Christmas on Campus

What a great way to commemorate a wonderful year for our family with a photo shoot of where it all began. This year I finally graduated from Covenant College with my degree that I started 12 (wow, 1997) years ago on this very campus. I thought it would make for some beautiful pictures to take the kids and Kelly up to my old campus and let the kids run around and explore "mommy's old stomping grounds." Although I was only on campus for two and a half years, I made a lot of memories and really enjoyed my time up on this mountain, "The Castle in the Clouds."  It was a beautiful day, yet freezing on this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving (hence the empty campus) and the kids had free range of the place. The climbed on every rock and looked in every window. We had a wonderful time...brought back many, many memories! :)

We chose two of the photos (not posted) for our family Christmas card, I will post them at another time.

The Overlook

Such a scenic view-made for some beautiful pictures

The beautiful chapel and Kell playing with the kids

In front of my old dorm, Carter Hall, with my baby boy

"Go Scots"

Celebrating 8

Kelly and I celebrated eight years of marital bliss over the Thanksgiving holiday. We didn't do anything special other than spending a lot of quality time as a family, which we needed and thoroughly enjoyed. This picture is from our trip up to Lookout Mountain and Covenant College with the kids and Eden was the photographer behind this one. Thanks Edibug.
Here is to many more to come...I love you Kelly.

Getting Closer

Eden is so excited about her Nutcracker performances this year. We are so proud of our Little Soldier.

Turkey Day

Watching the Parade on TV Thanksgiving morning and Santa just appeared...Hank was excited!

Eden and River

The girls

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. It was supposed to be our year to travel south and have dinner with Donna and all the Bell's, but due to a rare visit from out of town family (cousin Kenley and fiance Melissa) we opted to stay home two years in a row. Also, for having such a BIG family we had our dinner at the First Baptist church. It was really nice to have all the room and the gym and indoor playground for the kids...they loved the freedom to run. We also had fun after eating playing several rounds of volleyball and watching football on the big screen. Yummy, and all the food was great too :)

Second Grade Assembly

"We are Thankful"

Her feather on the School Turkey

Nutcracker Season

A preview to Eden's Nutcracker performance. She is a Soldier this year who gets to fight the Big Mouse King...here she is showing off as she says "Go Get the Mice," getting picked up by a mouse, and then her costumes. Eden is in three performances this year. We are so excited and can't wait to watch her shine!

Mr. and Mrs. To Be

Cy and Jane at her bridal shower. He surprised her with the RING! Way to go Cy, and congrats to you two. We love you both!

Cheer Season To an End

Pre-K Project

November family project-to decorate a leaf any way you would like:

The finished project

Although, at times these projects seem tedious and time consuming, they are usually quite fun-bringing the whole family together to storm ideas for completion. Good job Hankie and Edibug.

Halloween

Our afternoon started with GA football and Chili with family!

Then time for cake and dress-up...

Meet Jasper and Alice (Twilight characters that my children are obsessed with-go figure!

All four ghouls: Alice, Jason, Frankenstein and Clone Trooper (changed his mind)

Soooo dramatic!

Ready to go

Halloween Rainbow!

Soccer comes to an End

Coach Mom handing out trophies! So proud of my baby boy:)

Hank's fans for his last game!

My little Star!

Team Party!

Although reluctant to begin...I absolutely loved coaching these little guys. I not only learned the game of soccer but I learned that maybe, just maybe I could coach (something) one day! I am really looking forward to next year and coaching his team again. Hank made me and his daddy proud (along with the whole family) with showing us that he was able to participate in a team sport and be successful. Go Navy!!

The Fair

The annual Agricultural fair was in town for over a week...and what is the Fall season without a trip?! The fair in north GA has always been a constant in both mine and Kelly's lives since we were little and ever since Eden was born we have always made sure we take our children. We just love it--nothing beats the smell of fried food and livestock and the sound of Monster Ballads playing over the loud speakers...fun times:)

Family School Fun

Hank's school opened their doors to the families for a fun-filled Fall Festival! We had fun, as usual!