Fun in the Fall

Happy Halloween!!
We enjoyed our first Halloween living
in a neighborhood! Milla loved trick-or-treating
and Faith was thrilled to be in the wagon with a lollipop!

 Sisters on Halloween 2012
(14 months and 3 years old)

 Milla as Pippi Longstocking

 Faith as Dorothy

 Milla enjoyed the handing out of the candy
even more than going door to door. She got SO
excited each time someone came to the door--
and a lot of people came!

 Picking out Pumpkins

 Gran Mum came to the Pumpkin Patch

Pony Ride at a Fall Festival at a nearby church...
First Baptist Cumming

 got to pet a 24 day old baby cow

 celebrating Tove's 5th Birthday--
Laura, Me, Blakeley and our girls!
Fun activities at the party---bobbing for apples,
pinata, pretzels on string (cute game-- a long string held
in the air with a bunch of pretzels- each child stand under
string with hands behind back and whoever finishes eating
their pretzel first wins!).

Milla and Mia

 Faith grinning

 Milla was so proud to get her picture taken
with our old neighbors Evan and Ashlee after
the football game...to her they were celebrities!!

 Kelli registering at Babies-R-Us...
preparing for their baby GIRL due in Feb!!!

The Cumming County Fair with Elise!!!

 My Dad and Granny Girl came to visit

 Elise's Princess 4th Bday party

First Trip to the dentist!  Went GREAT!
I was blown away.  A friend had recommended having
Milla watch youtube videos of other children going to the
dentist prior to taking Milla and it really worked...
she was so excited and knew what to expect. 

Good Bye Lake Lanier

Goodbye Driskell Circle!!

We said farewell to life at the lake.

It was sad!  Brandon and I moved there 7 years ago
from our little apartment in Dunwoody.  All the
way up in Cumming---it seemed so far away-
so, we were sure it would only be temporary...
but, we got hooked.  It was just the 2 of us at
the beginning---then came Hank...then 2 precious
baby girls.  We filled the house up.  The home
and the memories are dear to us.  

In the midst of the crazy pace of life--it was
always refreshing to pull onto a slower, simpler way
 of life on Driskell Circle.  One of the things we will
all miss the most is our walks around "the loop"--
Hank didn't have to be on a leash-- Milla could run
around freely-- (it was rare for a car to drive by)-
we would get to catch up with all of our sweet
neighbors...the Garners, Rices, Stringers, Heards...
etc...Here is a picture of the last walk-we are with
our neighbor Ashlee.

 Last look at the pretty view.
I REALLY miss it....this is the view from the couch
where Brandon and I would plop down after a long
day after work and catch up, where friends and
 family gathered, where I rested with my feet up
during my pregnancies with Hank laying by my side, and
where I sat and fed our baby girls!

It was dark when we finished packing up the last
few things--- this is when we walked down to the
dock to see the water one more time...
*Last Family Shot*

We loaded up the HUGE moving truck and headed
across town...about 15 miles away.  We
are so thankful that God provided the house right
next door to our wonderful babysitter for us to rent.
Grateful for the amazing times and the fond
memories we have of our days at the lake.
It was 7 years...it is were our family began...
We all head off together and look forward to
what the future holds!!!