This and That

Having fun with this girl,

 The first day of Sewing School,

 Our #3

More sewing fun!

Blake's had a great first semester of middle school band!

Gotcha Day Charm

We loved celebrating our girl and adding a charm to her Gotcha Day charm bracelet.

 

We've been blessed by her for 7 years!

Biscuits & Gravy

After Cousin C's game, Gram spent the night with us.  The next morning it was homemade biscuits and gravy for breakfast!

Football

We had fun watching Cousin C play in Round 2 of the playoffs!

 It was an exciting and fun game!

Round 3 here they come!

The Star

While the two big boys and daddy were at the deer lease, we went to watch The Star.

 The Culver's sign was sooo close... so we pretended like the extra letter wasn't there and took Brynn for her free custard. 

Thankful

We have so much to be thankful for!

 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever!

1 Chronicles 16:34

Goodbye San Antonio

We woke up to a beautiful morning today.  Unfortunately, it was time to pack up camp and head back home.  Until next time...

San Antonio - The Alamo

Today we ate breakfast at our campground chuck wagon. This was the day we would bring history to life with our visit to The Alamo.  Both Blake and Barrett are learning about Texas history at school, so they were prepping us with history lessons and facts.

The public transportation system was recommended by our campground, so we took advantage of it.  The stop was right outside of the gates of our campground, which made for an easy morning.  We were happy to get to all ride together and not have to deal with taking our big trucks into the big city.

 All of the kids loved getting to see such a well-known place in our state's history. 

Blake had just learned about it the week before, so he was a wealth of information!  We are thankful that he has such a good history teacher at school. It has become his favorite subject.  Barrett learned more about the history of the battle when he returned to school the following week.  He was able to make good connections and was very engaged with the knowledge he brought back with him.  Brynn and Kaleb loved hearing the stories their two big brothers told and have developed a deeper knowledge and pride in their state.

 After we toured the grounds, we went to a nearby mall for lunch. 

 We strolled along the River Walk as we made our way back to our bus stop.

A live history lesson, followed by imaginative play!

So thankful for #campmcintire, the places we get to explore, and the memories we make!

San Antonio - Day 2

We woke up to a chilly morning today.

Today our goal was to relax, play, enjoy each other and our campground.

  It was a nice, quiet campground with good biking and a good playground.

 

 It was cool enough to keep the fire going all day at camp.  The kids played and played, while the adults took turns playing and relaxing.  It was a great day at camp!

San Antonio

Since we had a week off from school for Thanksgiving break, we traveled to San Antonio, TX to spend the weekend camping and exploring the Alamo.

School Thanksgiving

The kids had a fun week at school before we let out for Thanksgiving break!

 Kaleb learned some cute Thanksgiving songs with motions and came home dressed like a Native American one day, and the next a pilgrim.  

 3rd grade had a pioneer day where they did related activities.  Brynn was most proud of the doll she made.

What fun they had leading up to our much anticipated Thanksgiving break!

Notes

Kaleb loves to write and draw.  Today he left me the sweetest note.

Last Football Game

It was a fun first season of football for Blake!  We had fun watching he and his teammates improve each week! Until next year...

We are proud of our #3!

Go Wildcats!

Life Lately

Trick-or-Treating with friends (Blake's first year not to trick-or-treat, but instead pass out candy).

 Deer lease life,

Barrett's Veteran's Day Musical,

 Kaleb's 50th Day of School Sock Hop, 

 No Shave November #movember