The first weekend of October, David and I hosted his parents, sister, and nephew. We had not had the chance to celebrate Amanda's birthday, so this was the perfect opportunity to do so. My in-laws arrived on Friday afternoon in time to visit a bit before we sat down for dinner and a bit of birthday cake. The weather was a tish too cool to enjoy a boat ride, so we spent Saturday snacking, watching football, reading, and relaxing. I took Ben on a little nature walk, and David cut up a tree limb, but other than that we were all wonderfully lazy! On Sunday, we had breakfast together before everyone headed home. It really was a great weekend spending time together as a family.
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| I hung this banner to celebrate my sister-in-law's birthday. We were celebrating a bit belatedly, but it was still fun! I have an abundance of burlap at my house, and made this banner with a few pieces. I printed the letters out after finding the font and size I wanted in Word. Next, I used my light table to illuminate the letter so I could easily trace it with gray paint onto the burlap. Lastly, I hot-glued the pieces to a pretty piece of raspberry trim. |
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| Any reason to order a Cecilia cake! I grabbed this strawberry cake from Athens for Amanda's treat! |
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| Ben helped me light the candles in the basement and walk the cake upstairs while singing Happy Birthday! He helped his mommy blow out the candles too! |
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| Ben had the coolest fort to sleep in for the weekend. I remember being little enough to make forts under tables - he looked so cute I had to snap a pic! |
This past weekend, I hosted the Fall Girl's weekend with my college girlfriends. Some of us kicked off the weekend on Thursday night with dinner at Paul's in Atlanta, and Friday morning was spent at Scott's. Jill, Hollie, and I arrived back in Gainesville on Friday afternoon, and Glenn got here shortly after. The other girls arrived later and we all enjoyed dinner and catching up together.
On Saturday morning we lingered around the breakfast table drinking coffee and talking some more - this is one of our favorite times together! Around noon, we headed to Lula to zip-line through the trees! We had so much fun! The weather was amazing! After a little snacking and siesta when we got back, we painted pumpkins. In the past we've carved pumpkins, but it was a little early to do that this time, and they rot so fast! So, I picked up a bunch of faux pumpkins and dug into my craft closet so we'd all have something to add to our fall decor. We headed to Sidebar 120 for a late dinner and to keep an eye on the Georgia game - especially since Ryals, Nick, David and Brian were there; we wanted to see if they made it on TV!
On Sunday, we enjoyed breakfast together again, then a few of us headed to the outlets in Dawsonville. It was a wonderful weekend with my girls, and I miss them already!
Look out for more pictures on the girl's blogs - I didn't do a very good job of snapping pics!
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| I love being in the kitchen and still being able to listen to the girls in the living room. Who doesn't love a little Facebook stalking? |
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| We painted pumpkins on Saturday...everyone did a great job! |
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| See our finished products here! |
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