Cub Scout Pack Meeting Since Angela and I are both Den Leaders, our entire family gets to attend and participate in Pack Meetings. This time, there were a lot of Christmas themed games. Even Tucker and Savannah were able to join in. Tucker was in an event where you needed to get a puffy
savannah Princess Savannah in the Yard Savannah put on one of her princess dresses and went running in the yard. Comments Angela (Dec 16, 2014): i guess she's a free spirit, so funny
Christmas Dirt Bike Carson received an electric Razor dirt bike for Christmas. Since we open a present or two each week in December leading up to Christmas, Carson was able to open it last week. Since it was a huge labeled box sitting in our garage, it wasn't exactly a surprise,
At the Airport Savannah and Angela at the airport. She's on her way... Comments Angela (Dec 16, 2014): love this picture!
Thanksgiving Baseball To finish off Thanksgiving weekend, the kids and I decided to burn off our delicious homemade pies playing baseball in the backyard. Savannah uses the T-ball tee, but I pitch the ball to the boys.
Trunk or Treat Miss Savannah was a pirate girl Tucker was a fireman, and Carson was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints They had marshmallow-roasting, and smores-making stations a parade and trunk or treating fishing game You can see the kids' decorations in and
Family Pictures Our friends were kind enough to take some family pictures for us while we were at their house. Take a look a Savannah's shoes. It's tough to see, but made me laugh. So typical of a four year old... Comments Yo' Mama (Oct 26, 2014)
Savannah's Birthday We had a simple family birthday party for Savannah. We started with pin the tail on the cheetah (Savannah chose the animal). The we had an ice-cream cake. Opening presents Afterwards, dancing to Newsies.
Fishing and playing in our neighborhood Our neighborhood had a couple of nice large ponds / lakes. The kids and I went out fishing and playing by our association club house. All of the kids had their fishing poles, but Tucker and Savannah lost interest after a while and started searching for colorful rocks on the path.
Atlanta Zoo Our friends, Gunda and her son Logan, have a Zoo pass and we get to go for free, so these pictures are from two different visits. (I think Tucker looks a lot like Grandpa Gene here) Savannah, Logan and Robbie These mister fans are soooo nice on the hot days!
Swimming We were invited to our community pool on the 4th of July (ordinarily renters aren't allowed) Savannah was brave and jumped off the diving board multiple times Carson jumped a lot too! The crew
4th of July We went to the Mattys' house for the 4th of July. We had a BBQ and went out to the street for some fireworks Gunda is on the left, and her son Logan is on my left. We were happy to have Michelle and Haven come for a visit
Camping at Jonika Gap Keith took the kids camping on a Friday, and they came back on Saturday evening. Can you see the tree face? Savannah caught a fish! Can you see it??? putting together a pizza for dinner Tucker caught a fish too, a little bigger than Savannah's fish. eating homemade
Cub Scout Daycamp about 7:30am, just before leaving for camp that day. It was a 5-day cub scout daycamp, held at a church building about 20 minutes from our house. It was from 8 - 2:30pm every day. I don't like posting this picture of myself, but it shows
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
savannah 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.
tucker 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
carson 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
keith 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.
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!
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
Random fall pictures Our entryway Savannah's new school lunchbag Kids raking up leaves Savannah after preschool Thanksgiving feast day
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
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
savannah Testing Costumes for Halloween Savannah loves dress-up, so Halloween is her holiday. Here's one of her dress-ups:
