Fall Festival at Uncle David's New Neighborhood

My brother just moved into a new house in Chapel Hill. We hadn't had a chance to go check it out yet and their neighborhood happened to be having a fall festival so we decided it was the perfect opprotunity to see his new place. They had BBQ, live music, playgrounds, games and such. It was really nice and the weather was perfect. We wish he lived closer but we certainly understand why he decided to move where he did. 

Dentist Day

My kids LOVE the dentist... no joke, they ask all year long when their next appointments are. Ryan was bummed today he couldn't have x-rays. Who knows- apparently no one told them that most people despise going to the dentist. Good news, they were both cavity free! Though Ryan's big teeth are growing in big and there isn't enough room for the new ones to come in so in the next year or so we will have to talk about pulling some baby teeth.... he might not like the dentist as much after that... The next appointment in 6 months I will be taking 3 kids to get their teeth checked. Hopefully Ryan and Audrey's love of the dentist will rub off on Kenzie. 

Audrey Class Observations

Audrey's classroom had parent observations today- we were invited to come in and have lessons from our kids on the work that they are currently doing. Audrey loved showing me her writing, calendar and number works. It was nice getting the one on one time with her to see what she is up to all day in her classroom! 

Click Away 2015 Conference

Last week I went with my friend Christina to a photography conference in San Antonio Texas. It was great! We spent almost an entire week exploring Austin and San Antonio and finding inspiration from all sorts of different photographers. We flew into Austin on Tuesday where we found graffiti park, ate delicious Mexican food and stayed at an Awesome hotel with the biggest mini bar I have ever seen (it was a full sized fridge).  Wednesday afternoon we headed out to San Antonio where we the conference was being held- thanks to my dad we got to stay in the hotel where the conference was being hosted which was awesome and made life convenient. The conference was great and taught me a lot- especially about finding inspiration for photography.  While in San Antonio we explored restaurants, the River walk, The Alamo and so much more. Sunday we went back to Austin for half a day before flying home to relieve our exhausted husbands who held the families together while we were away. 

Fall Day at the Museum

The weather has turned fall here and it's a treat to be outside on the sunny days! We decided to take advantage of the weather and a free day on the calendar to explore the science Museum. They have just done a major outdoor expansion that includes a massive network of tree houses and forts made out of sticks. It was a great way to wear out the kids (and the adults). 

Carving Pumpkins

Happy Birthday David

David turned 29 and as we have done for every birthday since he was at least 8 we went to Kanki for Japanese Habachi. Don and the girls were sick so they couldn't come but Ryan and I represented the Masons.

15 Year High School Reunion

I had my 15 year high school reunion last weekend. It ended up being a lot more fun than I thought it would be. We had such a small class (41 students) so our 12 alumni (+ spouses) ended up being a pretty good turn out. Most people have changed for the better- a lot more confidence and a lot more perspective.
Since I very rarely go out and even more rarely get dressed up to go out I destroyed my whole closet looking for something to wear- it was at a bar/restaurant so it had to be dressy but not too dressy. I even took selfies to send to some friends to help me pick. I by the way am not very practiced in the art of selfies and it took me a long time to find an angle that didn't 1) look directly up my nose or 2) look down on me making me look like I had a huge nose and crazy bad shadows under my eyes... eventually I got it (and I went with the purple top). At the end of the day I felt pretty good and it was nice catching up with people I had seen every day for 3 years and had barely, if at all seen in the last 15 years.

18 Month Check up for Kenzie

Mackenzie had her 18 Month Check up yesterday and she is developing perfectly, in fact the only thing she didn't get a perfect score on was drawing a straight line and that was mostly because drawing circles is more fun. She is 24 Pounds now which is 70th percentile, she is about 33" tall which is 75th percentile and her head is 85th%. ... it's the first time one of my kids didn't get 95%+ written on their chart for head circumference.