November Phone Dump

In early November I headed over to Tennessee to visit Megan and sweet Maggie! I don't think I have ever met a baby that has been longed for and prayed for more than this one. After years of fertility struggles and some very painful losses, sweet Maggie arrived in October. Her mama is one of my very best friends. I couldn't love her or her baby more if I tried :)

So much fun putting this basket of goodies together for Maggie. 

I left Tennessee with an overflowing heart and a severe case of closet envy...

Carson and I made some fall play dough-- it's my personal favorite.

Welcome to Ridgecrest...where we are often found sitting in a cloud. I am going to need to take some Vitamin D this winter... and maybe some antidepressants...

Carson can (sort of) write his name! He brought this to me one day. With the exception of the kind of crazy "r," I think he did a great job :)

Car line shenanigans. Having to sit in the car line every day kind of makes me want to homeschool.

We made the most of a school holiday (Veteran's Day) and headed out for a day full of fun. The Nature Center, lunch and play time at Chick-fil-A, and then on to Asheville Pizza & Brewery to see the Minions movie.

Carson "forgot" to return his 3D glasses. He wore them all the time for days following.

We met Emily and her boys at Lake Tomahawk for a gorgeous, but windy, play date.

Carver made a "turkey in disguise" for a school project.

I found these....

The entire Fall was incredibly wet. Rain, rain, and more rain. We got desperate one night and let the boys bring some outside toys inside. They had a blast!

As a reward system at school, Carson gets to choose something out of the treasure box when he earns 5 sticks in one week. He chose a pink, butterfly, hair clip and SO EXCITEDLY exclaimed that it was what he "had always been wanting!" Hilarious.

Carver's Thanksgiving Celebration at school! It was sort of painful....

I really miss the days when we received proofs of the school pictures, with several options to choose from, before we had to order and pay for a picture package. Those were good days...now we get what we get...

Why is that top button buttoned? Why??

 Some sort of crazy sickness hit our house. First Carver, then Carson, then me...

Thanksgiving gifts for all of the boys' teachers.

A fun Sunday-- superhero day at church, then we went out to a Christmas tree farm and chose our tree!!