Erik, Erin, and Elaina

It's February...now seems like a good time to update my blog with all the happenings from November and December, right?  Okay.  Good. Elaina cheered again last fall...her team go to meet Josh Dobbs and Todd Kelly, Jr. at one of the games.  It was pretty cool.  Their team won the championship which was fun to be a part of. Elaina's honors choir sang in the Veterans Day program.  My dad came and ate lunch with us afterwords.  It was super fun having him come.   He is always so fun!    Here is a cute shot of Elaina and her friend, Tatum, before we left for the end of the year cheer party The whole team with their trophies at the end of the year party Some time in November (way to soon), Elaina and I went to an ornament exchange party in our PJs.  We had fun  The coolest kid on the block....my sweet niece, Tessa, who came to visit in November for a UT game/early Thanksgiving celebration My sister re...

Let's do a recap of some of the fun fall activities we have had the past few weeks.... We had a game night with our dear friends, the Hall's and Breaux.  We ate dinner, made Halloween cupcakes, and played games.  Super fun night!  I adore our friends and they adore Elaina (which is such a blessing).  They love her so much and that is truly special Our current favorite game is Googly Eyes.  You have to draw pictures wearing these ridiculous glasses that blur your vision.  So much fun! The next day we painted pumpkins with Elaina's friend Kaitilyn....always a fun activity They did a little swinging too... The following day, we went with our small group to the Mayfield Dairy Corn Maze/Pumpkin Patch.  We had never been to this one before and it was totally worth the drive.  They had all sorts of fun things for the kids to do... This super fun slide... A zip line...what?? A pumpkin patch... ...

This summer we made a concerted effort to spend more time at the lake.  I would say we did pretty good at it.  In past summers, we always ended up feeling like we didn't utilize it as much as we should have.  So, here are a few pics to highlight some of the times we were out there. We went down one weekend with my sisters and my cousin Gabe from Chattanooga.  Gabe has 4 kids all under the age of 9.  So, they are always fun...here they all are on the float This was from a separate weekend when Nell, Dave, Sloane, and new baby Tessa were there...we went on an evening boat cruise.  Always fun. Boat selfie Feeling the breeze through her hair Cousins - Elaina loves being a "big" cousin more than just about anything. We got to go down one weekend with Elaina best friend, Kaitilyn Paddleboarding.....