I actually have been fairly busy since the last post, and rather than go through every little detail here on the blog I'll highlight a few things that I have taken pictures of recently.
The first is our trip to Lilburn Daze, a local craft festival held each October in my hometown. For me, it is basically an excuse to walk around and eat funnel cakes and carnival food all afternoon but you can also find some cute home made goodies there too. This year, I went with Mom, Kimmie, and Ellie and the three of us really enjoyed watching Ellie take everything in. She is such an active baby and loves to be out and about seeing new things. One thing she was obsessed with was the hay rides. Each time the tractor would ride past her she would excitedly flap her arms and legs so of course I took her on a little ride! She LOVED it.
The next major event this month was the GT vs. Virgina Tech football game. It was uncharacteristically cold that day in Atlanta but despite the weather we had a really great tailgate before cheering the Jackets on to a victory! According to my own personal encyclopedia (Ben), this is the first time Tech has beat a top 5 team at home since 1962. Needless to say that is a pretty big win for us and should make the rest of our season interesting.
Finally, this weekend we spent some time up at the lake to celebrate Mom's birthday on Saturday night and Liam & Gavin's birthdays on Sunday afternoon. Ben and I got up to Hartwell late Saturday afternoon - just in time to play with Ellie for a few minutes before we all headed out to dinner. Then the 7 of us loaded up in the car and went to The Galley, which happens to be one of mom's favorite restaurants on lake Hartwell. After dinner we headed back to the lake house for some wine and football and to rest up for a big day on Sunday.Sunday morning, we all got some time to play with Ellie a bit more.
She is walking all the time now and her little personality is really beginning to show through! Then we went over to my cousin's house for Liam's 7th and Gavin's 5th birthday celebrations. Their theme was 'bugs' because they both love outdoors and animals so much and Liam even had the brilliant idea to fry crickets for people to eat!! True boys! (And no, I did not even consider eating a cricket).
So, as you can see, I haven't exactly been lacking for blog material so much as I've been lacking motivation. I'll try to do better!
4 comments:
Yay - Glad you're back, and that you haven't abandoned your blog like Josh. Ellie is so cute in her orange dress. That restaurant on the lake looks so good - we'll have to try it. What is the name of that other place where you can drive your boat up to it?
Welcome back Katie - I have missed your updates! Even though I usually know what's going on in your life, sometimes it is fun to hear your "unique" perspective!
It's good to have you back. Looks like you've been having a load of fun. October has been crazy for me as well and you just know nothing is going to slow down till after the new year.
Katie, I love your blog. It makes me feel like I get to share some Atlanta life. I also love all the comments - the friends are so fun.
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