Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break has come and gone, and it was a combination of fun and not-so-fun.  Thanksgiving Day itself was a little different this year in our household... we weren't able to travel anywhere of a great distance due to Stephen's impending back surgery (more on that later), so we had our first Thanksgiving with just... us!

Pictures can tell the story of our week!

Randomness:

I swear I had nothing to do with this!

Trying to pull her basketball shoes off.  It's a team effort!

Slime!

Sleepover

Christmas toy looking

She's baaaaack!

Parker wasn't feeling well for several days... :(

Lots of friend playing time happened this week!

Georgia Tech B-Ball game (Stephen & Taylor):

Dinner at Subway

Thanksgiving Day:

Parker had been complaining about his stomach hurting him all week, with no other symptoms (fever, etc).  I slept with him Wednesday night and he would wake up in the middle of the night, moaning out in pain.  Thursday morning, I checked the local Urgent Care and, to my surprise, found out they were open!  I made the first appointment and went in at 9.  Long story short, she found out his belly was hurting at his lower right abdomen, which is where your appendix is.  She wasn't overly concerned since he didn't have the other obvious symptoms of appendicitis (fever, vomiting, etc) but she sent us to the ER to get an x-ray to be safe.  Lots of poking and prodding and wheelchair rides and x-rays happened at the ER, but thankfully they ruled out anything bad.  Whew!

We got home to an awesome, yummy Thanksgiving meal, cooked by Stephen.  The rest of the day, we literally did nothing!  Stephen did some Black Friday shopping later in the evening at Dick's Sporting Goods, we watched lots of movies, and got to spend time with the ones I am SO thankful for.

Brunch with my high school buddies:

Jackie came in town!!!  We got to see Erica's 32 week belly!

Silly kiddos.

Dunwoody Nature Center:

I took the kids to my old stomping grounds after brunch!

Holiday Lights @ Lake Lanier:

It's (fake) snowing!

Why is it my oldest child who is always the hardest to take a picture of?

Now that Thanksgiving break is over, bring on Christmas!!  My favorite holiday!

Taylor is SEVEN!

My sweet Taylor turned 7 last week!  It's hard to believe how quickly 7 years have flown by.

It seems as if Taylor has had an extended birthday this year!  Her birthday party was a couple of weeks ago; she opened her presents the night before her birthday; and she celebrated at school and again at home the night of her actual birthday!  Lucky gal.

Here's a bit of Taylor's big birthday fun!

These next two pictures crack me up.  Parker beat her to the punch of blowing out her candles.  Look closely at the second picture.  He's such a stinker!

Success- finally!

Happy birthday to my sweet Taylor!!

2017-18 School Photos

Here are the kiddos' school pics from the 2017-2018 school year!

Sydney (3rd Grade):

Taylor (1st Grade):

Parker (Pre-K):

Taylor's 7th Birthday Party!

We celebrated Taylor's 7th birthday (a little early) on Sunday!  She had 8 friends (including her siblings) over for an Arts & Crafts party.  They got to paint canvases, decorate the first letter of their names, make bracelets, decorate cupcakes, and play outside.

Taylor "dabbing"- what's new?

I think everyone had a great time.  This mama definitely slept well that night.  Happy early birthday to my sweet Taylor!