Washington Farms 2015

It's pumpkin patch time of year.  We had a beautiful fall day after church, so decided to take the girls. We hadn't been to Washington Farms in a few years and it is always fun to go.

Playing in the corn box.  Rebecca didn't stay in too long and Rachel didn't even go in this year. I guess they are growing up and moving on.

We spent a lot of time in the petting zoo. The baby chicks are the cutest. I love the exotic looking chickens they usually have wandering around.

I made both the girls ride in cow train. Rachel was really too big, but she made it work. And Rebecca kept trying to hide inside her cow ??

The girls played on the playgrounds, jumped on the bounce houses, duck races and we ate lunch.

No corn maze for us this time. I am not a big fan of the maze and the "short " one was at least 30 minutes, so we took a polite pass this time.

                                                   The official Washington Farms picture with Nana !!

                                                                 All the girls together !
We stayed until closing time and picked a couple of pumpkins on the way out. Fun day at the Farm!

Back in September

I have not done a good job at this blogging thing.  So today, is catch up day on here.  We had a lot of stuff going on in September, but the biggest news..... my parents moved to Georgia !!

The girls were looking out the window and waiting impatiently for Nana and Papa to arrive.

My parents stopped on the way from Montana and picked up my sister. She helped

them drive to Georgia.  So for a day and half we were all together :)

Sisters.

At the DMV getting official GA drivers licenses!!

Other September happenings.............................

We were big winners at Bingo night!!

Soccer pictures were taken and Rebecca had her first try at goalie.

Visit to the dentist. 

Rachel went to national "meet me at the pole" day at her school.

The schools had a time of prayer for the school, state, and country before the 

start of school one morning.

Raphael and I met with some friends at Top Golf. It is a new indoor/ outdoor golf place and it was so fun! I had never golfed before and I have a lot to learn. It was a good night out with friends.

And Miss Lola. I had to share her picture, because in September it was "national black dog day ".

That was September and now I will do my best to get up to date on our October happenings.

Over the Weekend

Friday was the fourteenth anniversary of 9/11. Each year the MOMS Club that I

belong to does a little something for the local firemen and police men in remembrance

of all the first responders that died that day.  This year  we baked cookies and cupcakes and

delivered to the fire stations and police department. Raphael brought home cookie cakes 

for each station too.  

Saturday was the first official soccer game for Rebecca. This year is a bit different- the girls are all

older, so now they play 5 against 5, there is a goalie and a referee. The field size is bigger too.

I think they all did great, considering the new changes and they only had one practice so far.

Her coach, is super nice and seems to know what is going on. His name is Dave, so the team

name is Dave and Chipmunks :)

After soccer, we drove straight to the tennis courts. Rachel played her first official

tennis match. I signed her up with ALTA and she played doubles with a girl from

her tennis academy group.

Nyla and Rachel.  

Nyla is a great player and has played matches before, she was so nice

 and helpful with Rachel. Rachel was very nervous and there are a lot of rules and details to remember for tennis. Thankfully, the girls won their match! A good confidence booster

for Rachel. 

The weather has been picture perfect for fall. So after church the girls and I went to the park.

They ran around for a while and then we went to check out an old grist mill and pond.

It was a good weekend!

Labor Day Weekend 2015

We had a busy Labor Day weekend and did a bunch of fun stuff, but still had a little time to relax.

Saturday night, we went to Atlanta to celebrate our anniversary.

I picked a restaurant called Einsteins and the food was so good. We were able

to eat outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. 

Then we drove down the street to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens to look at a special event they have going on this summer and fall. It is called "Light in the Garden". And each night at dusk thousands of  colored fiber optic lights turn on all around the gardens.

It is really hard to capture in a picture, but it was beautiful. This was a "forest of lights" and all the lights changed colors. Really pretty to see and walk through and get an up close look.

I was surprised at how many people were at the gardens to see the lights. At Christmas time, they have a display with Christmas lights, so we might go back with the girls to see it this year.

Sunday we went to church and then we headed over to Six Flags Amusement Park. It had been a couple of years since we had taken the girls, so we went for a day of fun.

                                                                 Don't they look excited!

Rachel and Rebecca planning our next stop while we waited in line. We rode a couple of the smaller roller coasters and had lunch together.  Rebecca is not quite tall enough to go on the big roller coasters yet.

Raphael and Rachel went off to ride the big rides and I took Rebecca on a few more of the smaller rides. We went on the train and a fun balloon ride, she was in love with the balloons.

We had a great time at the park and headed home to get ready for Monday. I didn't take a single picture on Monday.   We had our friends the Curry family come over for lunch and just ate and talked while the girls played.  Then Naomi and I picked up another friend and we went to see the movie War Room.  Good movie and strong reminder of the power of prayer.

And that was our weekend!

The High

When school started back this year, Rachel moved up into the middle school group at church. The middle schoolers have their Sunday school class at the 9am church service.  We have been going to the 1pm service for a long time, so it has been an adjustment for us. But, a good thing, is that we have the rest of Sunday to spend together as a family.

We have lived in Georgia for nine years and had never visited The High Museum of Art, so after church  we took the girls.  The High is hosting an exhibit about The Pigeon books. Rebecca discovered The Pigeon books in preschool and we love them. The pigeon is so funny.

It was not quite what I expected, I figured it would be a bit more interactive, but we learned all about how The Pigeon books are written and drawn.

It happened to be "Sunday, Family Fun Day" at the Museum, so they had different activities for the kids to do and look at. We wandered around and took a look at some of the different exhibits.

             There is an exhibit by Alex Katz there right now. He paints really big pictures
We followed along with a group and learned how to "feel" the paintings. It was a little silly, but the
little kids seemed to like it.

This lovely red triangle was in the modern art area. There was also a green square and blue circle. Rachel wasn't sure what to think about it all.

More modern art and furniture to look at and study. Rebecca thought all the chairs looked uncomfortable and I with her.

                                          This was a big sculpture of fruit on a picnic blanket

It was time to go, but first we checked out the Los Trompos exhibit outside. They were this big huge
spinning tops made out of ropes. The girls loved them and I went for a quick spin.

We ended up buying a family membership, so we will be back to the The High sometime soon!