Savannah

With the holidays quickly approaching I decided I better do one last fall post.  Marc has had lots of business travel this fall but one of my favorite spots is Savannah!

 

 

Malachi, Macheus, baby "L" and I joined him for this trip. The weather was perfect while we were there!

We usually stay right on the river because that is where his conferences are always held.  Once we park the car we never get in it again until time to head home.  We walk all over town and it is so much fun!

The parks, the market place and of course River St. are our favorites.

Macheus asked me to take his picture next to the "white pumpkin".

The hotel had a gorgeous pool on the roof top.  Because it was heated and the sun was shining the whole time, the boys had a blast!  The baby enjoyed laying out there too!

Macheus always looks for "his" little ship when we go.

While walking down the streets looking at old homes we came across this peach house with green shutters.  It was our wedding colors!  Marc was being a goofball! :)  This would not be my color  choice now! LOL.….

We went to the famous Leopold's and Macheus got to play an oldie on the jukebox!

Running his energy out on River Street!

Another fun thing we always do is take ferry boat rides across the river.  It is so pretty at night.

                          Sometimes it is hard to pack the kids and go but I'm glad he wants us! :)

                                                    Swimming on the roof!

He was so wired from the sugar he had consumed!  I was ready to get him home and back on his regular diet!

One of Marc's favorite things to do is look at the historical stuff.  Savannah has so much history!  Malachi is really into history too, so they had a fun time together.

"Look at our beards!"

 

The last day we went to the Civil War Cemetery.  Apparently, there are several "whipping trees"  but this was the one that we found.  Very sad part of our history.

They found the grave of James Lord Pierpont (the writer of Jingle Bells.)  The kids thought it was funny that his gravestone had musical notes all over it and there was a big jingle bell on his grave. :)

 

Well, we had tons more pictures but if I don't go ahead and post this it probably won't ever get done.
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And an update on the court hearing concerning "Baby L".  The Lord has had his hand upon this baby from the beginning!  Things are rolling along... just very slowly. We have our next court date in January.  Thank you to those whom have prayed!

Saturday ramblings...

Yesterday afternoon I had several errands that I needed to run. Co-op order to pick up, returns to the store, groceries to buy...…  So... Madeline tagged along and we used it as an excuse to eat at Panera! :)  We almost always eat at Chipotle when we go out but we wanted something different and it was so good!  We love their green drink!

 

We got home kind of late and Matthew got to spend some time with "Baby L".  Between work and school he isn't usually around when he is awake.  It was so precious watching him play with him.

He had him belly laughing! :)

I was looking at the side of my refrigerator and I thought....."You might be a home schooler....." :)

Today was dedicated to working around the house!  We discovered that there are no businesses around us that rent pressure washers any more.  The kids worked hard scrubbing it down the old-fashioned way!  Marc and Matthew got the front porch painted today.  Still a long way to go but it was a start! :)

This goof ball stood on the roof and bent over scrubbing the fascia boards!  Scared me to death!

Madeline brought the goats out one at a time to worm them.  Machues had so much fun walking Magnolia ("Maggy")  around on a leash.

Malachi taking a break from picking up pecans.  Yep... it's that time of year again at Pecan Pastures!

I'm not sure if I will be on here again before Wednesday but that is a big court day for "Baby L".  We would appreciate anyone reading this to join us in praying that the Lord would "move mountains"!

 

Fair Day 2

Day two of our family time at the fair- Marc had the day off but Matthew had to work. He joined us that evening for a little while but I didn't get any pictures. of him. :(  The "big kids" had several other fair days but this was it for Marc and I and the younger kids.

 

                                          More chocolate milk!!!

This was a  9/11 exhibit.  It was pretty interesting and the boys learned some things that they didn't know.

                                                        Macheus- 5years

                                                           My babies.….   <3 p="">

                                                    Malachi -12

                                                          Myles 9

 

Checking out the baby chicks.

Boys and tractors.... they love climbing on them!

                                                        Mariah 15

                                                   Cow trivia! :)

                                                            ~Madeline~

Watching the baby chicks hatch.  This is a project I really want to do at home sometime!

Madeline is such a sweet big sister to the boys.

                                            Waiting on the water show to start.

                                                         Watching a horse show.

                                        In "horse stall jail"! "_

And more chocolate milk!!!!  They got the free milk and the free goat milk ice cream and made milkshakes! :)

                                                           My crew minus two!

Checking out the "horse mania" booth.  Madeline and Mariah both worked half a day in exchange for free fair tickets all week.

 

Someone gave us some free ride coupons last year and we had several left.  Marc took the boys on a few rides because I do NOT do rides anymore!

They will ride roller coasters all day but cried like babies over the Ferris wheel! :)

This pictures brings such bad memories.  This robot was one of the walk around attractions and we saw him in a very crowded area.   Macheus was sitting in the wagon when we took this picture and when we turned around he was gone.  Scariest minute of my life!  When I finally found him running away from us I realized he ran because he was terrified of the robot.

And this picture will always be a sweet memory.  Baby "L" has a fear of loud noises.  We don't know if it is PTSD from things he experienced in the womb or if it is just "him".  Either way we have been trying to work with him.  The fireworks were going off and Madeline cradled him close and he didn't cry!

And that is the end of my Georgia National Fair pictures for the year!