apple picking

We have had beautiful fall weather here lately...cool in the mornings and warm during the day. We drove up to Bryson's in Long Creek to pick apples. At home, Savannah and Mommy made a couple of apple pies from scratch...which seemed to take wayyy too long for Daddy, who was anxiously awaiting them. The best part of the trip was bringing a few gallons of *real* (unpasteurized) apple cider home - everyone in the family says yummmmmm......

Hayrides, pumpkin patches, and corn mazes, oh my!

It's hard to believe that it was a YEAR ago that we went to Denver Down for the corn maze, pumpkin patch, etc. How time flies. Gage was just a little guy whose head didn't even come above the top of the BabyBjorn. This year he ran around, had a hard time sitting still on the hayride, loved playing in the corn "sandbox", but was a little unsure of walking on the giant piles of hay in the haybarn. Savannah was not interested in having her picture taken, but I snuck one while she was swinging on the tire horse. She had a LOT of fun in the hay barn and playing ducky races with the old water pumps, just like she did last year.  It was beautiful weather and we had the whole place to ourselves for the Mom's Club!

Soccer, homecoming, etc.

We have busy weeks of school, soccer, and dance, but we managed to fit in some time with friends with a visit to the floats in Bowman Field during homecoming weekend and a men's soccer game. Savannah's team won their first soccer game (thanks to Cameron, who Savannah is high-5-ing in the picture). Gage just wants to play on the field, so we spent some time on the swings and roaming around the field to keep him occupied. Also, Gage has discovered that he can crawl into one of the kitchen cabinets, which is WAY fun.

Beach weekend....

Adam gave in and agreed to coach Clemson's rugby team. With a game in Charleston, we decided to make it a family beach weekend. Absolutely beautiful weather, a low-country shrimp boil for lunch, a great decision - other than the rugby coaching, that is! ;-)

soccer!!

Savannah had her first soccer practice at the YMCA yesterday. She was a little shy at first, but warmed up by the end of practice. Her coaches are Clemson soccer players, and their team name is the Superheros! They have practice T/Th nights and games start in a few weeks. She is *very* excited about her pink shin-guards.

Daddy-daughter football nap

Adam was watching the Steelers the other day when Snow White crawled up on the couch, snuggled him, and promptly fell asleep.

Clemson Football Game Day

Today was our first family game day at Clemson! Adam got lucky and ended up with 4 of President Barker's seats!! We all got our Clemson gear on and made it to our seats just in time to see the players run down the hill in what is known as the "most exciting 25 seconds in college football". 

Savannah gets a big girl room!

A week in the life...

Right before school started last week, the kids went bowling for the first time. Savannah actually got a strike, and Gage, well, he just got in the way ;-). Savannah also helped Daddy cut down some trees that were bending over our driveway. Gage got a big boo-boo on his forehead by tripping and falling into the corner of the kitchen cabinets. He's tough though, after a few minutes of crying he was good to go. He's walking everywhere now, but is a little sad to have a tooth cutting through right now. All in all, everyone is doing great!

Finally...a break from the heat!

We are excited to have a weather forecast that does not include the 90s this week! We can out of our summer "hibernation" and went to the playground early this morning. And...everyone loves Daddy's new recliner, as you can see! :-)

Tractor races with the neighborhood kids

Not much of a surprise that Adam has joined the neighborhood kids in tractor races up and down the street...he lost ;-)