Early morning nature walk treasures. 

Home Sweet Home for Grandma and Papa!

We are thrilled that Grandma and Papa made the move up here!  They have been staying with us the last couple months and a few weeks ago they closed on their new home.  They have been trying to get settled in and spent their first night in the new house last night.  We are so excited to have them just 15 minutes away!

Tiger Dash

Another year at Tritt Elementary means another Tritt Tiger Dash.  The kids love this fundraising event!  A scary thing happened this year when I showed up to watch Reagan do all her events.  When I found her class and her teacher, Reagan was not there.  Seems her teacher could not find her either.  A few minutes of panic set in as her teacher ran back to the classroom to find her and Reagan's name was being announced over the loudspeaker to try and find her.  After a few minutes her teacher came back outside with Reagan.  Seems she somehow got left back in her classroom and she stayed in there because she couldn't find any other teachers or students around.  Very scary but so glad all turned out okay! 

Sometimes we get a date night!  Looking forward to making this a more regular thing now that Sam's parents live up here!

Fall is Fun with Friends!

From time to time this has been happening around here.....

He's such a stubborn little guy.  He can totally go potty all day long when he wants to without accidents but usually he would just rather wear diapers.  We have a whole drawer full of fun underwear whenever he decides he wants to do it full time!

Nutcracker Auditions

Hannah was really excited to audition for the Nutcracker at her ballet school this year!  She was very nervous at the audition and I was so proud of her for going and staying there without me for such a long time with a bunch of people she didn't know.  Her hard work paid off since she got a part!  She is a lamb in Act 2 of the Nutcracker.  Can't wait to see her perform after Thanksgiving!

 Reagan just completed another soccer season!  She loved practice and going to the games, but I think it is safe to say she is not going to a pro soccer player.  Sweet girl tries really hard though! 

 Showing her "game face."

What do you do when it's your favorite cat's birthday?  Throw a party of course!  Happy birthday Alex Rover!

Another Trip to Cloudland Canyon

For fall break this year we again went camping, or at least we tried too.  The weather just did not cooperate!  We ventured out to Cloudland Canyon again with the Wilson family, who were first-time campers.  The first day was fabulous.  Happy kids, great weather, nice campfire, etc.  Then the rain came the first night and DID NOT STOP.  We tried to keep a happy attitude and went to Chattanooga for the day to try and wait it out but the rain continued and we all decided to just call it quits and come home.  Hoping to try this again with this sweet family soon!