September 2015 - Snapshots

Lunch time at school

after school winding down

 brothers!

 Superhero day at school

21mths of sweetness and mischief all wrapped up in this little bundle of fun!

soccer practice night

Sunday mornings

 Evan gets his second haircut

Cashing in on mummy's birthday freebies at Panera

 Student leader of the month - go Ria!

 date night

 Bums up :)

Sunday mornings

 Sunday afternoons - playing with Leah, Brody and Oreo and riding around the neighbourhood with Ms Eleanor

Just another Sunday morning!

 bedtime snuggles

lunch time with Ria

 Evan at PDO

family reading night at school

September was also pretty busy with soccer - will wrap up fall soccer in one post!
~V

Birthday Fun

We had a fun Labour Day weekend with the added bonus of my birthday falling in the middle of it!  Beautiful roses from my hubby to start off the weekend of celebrating

We went out to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner and topped of the evening with this delicious chocolate cake

 More flowers - this bunch from my parents.

The kids climbed into bed with me early morning and wanted me to open up presents
- love how excited they get!

 After church we went to Tupelo Honey in Chattanooga for brunch. It was wonderful.

 I didn't get pics of the food but here's a few of us while we waited on our table :)

Today we went out to Chilahowee and hiked to Benton Falls. We had the best time out there.

It was the perfect end to a beautiful, relaxing birthday weekend. Loved being with my family and I am always so thankful for another year to celebrate!

~V

Summer 2015

Our summer was fun and relaxing (yet still busy!) and our main goal was to get in as much family time as possible. Last year summer we missed out on that with Jermaine being in school. We spent a lot of time at the pool, did a few camps, and enjoyed some fun outings in Chattanooga and at the Ocoee (a stay-cation of sorts!) Here's a few pics:

 {Evan is 19mths}

 {Soccer camp with daddy}

 we spent many evenings eating popsicles on the front porch

 At the Ocoee

Suzanne got to visit in July ... we had a fun afternoon catching up!

Evan is 20mths

Tea at The English Rose 

Downtown Chattanooga Fun

 More fun out at the Ocoee

Heritage Park with the Nalley girls

Daddy's little helper fell asleep on the job!

 Lookout Mountain

Point Park - our first time out there

A little bit nerve wracking with little kids and trying to keep them away from the steep edges

we went on a Duck Tour which was cool (the tour guide was really boring but the sights and the whole experience was great)

the kids were excited about going in the water. not about duck boat obviously, but thats what it looked like. and we had the chance to drive the boat too which was lots of fun

play time at the water steps

So that's just a little snapshot of a few things this past summer. Our fall is always busy so it was nice to slow down and take it easy these past couple of months.
~V