Helen, Georgia!!!!

This weekend was so nice and relaxing for all of us!!! We were able to join Jason's boss Alan and his wife  Debbie up at their mountain house for the weekend. The house was beautiful and just like a home you would see in the Northwest, since they are from Oregon as well. I get so use to all these Southern homes, I forget the architecture that we have back home and miss it so much!!!

While we were there, we went about 30 minutes North of their home to Helen, Georgia. It is the cutest Swiss Village ever!!! I have never been to Leavenworth, Washington, but I assume it is a lot like that. We shopped, people watched, ate lunch and just took in the scenery and enjoyed the awesome Fall weather here in Georgia....it was about 75 degrees and wonderful!!!!

We stayed with Alan and Debbie till Sunday and then headed back to reality, so Jason could leave this morning for a quick trip to Florida this week and back to school for the girls. It was an great time away and good family-bonding-time for all of us!!!! I can't wait to go back soon.

Our little Family in Helen, Ga.

Lexi and Lily, my little tourists

We stopped on the way back at this beautiful Pottery Store right on the river and had to get a picture of Lex.

Rock Ranch!!!

Friday was a fun day for Lily and I, we went to Rock Ranch in The Rock, Ga. for a field trip!!!! We had a great time with the 2 first grade classes and got to see so many neat things.

Rock Ranch was started by the owner of Chic-fil-a, ....Truett Cathy opened the ranch in 1989 with one simple vision in mind: He always had a passion for agriculture and he wanted to instill that passion, knowledge and the associated work ethic in his children and others. Over the years, that vision has been expanded and is now wholly focused on the purpose of uniting families with the land and each other.

So while there, we were able to learn about, The Pilgrims, Indians, Pioneers and even "Honest" Abe Lincoln!!! It was really a great learning experience, but the kids had fun too....there was a huge 'jumping pillow' (much like a giant trampoline), tunnel slides, and the most darling Tiny Town, with miniature buildings that are all furnished and decorated for the kids to enjoy.

You can also go on the zip line, but thank goodness that was not available for first graders!!! They have a pumpkin patch, corn maze and so many other fun things. All in all, it was a great day. I so enjoy being able to do all this fun 'mom-stuff' with my girls, what a great experience!!!!

Lily and some of her best buddies from class!!!

"Abe Lincoln", telling us all about his life!!!

Lily- Grinding corn, like the Indians

Lily on the Tunnel Slide

Fun in Tiny Town!!!

4 month already and Fall has arrived!!!

Well it's been a whole month since I posted anything, so I thought that I better update....Thank goodness it has FINALLY cooled down here, most days have been 70-80 degrees, but you can feel a bit of that Southern chill in the air.

Mom was here last week for 8 days visiting and it was a lot of fun. Jason had to go to Wyoming, so it was great to have her here with us, we shopped, ate out, did the pumpkin patch and of course she was the Laundry Queen while she was here!!!!

The pumpkin patch was especially fun, they have Cinderella Pumpkin, which everyone calls Georgia Bulldog pumkins and I'm not sure why, cause they don't look like Bulldogs!!!!

The first quarter has ended for the girls at TSA and they both did amazing with their grades, I'm so proud of them and how well they've been adjusting to life here, I wish it was that easy for me!!!! Lexi went this past week to Camp with the 6th grade classes and had a blast. She even went on a zip line and climbed a huge rock wall, I could NEVER do a zip line I'm way too scared of heights. I think this was a great bonding experience for all of the kids and teachers, they also did a lot of Bible study while they were there and I think Lexi is really enjoying that part of school, it makes me happy. Lily is just finishing up cheerleading this next week and I'm pretty happy about that too, it's been rather hard getting a bunch of 1st graders to pay attention and cheer for an hour straight.

We also have a great park just up the street from our house and the girls love it there, it's so nice to be able to go there this time of year and let them run around.

We're looking forward to heading to the "mountains" (they aren't really mountains, but that what people call it!) next weekend with Jason's boss and wife, they recently built a new weekend home up there and we're going to go visit. There is a town up there a lot like Levenworth, Wa, so I'm looking forward to walking around and checking it out, it will be great to get a way for a few days.

We're also excited to head home the middle of December to spead the holidays with family and friends, I can't wait just to step off the plane and feel like I'm home!!! In January my friend Mandi will hopefully be coming for a long weekend visit and in February my best friend Tarisa is coming and bringing my sweet nephews with her, I'm sooooo excited to see them and show them all around Macon. The girls are so excited to see them as well and I know Jason will be too.

Well, I think that's all for now, hope y'all are doing well.

Love and hugs-
Holly