Sunday, October 25, 2015

The Great Outdoors

"Let's Just GO, and not come back
for awhile!"

They were calling for cold weather...
in the 30's in the morning!
...but these ladies were ready for camping!

Cole's was excited too!!

Heading out...to
"Take a walk in the forest and
smell the wild air"

Found a great camping site at
Dockery Lake outside of Dahlonega.
*Cole, Ethan, Milla, Faith and Emily*

Sunbeams and Canoe rides

Brandon impressed us all with what tasted
like a gourmet meal in the middle of the
woods... "silver turtles".... ground beef,
potatoes, carrots, onions, salt and
pepper wrapped up in aluminum foil
and cooked for 30 min in the hot coals
of the fire! Yum!

*Getting Colder! Red noses!*
"Camping is more than just getting away.
It's the thing we need to rekindle
the spirit of a simpler time,
refresh our hearts with nature's beauty
and remind us that life doesn't need to
be quite so complicated after all"

One of my favorite parts of the trip was
sitting by the camp fire and listening to
all the stories and  the sweet kiddos with
great imaginations!

cuddled with our babes!

Cole was the coziest of all...bundled in about
5 layers--he slept 12 hours
in his pack and play in the tent.  Hank slept right
next to him all night!

THE SULKAS
Jeffery, Katie, Ethan & Emily

THE CRIMS

WOW!

Walking down to take a look at the
lake and the reflection of the Fall leaves

*A ride in the Canoe*
Jeffery, Ethan, Milla and Brandon

On an Adventure through the forest

*Cole and Ethan protecting camp*
"Of all the paths you take in life,
make sure a few of them are dirt"

Fall, Ferris Wheels, Friends and Family

October brings the Cumming
Country Fair

Milla and Faith in line
to ride the roller coaster
all by themselves!!

Lights and excitement!

Rides, games, music, lots of people and fun!!!

Intricate!

Grandparent's Day at Faith's school...
Mimi and Papa Ray joined
Faith for the fun

Track stars

Lily's 4th "Beanie Boo"  Pet
Birthday Party in Chattanooga!

smore fingers

walkie talkies

Cole's 18 moth Check Up....
wt=25#
ht=34.5 inches

Faith's field trip to
Kinsey Family Farms

Gran Mum teaching about Gardening

Grandma Dunnington was back in the
hospital again!  Thankful that mom and I got to
have a great visit with her!
She is home and better now!

New Boots!!

sweet girl

Dad and Daughter

Got to see my College Roomies!!
Fun dinner with Jill & Anne
downtown Roswell....
awesome sushi at JEST

One of Cole's favorite toys

Mimi and Papa Ray came over to say HI

Tooth Fairy pillow from Aunt Nita

Faith Day Dreamin'

Milla, Faith and Cole have
incredible GREAT GRANDMAS that
are awesome about writing letters...
They write letters and send cards
diligently to bring smiles to their little faces! 

Farewell Summer

Lake Lanier!

We got to go over to visit our old
neighbors at the lake and show Cole
what he has been missing out on!
He could have thrown rocks in
the water all day long!

Faith collected shells on the shore

Milla tossed Hank his toy and
on his way back to the land she
would give him a hug and catch a
ride!

It was pretty impressive that
no one got poison ivy after walking
down this path in flip flops!

Fun hike at the Amicalola River with
the Hershey family...
Annie*Faith*Milla*Elise

*Brandon*Megan*Adrienne*Derrick

The water was COLD!

ahhhh...mountain streams

We got to hike in....take a dip...then hike out...
the girls marched in a line on the trail and
sang "going on a bear hunt-going on a bear
hunt-gonna catch a big one-gonna catch
a big one...."

Our Family!
Hank loved it! He got to run--then jump in the
river--then run back to us...over and over!

Milla has been so excited about
loosing her 2 bottom teeth! She lost
her first one while eating cereal...she
said "I think there is a bone in my cereal!".
She hoped her 2nd would fall out
at school b/c you get to go to the
school nurse and get a tooth shaped
necklace to hold your tooth!
Her wish came true!

Pocahontas

First lunch with Milla as a kindergartener!!

Rock Climbing at Asher's 2nd bday
party! He got sick at his original party--so
we got to celebrate with a redo!

Fun at Becky and Christian's playing
with baby Lauren and her cousins...
Milla, Eme, Hunter, Cole, Parker,
Lauren, Harrison and Faith

Cole loves Hank

Faith loves Hank

Milla loves Hank

Enjoying a pretty day!

Riding bikes at the Greenway