See You Soon!

The last week in GA, we tried to squeeze in as much family time as possible.  

My BFF from childhood had a girls' dinner over at her house so we could all spend the evening catching up and remembering fun old times.  

Watching Sophia the First at Mimi and Papa's 

Mommy and Luke date night to a bowling alley and arcade

Making grocery lists.  Lots of mac and cheese and fruit on these lists.

Thomas cousin pic

Bummed I don't have more pictures of our trip to Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain.  I left my phone/camera in the car!  We had a blast tubing down the hill and playing in the snow.  It was frigid that morning with a high of 20 for the day.  No one seemed to notice the cold too much.  We were having so much fun.

Here are the kids next to the VA marker since it is "home" to all of them (they were all born in VA).  Close to home as you get for a military child :) 

Steele cousins pic

Group hug that turned into "lets all tackle Renzy"

Man, how we miss everyone!  So thankful for the blessed time we had together.

Zoo Atlanta and Stuff

Our second week down in Fayetteville with Grammy and Big Daddy, we took a trip to the Atlanta Zoo.  We have now seen all the pandas in the USA!  National Zoo, San Diego Zoo, and Atlanta Zoo. 

I was surprised just how many animals were out and about even in the cold weather.  

These kangaroos were too cute warming themselves in the sun.

  Pandas!!

Next, we made a trip to the world famous Varsity for lunch while we were in Atlanta.  Everyone discovered that they LOVE onion rings after they ate all of mine.  Hmm.

Nothing like a naked dog walking, rangs, and a frosted orange!

(maybe the heartburn afterward)

Pretty girls waiting for cousin pictures

Aunt Kim brought over this fun edible craft one evening.   Can you tell which one Hannah made?  I like to call it Picasso snowman.

Christmas

 We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning at Mimi and Papa's house.  Hayley and Aunt Holly decided to wear matching outfits to church on Christmas Eve.  Pretty cute!

 

My handsome guy

Getting ready to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.

My precious niece

Seriously can't handle the cuteness and her CHEEKS! 

Bathed and ready for bed! Bring on Christmas morning!

Waiting at the top of the stairs for the all clear. 

After a wonderful brunch at Uncle Philip and Aunt Ansley's (which I have no pictures of), we headed down to Fayetteville and met up with everyone at Grammy and Big Daddy's.

The annual Cousins Christmas play/comedy hour was a huge hit.  I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time! 

Christmas is always so bitter sweet when Chris is not home.  We had a great day, but, boy I missed him like crazy!  We are already planning a trip to Big Bear to go skiing next Christmas.  

So thankful we were able to be with those we love most on Christmas this year.

Weekend with My Girls

So I was able to sneak in a glorious weekend with my BFFs from college while I was in GA.  We had a little staycation in Buckhead which was absolute perfection!

Aunt Holly took in the kiddos for the weekend and they had a blast.  

Making cookies with Aunt Holly is the best!

I love these ladies so very much.  While were at dinner one night, we all realized that we had met exactly 20 years ago our Freshman year at North Georgia (except Lindsay and I have know each other since we were 8, but that is another story for another day).  We decided to celebrate, and that we did!

We ate and shopped and laughed and shopped and then ate some more.  

Pretty much the standard package when we get together.

Jules texting on her phone from 2007.  Hehe!

We were on a mission to find boots for K.  And the very last store we went into, she found some!  Woohoo!

Cheers to 20 years of the most amazing friendship!