Yes, We're Thankful...

What a great Thanksgiving! We did the "grand tour" of North Alabama to visit family; what a memorable road trip! We loved hearing Ava tell her namesake, her name, so sweetly; "Grandma Callie"... and she loved hearing it.

Then off to a cabin for a BIG FEAST with the Summers/Pounders clan. And the grand finale with the Sparks family to enjoy dinner where no work was involved... ahh... thankful for dining out!

Wanted to share a family photo from the day... Ava really does smile more often than not, but she seems to "freeze" when I point a camera at her!!

Wishing you and your family a VERY Happy Thanksgiving... all year 'round!

Bzzzzz...

As you can see, Ava was a sweet "Bee" and her daddy was GI Joe.

On this particular day, daddy "got stung", but I don't think it hurt at all :)

Fall Fun

Happy FALL!! We've spent the month of October enjoying lots of festivals, family visits, pumpkin patches and costume creations!

(Not to mention the BIG move in September) I think we're settling into the new house. I still have lots of things on my "I want to decorate" or "I need to do" list, but I've just decided everything will be a new fun project and I need to tackle them one at a time! As far as the new diggs... I love the location. The drive home from work (the last five minutes of it) are the best... like I'm driving into the mountains... or dare I say, a resort? Ha! Ava loves that her bedroom is on the same floor as us and I love that she can "play and play" in there all she wants because I am almost always an eye-shot away. We all love the back deck as a peaceful getaway!

November will bring us more social events and family functions. We are looking forward to celebrating my parent's 50th wedding anniversary!! And we have plans to head to the Carolina mountains, then Thanksgiving staying in a cabin in North Alabama with fam.

Until we blog again... rls