Proud Principal Pal!

We have had some really proud moments as parents and this past Friday morning was a big one on the list! Jack was selected as Principal Pal for the month of November (basically like student of the month)! We were so excited when we heard from his teacher that he had been selected and that he would be celebrated at a breakfast with the principal! Poppa, Daddy, Lucy (just as proud as we were!) and Mommy went with Jack to the breakfast! Each student was called on stage with the other Principal pals from their grade level! Jack smiled so big and looked like SUCH A BIG KID up there! It was so fun! Jack's teacher wrote a little about him and why he was selected: "Jack is a positive role model to his peers, treating his peers with kindness and always doing his personal best!"  It is so fun to see Jack in his big kid school! We are so happy to know that our sweet big hearted little man is loved by so many!

The morning before we got to attend the Thanksgiving Break"feast" at Jack's school! The Kindergarten classes put on a program and then we all ate together! Jack's class were pilgrims and he had been so excited for the past two weeks about the program! He smiled so big and sang so loud! We got to sit right in front of where he was standing! They were the cutest little pilgrims ever! That same morning we headed over to Lucy's school to celebrate an early birthday with her friends! We brought cupcakes, fruit and crackers to all her class! She was smiling so big and holding her birthday balloon when we walked in the class! She was so excited we were there! It is so rewarding to see the kids at their school so happy and so excited that we are there to see them!

November went by very quickly and we had some really fun times! Birthday celebrations with sweet Caitlin, a weekend in Gainesville while Daddy was enjoying some down time with some good buddies, decorating for Christmas and Mommy threw in a few races! We are completely decked out and ready for the holiday season! We are enjoying some fires on these cold nights and the house smells like Christmas! It's a fun time of year! We can't wait to head to Poppa and Nunno's this week for Thanksgiving!!! And we will get our REALLY TALL tree on Friday! Watch out!!

The Hill Country Trail Race (15K) at Serenbe was one of the toughest but most fun race I have done! I ran ahead of Stacey so I could get a quick picture with a horse! About 85% of the course was in the woods. We didnt get many pictures along the way because we were REALLY having to pay attention in the woods. Some of the areas were only wide enough for one person and we were watching our feet! Stacey did get a few pics along some of the wider areas we ran through! It was beautiful and so cool! 

What do they serve after a 9.3 mile run on a trail?! BEER!

 

Jennifer and I ran the "Pay the Last Toll" race on Ga 400 last weekend! We ran on the highway! It was 4 miles from Glenridge to Lenox Road! That is too cool! The toll ended this past Friday!

Captain America, Belle and some family pics!

We had a great Halloween in the new neighborhood! The kids had a blast! We walked down to the Reilly's to meet up with a couple of other families so the kids could all trick-or-treat together! Jack and the big kids RACED from house to house while Lucy took her time with Daddy! Jack was Captain America and Lucy was Belle (Princess from Beauty and the Beast). She totally played the part! One of our neighbors came up and said, "Oh look! There is Lucy!" ....Lucy looked at her and said, "No, I am not Lucy. I am Belle."
Gracious! What are we going to do with her! The kids enjoyed handing out candy just as much as trick-or-treating. The four of us sat on the front steps and had so much fun seeing all the kids come by!
We have enjoyed some nice Fall weekends! We have had a couple of afternoons where we have had fun snacks and watched football! Jack has really gotten into watching some of the games so that has been fun! The weather is just too great!
The other really fun thing lately is Jack's reading! He has been doing so great and we went and bought him his first real big boy chapter book this weekend and he is LOVING it! It is the first thing he asks about when we pick him up from school! He is on Chapter 5 of his first book and we are having the best time sitting and listening to him read!
We spent some time letting the kids ride bikes and scooters this past Saturday! They did a great job! Lucy is flying on the scooter! It is amazing to watch our little 2 year old just be so independent!

We also had some family pictures taken in October and just got those back too! They are under the Halloween pics!

Lucy painting her pumpkin!

Jack drew a GREAT face on his pumpkin!

Proud of our pumpkins!

Love that girl!

Sweet babies before school on Halloween!

Captain America and Belle

How fun to live around the corner!

Big kids heading out to trick-or-treat

All ready to go!

Friends!!!

Mommy and her super hero!

Babies handing out candy!

Babies eating candy! Ha!

Fun times!

Not sure how we got here....

Post trick-or-treating!

Endurance Cycle!! 

Happy to be back at TFR!!!

Date Night at Michael Buble

Go Jackets!!!!

Family Pictures!!