Friday, November 22, 2013

A Week in Review

We've just been doing regular life around here the past few weeks and I haven't really thought to post much! So here is a little review of the few pics I've taken over the past week plus...
Margo has done her last "free" ballet classes that our studio was offering on-post and we hope they get a permanent replacement soon.  She loves to dance, but this break has given her time to try other activities and she wants to be in them all - so we will really have to decide one to stick with for a while. 

Carolina enjoying being with Daddy! :)

Princess Margo on her way to a dress-up b-day party for friends who are twins!

Operation Christmas Child collection at our chapel!  Margo helped load the boxes along with other friends!

The kids loading boxes!

Finishing up!

Wheeling it out to the pick up site!

Fun last play-date with our sweet friend Ariana who is moving this week.  Margo and I enjoyed a play date with her while her parents packed up their house!  Margo has been friends with her since she started ballet almost two years ago.  They went through the deployment together and their daddies came home on the same flight.  They have been little buddies and it's the closest friend who has left us up to now.  It's been hard to say goodbye but luckily with the Army you can say hopefully "see you again soon."

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Last morning at Land Between the Lakes - Hillman Ferry Campground

Morning mist and geese.

Our breakfast set-up!

Pancakes, coffee, and a fire!

Our campsite before we started tearing down.

Mist coming off the lake.

Feeding the geese leftover pancakes!

Daddy, Margo, and Carolina playing jump rope! :)

A little reading and relaxing in the sun before we go.

Daddy showing Margo how to put out our fire. Smokey the Bear would be proud. :)

Dinner at Pattie's 1880's Settlement

Sunset at our campsite

Christmas lights up and blinking everywhere you looked!

The little chapel on the settlement

Inside the chapel

Pretending to captain some boats!

Family picture with the Christmas lights!


It was a huge area of gazebos, streams, a playground, a few shops, two restaurants, and a coffee shop.

Margo taking our picture...

and again taking our picture.

I take your picture...

you take mine...

someone offers to take both of our picture so here we go!

Dinner comes with their famous flowerpot bread and strawberry butter.

Decorations inside the restaurant.  Margo was pretty bored at this point but then we started to play I spy and there were so many things to seek out that it kept us busy!

Their famous meringue pie!

Riding on a horse!

And laughing hysterically at it whinnying! :)

Monday, November 11, 2013

Woodlands Nature Station

Looking at some of the live animals inside the nature station.

Sitting outside listening to a kid's concert!

Doing a craft making a leaf animal!

Looking at the animals outside.

Heading out on a hike around the nature station.



A girl and her dog!


Pretty overlook!

Family picture!

Daddy and Mommy!

Out on the dock!

With her new walking stick Daddy made her!



Small cemetery on our walk.

The Paw Paw tree - we took this picture for Grandpa!

Rock climbing with Daddy!



A tree with thorns growing in it!

Pics of Mommy and Daddy by Margo! :)