Savannah

This past October we met Jeff's Mom and her Husband Don in Savannah, GA for a weekend trip. Unfortunately we did not dress properly for the "cold" weather and didn't get to explore as much as we wanted to. It was still a great weekend and we were able to learn alot about beautiful Savannah.

Here are two photos of Tyler's favorite buildings from the tour. The first is the church where they dropped the feather at the beginning of Forest Gump. The second is City Hall with a gold plated dome.

This is a Live Oak Tree. One of many beautiful old trees in downtown Savannah.

For all you Paula Deen fans....

I'm a Cub "Sprout"

Tyler came home from school one day back in August beside himself with excitement. The Cub Scout leaders had talked to them that day and invited them to come to a meeting. It was all he could think about for days. So we signed him up that week and he still gets excited every week on his meeting night. This week we finally went and bought him his uniform. He has put it on every day since. He is very proud to be a Cub Scout. We only have one small problem....

He thinks he is a Cub SPROUT. :)

A Girl and Her Horse

Recently, while on an extended Ohio visit, we were able to spend some time at the Logan County Fair watching my niece Madison show her horse. My siblings and I spent many years at the same fair showing my steers, having lots of fun, and getting into "farm kid" trouble. For those of you who didn't grow up on a farm, that basically means you pull harmless pranks, stay up all night, and have lots of water fights. It was interesting to go back and visit the fair and to see it from an adult perspective.

The best part of the fair was seeing Madi show her horse, Jessie. This was Madi's first year at the fair and she Rocked It! She received 3 1st Place Trophies, as well as several other ribbons for placing in various classes. (Kaci help me out if I got this wrong) Despite a rainy and windy day, Madi did her best and seemed to enjoy her first year at the fair. We are all so proud of her.

Other highlights from the fair include: Fair Food, the cousins all loving hanging out together, all the kids riding rides, Sammy and Maggie getting stuck on the big slide. In the end, it is these little things that made the fair so special. Well, that and the boys. But the memories of Fair time still bring a smile and chuckle to all us grown ups.

Disney & Maggie's 4th Birthday

Well a month ago Maggie turned 4! So I am a little slow on the posts, but I still wanted to share some pictures from her day. We decided that since we weren't able to invite any of her friends or cousins to a party, we would take the family to Disney's Magic Kingdom. Nanny and Pa Pa King were able to fly down and go with us for her special day.

Jeff and I naively thought we would be home around 4pm. We ended up spending the whole day at Disney, from 9am to 11pm! The kids did SO GREAT and they just had the best time. I think we decided that 4 and 6 are the perfect ages to take kids to the park. Tyler's adventurous side came alive with his love of all rides, especially Roller Coasters. He begged us to go on Space Mountain, but we decided that was a little too crazy for a 6 year old. Even Maggie decided she was a Roller Coaster lover. I took her on the Goofy Roller coaster and when we got off she said "that made me all jiggly." Overall it was just a fabulous day.

We also got to have a special birthday lunch with Pooh and his friends. Well, it was special for Tyler. Unfortunately the Birthday Girl is scared of Costumed Characters and spent most of the lunch hiding.

After one visit we are now all Disney addicts and hoping to visit alot more. Tyler can't wait to ride more rides. Maybe Santa will bring us all some season passes!