Happy Veteran's Day!

Roll Tide

Alabama's homecoming was today, and we went to check out the festivities. We ate lunch at the Theta Chi house with Mitch then we walked over to the Quad and to the ZTA house. Alabama rattled off an easy win over Arkansas State. Roll Tide!!

Halloween 2008

For Halloween we were back in The Preserve to trick or treat with old friends.

50's Day at Augusta Circle

Ellie's kindergarten class celebrated their 50th day of school with a 50's Party. They had a sock hop, learned to twist, and enjoyed coke floats during snack time. Ellie interviewed Grandma about school in the 1950's, and she sent a picture of her class to the girls. They had a fun playing "Where's Grandma?" while looking at the picture!

Mt. Mullins

It seems no matter where we live, Mt. Mullins always follows us!

Go Spartans!

This weekend we went to Mark's alumni weekend at UNCG. Mark visited with some college friends and played in an old guy soccer game. To our disbelief, no one was injured! We all had a great time doing kid's activities, hanging out at the band party, and taking in the homecoming game.

An Apple a Day....

Emily and I went on her first field trip of the year today. We went to Sky Top Apple Orchard in Flat Rock, NC. It was a perfect day for picking apples...crisp air and lots of sunshine! They told us about apples and how the trees grow. They bring in thousands of bees in the spring to pollinate flowers on the apple trees. Without those bees, the fruit would never grow. Another little piece of trivia that we learned today is that it takes the energy from 100 leaves on the apple tree to produce 1 apple! Who knew?? After the lecture, we went on a hayride around the orchard, picked 1/4 of a peck of apples, and had a picnic lunch. It was a great day! The pictures above show Emily Appleseed and her friends: Journey, Chapman, and Jackson.