Sleigh Bells Ring...Are you listening?

Adalyn has loved seeing Santa out and about in parades and the mall...here are a few pictures of her getting into the Christmas Spirit! While Grammy and Grandpa were up from Florida we finished decorating the tree, opened gifts during our Christmas time with them, sat on Santa's lap and went on the "Journey to Bethlehem" interactive stroll through the town and saw baby Jesus! More pictures of the weekend soon to come!

What an eventful November! I met my dear Monica in Nashville one weekend, we had a blast hanging out, shopping and just catching up! No pictures?! Ill have to hit her up for some! Chris and Adalyn stayed here and experienced "Disney characters Live" at the civic center...Front and Center!! The next weekend was my first trip to Chicago for a national speech pathology convention...my mom met me and we had a great time exploring the city. It was FREEZING but the boat tour was beautiful and dinner at the top of the John Hancock tower was amazing! Thanksgiving week/weekend was great fun as Nana, Grandad and Uncle David came over.






Dads birthday was the 28th so we celebrated with a cake in the shape of his head and face..how thoughtful of me!!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

I could go on and on about how this was supposed to be a "Family tree planting" event but I won't!! However, Chris did hand over the shovel to Adalyn for a picture. We had a great day at the Weaverville Parade, ate pizza at Blue Mountain Pizza and pretty much got to just stay on the porch for the Parade! We skipped out on the tree farm this year, but we did take a trip to the Farmer's Market and picked out a nice tree and planted one in the back yard to replace the cut one :) You can see from the last picture just how 'green' Adalyn is being these days!

Princess party!

Fall Leaves and princess party

We passed by some gorgeous yellow trees on the way to our friends Princess birthday party--here are some pictures from our Saturday!

Hay Ride and Fall Pictures!

The leaves are still gorgeous! Saturday night we went on a hayride with church and Adalyn loved watching the stars and shout-singing Twinkle twinkle little star about 20 times in a row! She wouldn't let anyone join her in song.

Yesterday we went on a drive across the street up Reynolds mountain and ran into about 25 turkeys in someones yard! I managed to get a picture of 13 of them! We then went on a long walk along one of my favorite streets in Asheville, Kimberly Avenue.

School Party

Halloween! We started the festivities with a little party at St. Eugene's morning out.

Ghosts and Goblets!

We had a great group for trick or treating this year! Followed by fun at our house with drinks and plenty of cheese to go around!

Trunk or Treat

Trunk or Treat was last night--the kids were so excited and Adalyn kept shouting out "Do I get candy now?" after each prayer and song during services. It was SO obvious to everyone that we had somewhat bribed her so she would for once not talk so loudly in church!

Max Patch Birthday Hike

Here are some pictures from my 'birthday hike' on October 19th--it was a beautiful fall day! Grammy was in for the weekend and she got to experience some great North Carolina hiking!