

Megan flew in from Florida and her sister came to visit too!

Phillip wanted Fran to touch this gun (not loaded and we weren't playing with it) and Fran was refusing! Anne Alan's hubby is in law enforcement, so he has to carry a gun. So no one (mom) worry!

Our group of close friends from college have started over the past few years renting a cabin in Callaway Gardens for Steeplechase. We live all over, so it's so much fun to get together to act like we are in college again! We left all the kids with grandparents and had an adult weekend! We stayed up late, slept late, tailgated, cooked out and talked for 2 full days! It was a blast! I love being with my friends. Can't wait 'til next year.

Whew....busy week!

CC carried a purse with lipstick, Capri sun, and Halloween candy!

CC loved every second of the princesses on ice. Bryan said she kept hopping up the dance and yelling out to the princesses!

Miss Priss

Bryan and his great friend from high school, Richmond

Richmond and his beautiful baby girl. His wife is in the background- never got a family pic.

20 people, 8 of them children!

We have been on the go this week! Emory had her 18 month appointment (she is getting her own post on the doctor's visit:), Bryan and Christian had a date to the Princess on Ice show one night. Then we had dinner with a group of Bryan's friends from high school another night. It was a fun but busy busy week!

School Picture Day!

This is Emory smiling and saying "eeessse". This was CC's dress when she was a little CC's picture day. They will do sibling pictures too, so Emory had 2 photo shoots in one week!

Halloween- Part 4

YEP.... still have Halloween pictures!

Bryan took CC trick or treating with the Meacham's on Halloween night. Emory and I stayed back because we were just a little tired.
CC saw one of her friends from her class!

They had a great time and got a ton of candy! We still eating on it!

Tiki's adventurous weekend!

Christian was SOOOOO excited to find out that she got to bring Tiki, the monkey, home from school for the weekend. Tiki is the class pet. He goes home with a different child every weekend. He comes in a little backpack with his favorite book, Five Little Monkeys, a monkey card game, a banana ABC game, and a journal to write his adventures in. This weekend was extra special b/c he had his Halloween costume with him- a pig! Tiki has done everything with us this weekend- out to dinner, Boo At the Zoo, playing outside, running errands, church, etc. He even gets to go trick or treating with us tonight! Christian has had SO MUCH FUN with Tiki!

Halloween- the 4th and final chapter to come later.....anyone else ready for Halloween to be over with?!

Halloween Part 3- Boo at the Zoo

Boo at the Zoo right when it opens is AWESOME! It wasn't crowded and it was still light outside for most of the time. We loved it! They changed a few things around this year, which seemed to be a lot better. The 'trick or treating' part was in the monkey house and a lot less crowded then before. Overall, I thought it was better than years past- maybe because we went earlier with not as many people there.

"chu-chu"

Our little pumpkin and 'witch princess'

The Meacham's cowgirl and cow (who really was happy. She just wanted a sucker REALLY bad at the exact moment we were taking the picture!)

There was a dance room where a strobe light was on and music playing. All four of the girls LOVED it more than anything. We would have stayed in there all night if it didn't get so crowded.

No one wanted to leave 'the club"!

Halloween part 2- parties and parade

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I am the room mom for Emory's little class, and we had our Halloween party in the morning before the Halloween parade. On the menu.....bananas, strawberries, mandarin oranges, crackers, and cheese. The one mistake I made was putting food out on a table where they could see it before it was time to actually eat! Once they saw the bananas it was down hill from there! They all were chanting, "na-na, na-na, na-na"! So the party started a little earlier than planned. AND....one MAJOR thing I learned that I will NEVER do again---bringing balloons! I brought a group for CC's class and a group for Emory's class. Well, on the drive over, they got tangled together. While trying to untangle them in CC's class they drifted to the ceiling and began popping when they rested on the lights! So, I nixed the balloons for Christian's class and headed to Emory's. The kids loved them but couldn't reach them when they let go. So, they would get upset and it was just a vicious cycle. Ya live and learn, I guess!

Eating makes everyone happy!

Ms. Rose, the penguin!

Emory had a hard time understanding why I was in her classroom and not taking her home! She kept getting upset and just wanted me to hold her. She didn't like me do something other than picking her up while I was in there! But we still had a fun party!

THEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE PARADE..........

which didn't go over too well for Ms. Emory! She's not a fan of big crowds and the parade was a big crowd! I don't think we helped the situation when Bryan went over to fix her pumpkin hat. She lost it after that....CRIED HYSTERICALLY THE REST OF THE PARADE!

Ms. Nita got her out to hug on her in hopes she would quit crying...NOPE....just threw herself down and cried some more!

So then Mommy and Daddy got her and all was better!

Christian on the other hand loved it! She is all for big crowds and all eyes on her!!

Then we headed to CC's party where we ate, sang Halloween songs, and told Halloween stories!

What a fun Halloween day at school!