An Afternoon in Athens

Sunday after church we took a road trip to Athens to see the Georgia Bulldogs women's basketball team play.  My parents and I love watching college basketball and I thought since Rachel just started basketball that taking her to a game might inspire her.

The game was fun to watch and I think Rachel might have learned something about basketball. She did spend a lot of time watching the cheerleaders on the big screen. And the Bulldogs won the game!

                                       Rachel talked her Papa into buying her some pom-poms.

We had a great time and the campus was beautiful. We drove past the football stadium and I hope we can go to a game some time next year.

Stone Mountain Christmas

We decided to go to Stone Mountain on Saturday evening and check out their Christmas lights and activities. It was a beautiful fall night and all the lights were pretty. There were lots of different events going on- we watched the parade, took a train ride, drank a lot of hot chocolate, watched the Polar Express and took in all the sights and lights.

  The Snow Princess was very pretty. At the end of night she flies above the marketplace and they make it snow and set off fireworks- it was quite the sight!

There were fire pits in the main square for roasting marshmellows and to warm up around.

Rebecca is still a bit leary of people in costumes, so this was about at close to Santa that she would get.

We had a great night together and enjoyed the park.

The Lunch Bunch

My parents arrived Wednesday night to visit us for Thanksgiving. The girls are so excited to have their Nana and Papa here! So far we have had lunch with both of  the girls at their schools. On Thursday, Rebecca's class had a Thanksgiving Feast. I don't think any of the kids really understood what the party was for, but had a good time anyways.

Rebecca was so happy to have us visit her class. She was "reading" a book with Nana and Papa before the party.

                             And then today, we went and had lunch at Rachel's school.

We have busy weekend planned and are looking forward to having fun with Nana and Papa.

A Car Race and a Birthday Party

We had another busy weekend. We started on Saturday morning with a car race. Rachel decided to participate in the model car Grand Prix race that her AWANA group does each year.  This was our first year and I think it went pretty well.

This was Rachel's car after it was cut out and getting ready to paint it red. She wanted a car like Lighting McQueen from the movie Cars.

              Rachel and her car on the race track. She was able to test it out before the big race started.

There were about fifty cars and lots of makes and models. We loved the Perry the Platypus car.

Getting ready to race. She didn't win any trophies, but won a few rounds and went home with a ribbon. I think she liked it and may try it again next year.

Saturday night, Raphael and I went out to dinner at Ted's Montana Grill and then to a movie. I didn't think to get any pictures, but we had a nice night out on the town.

This afternoon I took Rebecca to a birthday party for Katie. The girls are in playgroup together and the party was at jumpy place. Rebecca managed to get trapped inside a few of the bigger jumpies and I had to climb in a pull her out.

The alligator jumpy scared her at first, but she got over it and had fun with her friends.

The birthday girl and her mom- Meredith.

It was a good weekend and we are looking forward to the week- Rachel starts basketball, my parents are coming for a visit and Thanksgiving Feast at Rebecca's preschool(that I am in charge of organizing-heaven help me!).

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This morning Rebecca's playgroup met at our house. I hadn't seen everyone in a long time, so I forgot to take many pictures because I was busy talking.  I thought it might be fun to make a little Thanksgiving craft with the kids. 

                                          Here are the turkeys that Rebecca and I made.

We also colored little scare-crow faces and made them into necklaces. Then we played for a couple hours before everyone went home for lunch.  I spent the afternoon cleaning and getting some projects done around the house. I am looking forward to the weekend!

Jumping for Joy

Today after school we were supposed to meet with friends at a jumpy place. I took the girls and it turned out that there were only four kids there, so we pretty much had the place to ourselves!

We spent almost two hours jumping and headed home for dinner. Rebecca is having some trouble adjusting to the recent time change and I wanted to try and get her to bed early.

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