Pumpkin Carving Party

We LOVE going to our friends, the Westbrooks, annual pumpkin carving party.  We had a great time carving pumpkins with nearly 30 people this year!  Emily and Donald decided on a Falcons theme for our pumpkin this year and it turned out to be fabulous.  So cute to see all of the kiddos sitting on the steps with their pumpkins!  Also, Emily made a new furry friend who followed her around for a good bit of the night.  She was so proud!

Emily makes this same face when she's concentrating!

Love this grossed out expression!

Not Impressed!

We had some fun fooling around with McKayla Maroney's "Not Impressed" pictures after trick or treating.  Emily's pretty close, don't you think?  Well, except for the obvious different in medal colors!

Lazy Sunday Morning

This is what a lazy Sunday morning looks like at the White House, whether you're a cat or a human.  I just happened to take a picture of the cats!  I'm always concerned about them when we are at home during the day - they sleep so much that I worry that something's wrong with them!  On the other hand, I can't say that I wouldn't spend my day doing the exact same thing, if I could.

Happy Birthday, Amy!

We celebrated Amy's birthday this week with dinner and cupcakes at the White House, followed by a trip to the Pirate Ship up the street.  If you've never seen how the White House neighborhood does Halloween, visit www.swansbroughmanor.com to see what goes on right up the street!  We even managed to sneak in some family photos, which doesn't happen that often. I'm usually too busy taking pictures of the girls!  Hope all of your wishes came true, Auntie Yam!

Chitlin Hoedown

We took our annual visit to Yatesville and the Chitlin Hoedown this weekend with our friends, the Blounts.  I  managed to take two pictures during this trip - one at the beginning and one at the end!  We were too busy to stop to snap any pictures.  The barbecue was delicious, as usual, and Maw Maw's Fried Pies were legendary.  Wish I could learn to make them like that!

Tuckered out after lunch!

A Trip to the Farm

Emily's class took their big field trip last week to a local farm and I was lucky enough to get to go along.  We had such a great time taking a hayride, running through the corn maze (creepy!), watching the pig races, and jumping on a giant trampoline pillow.  It's always fun to see Emily running around with her friends and having a great time!

Squealie Nelson is in the lead!

Happy Birthday, Bobby!

Our sweet Bobby, known to many as Adam, celebrated his 23rd birthday this week.  Who would believe that screamy little boy who subsisted on macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, and Sunkist for so long has grown up into a man?  We had fun celebrating with him at Nanny's house before he headed back to Augusta.  Emily even had time to give him a smashing new hairdo.  Happy Birthday, Bobby!

Modeling the gift Donald brought her from the Genghis Khan exhibit at Fernbank.

Nanny got very tickled at something funny

Bobby gets origami money and dog biscuits for his birthday.  Don't worry , the biscuits are for Daina the Dingo, not for him!

These girls love their Bobby!

Posing with Nanny

Bobby as Mongolian Princess

Bobby's hair was begging for a fishtail braid.

Palmetto Parade and Festival

Emily and Abby were invited to ride in the Mayor's car and throw out candy during the Palmetto parade and festival to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated train depot.  They had a great time tossing out candy to everyone along Main Street and checking out all of the booths at the festival afterward with their friend, Selena.  Emily's sporting a big gap in her smile in all of these pictures - she lost her front tooth the night before!

Posing in Uncle Larry's cool fire truck

Woody Wagon!

Look at that gappy grin!

Getting ready to head out on the parade route

Here they come!  Emily has great aim, by the way.

Papa John hitched a ride to meet us at our spot with a member of the parade entourage.  He just had the guy pull over and he hopped out to meet us.  That's traveling in style!

Having some fun at the festival.  Emily's representing her Dawgs!

Homecoming at Palmetto UMC

Emily and I recently attended Homecoming at Palmetto Methodist Church to celebrate 160 years of worship.  It was wonderful to be part of their service and share lunch with everyone afterwards.  It was also great to see our two girls serving as acolytes and lighting the candles before the service.  Beautiful service with beautiful people. Come visit sometime!