Farm Weekend

A few weekends ago, we headed to the King Farm in South GA to spend a few days with my college girlfriends, their husbands, and all of the kiddos. We make a lot of effort to get together, especially with the guys and kids, and it may get harder as time goes on (there are 4 more babies on the way in the group!) but we love when we can make it work now.

Jill and Davis are excellent hosts, and we had a ball all weekend long! 

Here's my curly headed little boy all snuggled up on the wolf rug. 

He and Hampton have such a good time together! 

That's Judson, Hampton, Henry and David taking in the new addition to the group - Miss Elly - during her bathtime. 

And then it was their turn! Emerson joined them too! 

While we have traditionally done a Secret Santa swap for the past 11 years, this year we tried something new - all nine of us chose one of our favorite things and gifted it to everyone else. It was SO MUCH FUN! Everyone was super creative, and I loved all the loot! 

We still do a Secret Santa for the kids, and a White Elephant ornament swap too. 

Saturday was outdoors day. We got the kids bundled up and played all day long. 

Here's Henry with sweet Emerson. 

And with Luke - Henry was enamored with him, the "big" boy! 

We tried to get the chickens to come out, and a few were willing. 

We played with the horse through the fence. 

And I tried to snap lots of pics of the kids in action. 

Sweet David saying "cheese!"

Henry and Hampton

They love each other! 

Sometimes so much they fall down! 

I chased them around with the camera and they obliged :) 

My man on a mission 

Our darling Emerson! 

We took a hay ride with Davis pulling us with the tractor! 

The boys set out to find some birds to shoot.

And I took a few shots at the clays. Hit my first and last one! Not bad for 3 years of no practice. 

Nick took the cool slow-mo pics where you can see the clay, my shot, and the smoke. 

We took one last pic on Sunday morning of all the kids together. 

Judson (15 months), David (2 years), Luke (6), Elly (2.5 months), Hampton (20 months) and Henry (20 months) 

Later that day, Henry helped Ben celebrate turning 9! I cant believe our nephew is 9! He should still be Henry's age! 

Happy Birthday to Ben! We love you! 

Henry's Holidays

Henry has had a fun fall! We have been to the mountains a good bit, and he seems to love it! 

He's been helping Dada with a few projects...

And loved the downtown Highlands Christmas parade

Before the holidays, my bff Hollie and I took Henry and Hampton to Atlanta for a few days of fun.
They were mesmerized by the aquarium.

They love each other so much! They hug and love on each other all the time. 

We took them to see Santa at Lenox again. It wasn't a total bust, but they weren't happy either. 

Ok, that's more like it, guys. :) 

They went to Mother's Morning Out while we were there too. Such sweet boys! 

We celebrated the annual Griffin Family Christmas at Amanda's house and got to have all the babies and their grandparents together. So fun that they are so close in age. That's Grady with Gray (12 months), Caron with Morgan (20 months) and Henry (20 months) with his Pop.

And our sweet Ben (9) posing too! 

We headed to Rhine for the annual Barron Family Christmas where Henry played with his cousin Drew (2) on the tractors. 

Oh, we took the boys to the Botanical Garden lights while we were in Atlanta too.

Henry loves saying "Touchdown!"

Henry got some super sweet goodies from his Aunt Bren, a few weeks before Christmas. 

But wasn't too keen on his new moose shirt for the holidays. :) 

More on Henry's Christmas this week!