Wednesday, November 1, 2017

November 2017, part one

Up bright and early for Bus Driver Appreciation Day

And then I left from school for Savannah!  I hopped on the ferry and wandered the city for maybe an hour before meeting up with some of my small group friends.  Savannah is soooo pretty!
After a yummy pasta dinner with the Allens and McCarthys, I took the ferry back to my parked car at the convention center.  

Race morning - Rock and Roll half marathon

me, Brittany, Owen, Sarah, Katie, Kyle
[and Sam who didn't run]

I found hot coffee, woohoo!

co-medal winners, Couper and Chloe :) 

Small group surprise baby shower for Carlynn and Paul and baby Lainey :)
[with our mascot, Maya.  I didn't realize initially that she had joined our picture!]

Happy Veteran's Day from these sweet sisters! 
I love that they love [sometimes] to match!

11.11.17 - annual PTA Turkey Trot  -
it fell on Veteran's Day this year :) 
Ryan and I both ran the 5k
From the Turkey Trot to the final i9 games of the season

Abby's team - champions!  - undefeated [for years. literally.  I don't think Daddy and Abby have ever lost].  Also the first time we really got to know Olivia and Samantha.  Stay tuned - Olivia will become a bff when she and Abby are in the same 3rd grade class.  

Cooper and Ryan
with the flag football trophies

second grade field trip with Abby-Lou!
 Great production, I really enjoyed it.  
And their classmate, Elly [from Kentucky], was in it!  So cute seeing them all so excited to see each other and Elly waving from the stage :)

The girls headed to Emily's dress up birthday party
... which left some one-on-one time with Ryan! 
RaceTrac and the library


Creekview basketball game with the Esterlings. 
Chloe slept through the end, love my sweet girl, please stay little :)




Nana came for the weekend!




Thursday, October 5, 2017

October 31st, 2017

10.31.17 - Kindergarten field trip to Big Springs pumpkin patch

Mrs. Mikes's class, love these guys!!
Chloe is in the back center in between
Miller and Connor

Keegan, Chlo, Connor, Ayden
Smart and silly kids - they were holding up the pumpkins!  
A pretty creative way for more of them to be in the photos at once?!


hayride selfie with Alexis and Connor

Miller, Chloe, and I shared a seat on the bus

LOTS of Chloe and Miller selfies on the way home


Happy Halloween!!!  
Annual chili dinner before trick-or-treating
Ryan, Kaden, Lucas, Max, Cooper, Sawyer

Hensley, Zoey, Chloe, and Mari

Abby, Lyla, Elly

Coleson counted 22 in this picture.   And yet three families had already left and one arrived just after this.  Our chili dinner seems to grow every year!  I love our awesome neighbor- friends!

 Fun with my friends too!!  Kristin and I had the same hair!  And Alyson and I both lit up!


Zach and the older boys lasted a long time!


Wednesday, October 4, 2017

more October 2017

🎃10.26.17 - Berry Patch Farms!🎃
Just me and my babies, a WONDERFUL afternoon

I love these three cuties!!








Friday night football, go Grizzlies!

"matching best sisters"

Mega Awesome Costume Party at church


The Year We Actually Carved A Pumpkin


all dressed up the Brandons' annual Halloween party

Bet you didn't know Laura Ingalls Wilder
wore pink cowboy boots and rode zip lines


Throwback to 1999!!!!





Tuesday, October 3, 2017

October 2017, part two

Happy 50th day of Kindergarten!! 

First tribal celebration day of the new school year
Happy CHOA Cape Day featuring Abby, our own personal super hero!

Abby and Logan were Mrs. Baker's picks for Pride of the Den.  
I didn't know this until I got there, turns out it's a really cool thing and a big honor! 
Abby and Logan's official Pride of the Den photo shoot! 
So proud :)

I loved being able to volunteer for the tribal celebration, a very fun morning 
Chloe, Lilly B, and Mari
the Dobrina Tribe won - most points for the first quarter.  The prize was running around like crazy for an hour, err I mean, a carnival/ field day party.


Friday evening Creekview HS Homecoming parade with some of my favorite girls! 
Lyla, Abs
Zoey, Chloe, Mari

poor, sweet Sawyer -
the big boys were at Lucas's birthday party

Happy Birthday Lucas!
Ryan, Lucas, Cooper, and Cohen
they went to Get Air and Culver's to celebrate



another all-day Saturday at the fields with our friends :)

Go Falcons!
Coleson and Justin [Couper's daddy]
Michael, Mari, Claire, Landon, Chloe, Couper, Bryce, Alice, Lennox



We spent Sunday lunch/ afternoon hanging out with the Houlihans.  
Faith LOVES Maya, it's sooo sweet



Mommy/ Chloe Trunk-or-Treat Date at Alice's church, thanks for inviting us!
COLD night, but lots of fun!!
[Daddy took Ryan and Abby to Culver's, yumm]