Monday, December 19, 2016

Halloween 2016!

one of the best perks of volunteering is getting to see your kids and all the fun they have!  
Abby and her bff Lyla at the UpStreet costume party 



our sometimes annual Halloween chili dinner


Sawyer, Ryan, and Cooper
the boys all wanted to be athletes

Lyla and Abby, the babies
they planned these costumes for a couple of months!

Chloe and Zoey, such sweet little friends

I love this!!  
We are so blessed, we have the best neighbors and friends and neighbor-friends!

and one with my friends too!
Erin, Jessi, Emily, Chrissy, me, Sonia, Alyson


 




Sunday, December 18, 2016

October 2016, part two

CHOA Cape Day!
Abby's superhero cape!  She wore it all day long - to school and all afternoon :) 



Soccer Siblings!
Abby and Jackson, best buds and co-medal winners!
Their team won 4-3 this day, two goals by Abs and two by Jackson :)




10.22.16 - Macedonia Elementary fall festival

yep, she's about to conquer that. 





checking out downtown Woodstock's scarecrows after church, they each picked one to pose with





Sunday evening, Halloween party at the Brandons' parents' house, so much fun!
all sorts of Halloween games spread out across their amazing property
it was just us girls, the guys had cub scouts
Chloe and Leyton 





Monday, 10.24.16 - Kinsley Farm 

with the Stones - Caden and Lyla! 
Dinner at the Varsity Jr in Dawsonville afterwards



silly face selfies with Chloe after her preschool fall party




10.27.16 - Yahoo Farm with the Conleys 
pumpkin patches are so much fun :) 






pizza dinner party at the Nielsens'
Katie, Chrissy, Jessi, me
I love having great neighbors!




Abby and Jackson at soccer, love the bond these two have!





Ryan's first ever basketball practice!




An after-church Sunday-drive to SC for lunch with this awesome crew!









Saturday, December 17, 2016

October 2016, part one



Sarah is 40!!!  Happy Birthday!
a girls weekend on Lake Lanier!


Saturday morning soccer while I was at the lake. 
Thanks to Cooper's mommy for this adorable photo of these two 'just talking' to quote Cooper
Cooper and Chloe -  love that these two have hit it off just as well as Abby and Jackson have, such a sweet family!





the back corner of our yard.  
I wasn't a big fan of the hill in the middle of the yard at first, but it is nice that it blocks the view.  The kids have this semi-permanent fort going on and since we can't see it from the back porch, they don't have to keep it looking nice & clean back there :)
Seeing them playing with neighbors and exploring and being creative and love being outside is AWESOME!!


Tues, 10.4.16-   Hayride day with my Chlo-Chlo
love this day!  I still can't process that this is the last go-around for all the preschool events.

 Chloe and her bff "CouperWest"
[there's another Cooper in her class this year, so despite knowing her Couper for three years, 
she now calls him "CouperWest" all run together :)]
Josh, Chloe, Couper, and Alice
have I ever mentioned how awesome Chloe's preschool and all her friends are?!




Donuts with Dad [grandpa!].  
Thanks for visiting us and for joining Chloe at preschool!



he's a wee bit aggressive on the basepath :)



bffs Lyla and Abby
they planned this cute matching outfit and Sonia & I were able to get this photo while we were up at school for lunch


after lunch with all our big friends, I took Chloe out since I'm not a fan of the elementary school cafeteria.  But Chloe had her heart set on McDonald's.  I might have been better off eating at school!
Love her kids' meal mask though!  


Granddaddy and Grandma Jo-Ann are here!  
Saturday morning soccer games with Coach Daddy

Three generations of scouts!
Daddy, Uncle Tyler, Granddaddy, and Great-Uncle Rick are all Eagle Scouts

Happy [64th] birthday Granddaddy!




funny faces with Ryan :)




carline selfie.  I actually think it was to show off our stripes.




a Thursday afternoon hike with my kiddos!  
Mommy needed a break from the routine :)



Mari, Zoey, and Chloe
hooray for other four year olds in the neighborhood


Oakley, Mari, Chloe, and Abby
Coleson and Ryan had left already for cub scout camping, so it was a girlie afternoon/evening!
I didn't get any pictures with them, but Sonia and Lyla joined us for our girls' night, and we painted toenails - and I think watched a movie?



pigtail braids for soccer!  Is this where it all started?!


Aiden, Abby, and Jackson - the three left from our original team.  
And in all honesty, they really are the best three :)


The boys Cub Scout camping!
the girls and I joined them for the second night - after our girls' night and soccer fun :)


Chloe picked out her hair and bows, and we dressed around that.  She looked so cute, that she posed for a picture.  And then we got into the car and saw the reminder....
... that it was football day at preschool.  So here's outfit #2, but we still made the super cute bows work :)




October 20th - after school adventure with the Conleys - Menchie's for snack 
and the coolest playground ever!  check out the roller coaster swing!
everybody but Chloe tried it, even Alyson & I, despite the lack of photographic proof.  there is a video somewhere though ;)
This is also the infamous day that at least one, but I think both, of the Conley boys threw up in my van!  Hehe!


and then we went to Dylan and Grant's tournament game
[Coleson was working late for something or another, so we made a whole afternoon/evening out of it]
Seth, Ryan, Max Lewis, Abs, Chloe
Ryan ran scoreboard the whole game :)