Halloween and Fall activities...

We just can't seem to get back into the weekly blog update! So when we do post, there tends to be a lot to post. Hopefully it will keep your attention!

Everyone is doing well. I just finished my first ever jury duty (interesting experience). Hannah starts bootcamp (fitness) tomorrow. Raegan can spell 'aquarium'. Hudson is starting to better communicate with signs and trying to talk. He still doesn't really say anything too clearly, but he is trying! Anyway... all has been good but busy!

The slideshows will tell the story of the activities we have been doing. But to summarize... since the last post, we have helped host a shower for the Smith's (having their first baby), have helped host a going away party for the Leary's (who are moving to Virginia), have gone to our first & second Smyrna rec league T-ball game, went to another fall festival, Hannah & Rae went to the aquarium, we have hosted a UGA/FLA party at our house, and we have celebrated Halloween (mostly with our neighborhood party).



For Halloween, we went to our neighborhood party dressed as medical people & dressed our wagon as an ambulance. I'm pasting these shots outside of our slideshow because I told too many people of my ambulance plan so I have to show a couple of pictures before going into the slideshow (because I have a ton of pics in the slideshow)

Now the slideshow...

Airshow & Pumpkin Patch

It's time for another post. As we got our camera to upload pictures... we noticed some pics we didn't recognize...

...then we saw the picture that told it all... we have a teenage girl in the making!

What amazed us is that Raegan found the camera and she knew how to turn it on and take pictures. She even squared-up the pictures pretty well. And when we asked her about it, she showed us and she even knows how to press the play button to show us the pictures she just took! So she definitely needs a camera of her own! Watch-out Aunt Kelly! You may have a niece following in your footsteps!

Besides that, we've been having fun. This past weekend, we hungout with my brother's family to watch an airshow and watch the Auburn game... and we went to Grandad & Mimi's house on Sunday to have lunch and go to a pumpkin patch.

Below are pics and some captions to tell the story...

Grand Canyon and Stone Mountain

Yes, we visited one of the 7 natural wonders of the world and one of the 7 natural wonders of Georgia this month, and the month is not even half over!
First, the Grand Canyon trip. It was part of a Wellness Challenge at CFA (2010 Mooooooove Challenge, to be specific). It was an amazing opportunity, subsidized by Tony's work and ridiculously well organized. We didn't have to think about a thing. From transportation to meals, it was all covered. We stayed at the Hilton Sedona Spa and Golf Resort. Sedona was so beautiful, and the resort was very nice. Unfortunately, the weather was so bad in the Grand Canyon that our hike was canceled. There was flash flooding and dangerous lightening, not to mention the constant rain. So it was disappointing to have trained for and looked forward to hiking the Grand Canyon after all this planning, and then to have it canceled the day of the hike, on the way to the GC. We were able to visit the GC anyway, and walk around the rim. The clouds opened up for a few brief minutes for a photo opp, but I feel like there was so much we didn't see. We'll just have to go back again when the kids are old enough for a hike!

The kids stayed with Mimi and Granddad and they were super-grandparents, taking them to school on Monday and then taking two days off from work to entertain our littles. I think both kids had a great time, and Raegan said she wanted to do it again soon.

Before the trip, we went to Sarah's 2-year birthday party in the neighborhood. Always a good party at Sarah's house, and this year was a tailgate theme. Go Dawgs and War Eagle!



If you're still reading, you must really like us. Last Saturday, we went to the Pumpkin Festival at Stone Mountain. The weather was perfect and we had fun doing fall activities and riding the train.