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Memorial Day

Memorial Day

For Memorial Day this year, the girls dressed up in red, white and blue.  The kids decorated a patriotic cake by using strawberries and blueberries on a white cake.   I did my patriotic duty by smoking a Boston Butt.  I smoked it for about 14 hours so we had...
Easter 2013

Easter 2013

Easter morning, the kids woke up to a rainy day, but the Easter Bunny had come for a visit.  There were bunny prints down the hall leading to Easter baskets filled with candy and toys. The kids also discovered that the Easter bunny had hidden eggs all over the...
Christmas!

Christmas!

This was our first Christmas in our new home.  Christmas morning was extremely foggy–Rudolph was clearly needed for Santa’s rounds in this area.  Holly was here for Christmas and was able to keep the excited kids from coming downstairs until Ruth and I...
Holiday Lights at the Botanical Garden

Holiday Lights at the Botanical Garden

  On Saturday night, we took the kids and the Heinzmans to see the holiday lights at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.  There must have been a million lights and Tommy must have pointed to them declaring, “yights!” about a million times as well.  The display...
Meeting Santa

Meeting Santa

On Saturday, we went to “Breakfast with Santa” at the church.  We got pancakes and the kids got to meet Santa and make some Christmas related crafts.  Karl and Jean came with us and shared in the fun. Trying to coax Tommy into sitting on Santa’s lap....