Amicalola Falls

We drove about an hour and a half north of us to check out Amicalola Falls. you can drive up to the top and look out from a bridge then you can go down a long stairway to the bottom of the falls we all went down the stairs, but

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day! Here is a song for our Dad, with love from Angela and Andrea Tell me bout the Good ole days -  (to the tune of Grandpa, by the Judds) Dad, Tell me ‘bout the good ole days When you worked in the fields with two

Coke Museum

We finally made it to the Coke Museum, almost a year after moving here. First, we went into a room filled with Coke memorabilia and signs. A tour guide pointed out different signs from the past and explained what they were and why they were significant. There were lots of

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at CVS pharmacy

Visit from Aunt Andrea

Carson and Tucker greeting Andrea as she drove up. Andrea took us to the church where she and Brent got married.

Tucker loses his first tooth

Fathers and Sons Campout

The Fathers and Sons campout was right here in Marietta.

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Going Down in Flames

Well, we didn't exactly go down in flames, but a few minutes after take-off, my flight from New York had smoke coming from the back of the cabin and supposedly had some sort of oil collecting on the floor. The stewardesses looked completely freaked out and were nearly

Spring Break at Tybee Island, GA

We took a great family vacation to Tybee Island, GA, just 17 miles away from Savannah, Georgia. It turns out that each of our children are named after towns in states in which we have lived, so we made it a goal to go to each of their namesake cities

Easter

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Savannah's Discovery

Savannah discovered (with a little help from Dad and Tucker) that pajama pants can be a hat and had a good time trying on different 'hats' at bedtime.

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Tucker's First Book - The Book of Mysteries

Tucker has been writing and illustrating books at school and is proud of his accomplishment.  He brings them home and reads them to us during reading time.  Then he'll take Savannah to the side and read them books to her and describe the pictures to her.  It is

Muffin Moms Morning

Tucker's class invited all the moms to come in and have some mini-muffins and apple juice this morning. They also put on a musical program - they sang nursery rhymes with a cool rock beat! Tucker was so happy to have his mom in class with him, he

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Keith's Track Day

I spent the day at the race track, racing go-carts and exotic cars (thanks to a vendor that invited me to attend a short meeting followed by the racing).  It was a lot of fun.  I was one of the top drivers on the go-carts, which were incredibly fast, and

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Carson's Day at the Track (Pine Wood Derby Race)

Carson had a great time designing, building, painting and decorating his Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby car.  He did much of the work himself and we are all really proud of the results.

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Trapping Leprechauns

The boys decided that they needed to trap any Leprechauns that came to our house during St. Patricks day 'so that they could get the Leprechaun's gold'.  So Tucker and Carson each devised their traps and used some of my gold plated bb-gun pellets as bate.

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Cycling to work

I rode my bicycle to work today.  It is so nice to live that close, but wow, I am out of shape.  I was exhausted after the 1.5 mile ride of ups and downs -- some pretty steep.  Then I had to ride home to get lunch.  I wimped

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Archery Time

I really enjoy archery and with the nice large backyard and no immediate neighbors behind our home, we've had some opportunity to practice.   Carson earned rights to half of a Mathew's Mini-Genesis bow when he passed one of his karate tests, so we pull it out

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Carson Grilling Salmon for Dinner

For his Cub Scout badge, Carson needed to plan, prepare, and cleanup dinner for the family.  So we had rice, grilled salmon, and rolls.  It was a delicious meal.  We used a You Tube technique of removing the skin from the salmon while flipping it with the spatula.  It turned

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Lego Movie Fans

Our boys saved up their money so that they could see the Lego Movie  They loved it.  Afterwards, we went to the store and bought some mystery packs of Lego Movie mini-figures.  Lego sure knows how to market to our kids, between Lego magazine, Lego X-Box games, Lego toys, the

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Working on the car

While Angela was driving home from Savannah's pre-school, she heard a weird humming noise from the front drivers side wheel.  Then as she went faster it began to vibrate.  So she slowed down and finished that last few blocks to our house and gave me a call.  I

SNOW

We woke up yesterday morning to snow on everything. It was beautiful until it all melted a few hours later. The trees were all covered with white. Seems like it has snowed more here than it did in the last few years in Sparks!

Tea Pahties, Dahling

This is our Valentine's evening tea party, with orange drink and cookies.

Getting gifts is fun

Opening a card with money for Valentine's Day from Grandma Bea. Opening a new fancy tea set from the Numairs, also for Valentine's Day, fun!

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