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Carson's Brochure on Greece

Carson was assigned to create a brochure on Greece, with very specific content to be included.  So we decided to make it in PowerPoint, which Carson learned to use pretty quickly.  We had the entire thing complete, when his teacher told him that he could not use a computer for

Going to the beach!

We drove up to Lake Alatoona, near Acworth, which is a really small town. It was a short drive, about half an hour or 40 minutes. It was a really nice beach with real sand. The water was the perfect temperature to swim. The kids loved swimming and making drop

Savannah playing pretend

Savannah is very girly and loves pink and loves to dress up. In stores, if she sees pretty dresses, she starts taking her clothes off cause she wants to immediately put the dress on. This dress is an "Olivia" dress, and I bought it cause it was way

Carson is a Bobcat

Update: Carson got some new glasses, he wears them at school only. Carson is a Cub Scout now, so he goes to den meetings every Tuesday evenings. This is Carson at his pack meeting last Tuesday, standing with the Scout Master. He was awarded his Bobcat badge, so now he

New lawnmower

We got a new lawnmower a couple of weeks ago. That is Carson in the background helping with the job!

What kind of bug is this?

One of the many bugs here. This was at Keith's office, and it's about an inch long. Comments Anonymous (Jul 28, 2023): That is a house centipede (*Scutigera Coleoptrata*). They are harmless and actually eat common pests.

Tucker said

Last week, as we were waiting at the bus stop, Tucker said, 'I just wanna go to Kindergarten in Sparks. I just wanna go back to Sparks and go to kindergarten. I just wanna go back to Sparks cause I like being close to my Grandmas. I like my

First Day at Mt. Bethel Elementary

7am, just before walking down the street to the bus stop. Tucker is still asleep. After school is over, the boys look pretty happy. They both have had a good experience so far. They have very good teachers, Mrs. Hoeflinger and Mrs. Smith for Tucker. Both classes have two teachers

Foods We Miss

We've found that since we've been here, we CAN'T find some of the foods we really liked and ate regularly while living in Sparks, NV. Tri-tip: I guess Tri-tip just isn't a big deal down here in the south. We can'

Sand Springs Pony Express Station

When the kids and I went to Sand Mountain a few months ago, we stopped at the Sand Springs Pony Express Station.  It was a lot of fun.  When we left, I asked the kids what they enjoyed the most about the day.  I expected them all to say riding

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Sand Mountain, NV

A few months ago, the kids and I went exploring Sand Mountain with Grandpa Knight's Polaris.  Climbing in the sand was so much fun -- a new experience for the kids.  Carson just kept climbing and climbing until we couldn't see him any more.  That'

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Monster Truck Kids

Before leaving Nevada, we made one last trip to Scheels Sporting goods.  They had a new Jeep / Monster Truck display the kids could play on.

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Carson's City

Since each of kids has a city named after them, we figured we should visit each of them.  So before leaving Sparks, we wanted to get some pictures with Carson and his city.  We had a great time on our little trip. We started it out by hitting Doughboy Doughnuts

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Savannah Ready For Church

This is a little late, but a picture of Savannah about a month ago as we were just about to head to church.  So cute!

More Fourth of July

Fourth of July was rained out, so instead it never seemed to end.  We did our own fireworks on the 4th and so did some of the neighbors.  Then there were more fireworks the next day.  And the next.  And the next weekend.  The excuse: 'it was raining'

Georgia Wildlife

We've loved all of the wildlife around our new home.  It seems like you always see some type of animal running around.  We have lots of squirrels, chipmunks, hawks, cardinals, other unidentified birds, rabbits, turtles, salamanders, and even a fox. Supposed you will see deer and coyotes wandering

New Restaurants

We've been exploring our new restaurant choices.  One was a Mexican food near our new home.  The have live music, which sounded good (to most of us).

Tornado Warnings!?!

Within days of arriving in Marietta, we had a tornado warning. Who knew that my phone could receive Tornado warnings?  My phone had a pretty annoying alarm with a tornado warning message, then several minutes later, the city sirens began to wail.  The sky actually was pretty calm. Quickly, it

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Playing a the mall

We explored one of the area malls and found a fun little play area.

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Savannah Having Fun

Savannah can make just about anything into fun.  Here she found a box in the garage, a bug net at the store, and of course, a Halloween wig...

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Going for a walk

We took a short walk down our street.  It's so beautiful and peaceful.  We found a pretty amazing bee on the way, we think it is a carpenter bee.  Fortunately, it wasn't still alive to scare us.

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New Shopping Opportunities

Carson and Dad have been enjoying some of the stores in the our new town.  Northern Tool had all kinds of great stuff.

Fourth of July

We went to a friend's house for the holiday. We were invited to come and swim, and socialize. We met their sons and their families and another friend of their family was there. Lots of kids for our kids to play with, and even though it was rainy

Kennesaw Mountain, Civil War batllefield

What do we do on our first weekend in the south? What else? We visit a battlefield! Above is some mica that Carson found on the ground on our walk to the battlefield. Kennesaw Mountain National Park is just about a half an hour drive from where we live, so

We live in Marietta, Georgia

We are here! Here are some pictures of the front of our house and neighborhood. We have a really long driveway! There is an open field next to our house because of the electrical towers, it's nice to see all the birds flying to and from their nests.