Snow/Ice Storm *Labels for pictures are on top this time* This one I took right as it started collecting, around 11am. I was thinking, 'whoa, this is a lot for Georgia!' yeah, right. This is around 1:30pm, and I still was thinking, 'whoa, it's actually collecting!
Complete Collection There! I have finally posted something so that 'strange shrooms' post doesn't keep showing at the top anymore. Carson finally finished his coin collection, with help from Dad and Grandma and Grandpa Knight.
Lots of leaves and pine needles It's still Fall here, leaves and pine needles are falling weekly, who knows when they will stop falling! When it's windy, pine needles and leaves rain down and cover the lawn Endless bags of pine needles and leaves Comments Yo' Mama (Dec 05, 2013): No
Journey into DisneyWorld When one family takes a trip to Disneyworld, said family 'does not simply walk into Disneyworld'. Us waiting on a tram to leave the parking lot to get to the gates...... us walking from the tram to the line to get onto a ferry..... us waiting for the
Disneyworld: Epcot and Magical Kingdom Amazing window display on Main Street. Right when we got into Epcot, we tried to get everyone together for a nice family portrait in front of Spaceship Earth, the kids fought against it. Tucker next to these plaques with tiny pictures engraved in metal. Pictures of people who donated, I
Disney Hollywood Studios Disney Hollywood Studios celebrates all things in the movies and movie history. The main street is 'Hollywood Boulevard' and has buildings in the art deco style of the 1920s This was in an area where many busts of famous TV/Movie personalities were represented. This one is Walt
Random fall pictures Our entryway Savannah's new school lunchbag Kids raking up leaves Savannah after preschool Thanksgiving feast day
Carson's Haunted House book report Carson read a 'Boxcar Children' mystery and made up this haunted house book report project for school. Each window has information about the book. Carson giving a tutorial on rubber-band bracelets.
Mall of Georgia Tucker really really liked the pink fountain in front. Just one really BIG three story mall.
tucker Tucker's Prayer In his bedtime prayer this evening, Tucker said, "I'm thankful for move". Which I asked him what he meant afterwards. He said that he is thankful that we moved to Georgia.
Rock City (in GA, Near Chattanooga, TN) When we moved to Atlanta, we noticed quite a few people had bird houses that said, 'See Rock City'. So when we visited Chattanooga, we decided to see Rock City. It is technically in GA, but just barely. It is on a hill (or as they are called
Chickamauga Civil War Battlefield Near the border of Georgia and Tennessee is the Chickamauga Civil War Battlefield. We didn't have exact plans on our way to TN, so we decided to stop and take a look. Again, the government shutdown closed down the fields. They went as far as putting up no
Chattanooga, TN with Grandma and Grandpa While Grandma and Grandpa Aksland were in town, we decided to visit Tennessee. No of us had been there before, so we took the two hour drive North and stopped in Chattanooga. We walked around downtown, got some lunch and walked by the river. There was a great view from
tucker Lessons Learned: Pine Trees Lesson learned: large pine trees make lots of large pine needles. We've spent hours with rakes and with the blower cleaning up.
carson Carson's Market Day Raffle Throughout the school year, the students are able to accumulate school dollars. Then they have a market day where each student has to hand make their own product, determine their marketing strategy and pricing and run their own little business. Carson decided to hold a raffle for a bird house
Georgia State Capitol Building and Atlanta City Hall For Carson's Cub Scouts, we needed to visit a government office. So we decided to visit the Capitol Building of Georgia and the City Hall of Atlanta. It was fun walking around with Grandma and Grandpa Aksland. The kids haven't seen many homeless people in their
Kennesaw Civil War Battlefield with the Grandparents While Grandma & Grandpa Aksland were in town, we went to the Kennesaw Civil War Battlefield. It was really weird to have it closed down due the to government shutdown. They purposely made it as difficult as possible to look at a field, as though us looking at a field
savannah Testing Costumes for Halloween Savannah loves dress-up, so Halloween is her holiday. Here's one of her dress-ups:
Cagle's Pumpkin Patch, Canton, GA We wanted to find a good pumpkin patch, but fell short. We went to Cagle's Pumpkin Patch in Canton, GA. We has reasonable low expectations, so it wasn't completely disappointing. They just put pumpkins on the ground and the actual pumpkin fields were somewhere else. They
Racing Down The Hill The kids have found a new game: racing down the hills in our yard. And yes, Savannah is wearing a ballerina outfit with Tu-Tu and all while playing out in the yard.
School Playground We went to our elementary school playground with Grandma and Grandpa Aksland while they were here. It has two short nature trails that we explored, then played on the play equipment. Nice playground.
Georgia State Fair Several weeks ago we went to the Georgia State Fair. We had some home made ice cream and taffy. We enjoyed the petting farm and liked climbing on the tractors that were for sale. But the lines were really long for the rides, the tickets we purchased couldn't
Garage Sale Find We had our neighborhood garage sale a few weeks ago. So the kids and I visited some of the sales. We each found something for a great price. Mine was a very nice remote control car for $0.50. They said it didn't work, but they had purchased
