School year 2015-2016 begins 7am, off to the bus stop with their new backpacks friends/neighbors at the bus stop. Carson has Mr. Morris, and Tucker has Mrs. Bain. The first day went very well and the boys really like school and their teachers.
Tucker's 7th birthday Tucker wanted a similar birthday party, so we invited a few friends and did the same thing!
Turtle a couple of days ago, Tucker noticed a turtle underneath the car on our driveway! It's a box turtle, but it looks like a tortoise, with a round, high shell. I wasn't sure if it needed to be near water, so we put it near our
Georgia Aquarium I didn't really think much of going to the Georgia Aquarium, which is why we haven't gone until now. It was amazing! We went to 'River Scout' first, seeing freshwater fish and other creatures. Albino alligators Piranhas Jellyfish curved tank with waves and music
Tucker's last day of 1st grade Tucker's class after putting on their group plays Tucker and Gryffin Savannah, wearing the mask Tucker wore for his play Alan, Mrs. Smith and Tucker
Santa At our request, Santa came to our home a day early. Tucker devised a plan to determine if Santa is real. He decided that there were two options. Option one: leave a plate of cookies. If they have been eaten by morning, then Santa must exist. The other was to
tucker Tucker's Gifted Program A month ago we received a letter from Tucker's school asking if they could test him for the gifted program. We discussed it with him and he didn't seem to be very interested, so we declined. Within hours of the form being returned to the school,
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
Oh yeah, it was a FUN RUN Mt. Bethel Elementary had a Fun Run a couple of weeks ago. There were half-mile, 1-mile and 5K runs, and Carson and Tucker ran the 1-mile. They each got a medal for participation, along with their Fun Run t-shirts. They did a good job running and
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
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.
Tallulah Gorge Tallulah Gorge is a big rocky canyon that cuts through the North Georgia Hills This wrought iron fence is placed on the edge of a rocky cliff. There's a sheer drop all the way down to the water below, you can see behind Tucker how high we are.
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!
tucker Tucker Turns Six We posted this a little late, but we celebrated Tucker's birthday last month with the Mattys' at Chuck E Cheese's. We played games for about an hour, then we went out to lunch together. Afterwards, we came home and enjoyed Tucker's Minecraft ice
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
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
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.
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
