Fall Break Road Trip

The kids and I started off Fall Break (Oct 13-14) with a trip to Carrollton, GA to see our best friends the Vetranos!! They moved to GA in July and we have missed them terribly.

Abby jumped right in and gave Caroline her (early) birthday presents: a Minnie Mouse purse & sunglasses, plus a super soft stuffed animal. Abby loves Baby Caroline so much!!

 Abby showed Caroline her "blush brush" and Caroline was smitten. She was (pretending to) put blush on herself, her stuffed animals, her car, whatever was in her sight. She is so funny!

 Nate and Chandler have been close friends for years, and have had a *very* hard time being apart these past few months. Luckily, they are able to still chat online and join in on video games from afar. Thank goodness for technology!!

 After lots of playing at the house and a pizza dinner, we loaded up the wagon and headed over to their high school tailgate. They only live one street away! And yes, their HIGH SCHOOL has a tailgate and it is a major event every Friday night! This place even sells season tickets to the football games. It is a whole different world there....

 The tailgate was fun! We got to meet some of Chan's new friends plus run around, play football, play in the sandbox, and have cake with Mrs. Katie's new friends. We walked home tired and ready for bed.

Saturday morning, we went to cheer on Chan at his football game. He is playing tackle football for the first time, and the guys on his team are huge!! It was chillier than we expected, so I took the kids to the nearby playground at halftime to move around and warm up. They loved this spinny-thing!

 Caroline is not one to remain in her stroller all game long, so we took turns entertaining her. Her favorite game was running in the "tunnels" underneath the bleachers.

 It was a *super* intense game, but Chan's team ended up winning! We were his biggest fans :)

 Caroline headed home with Mr. Nick for nap, while the rest of us hit up Chick-fil-A for lunch and then some "big kid" activities in Kennesaw, GA...about an hour away.

Auburn vs. Bama....typical!

 Our first stop was Laser Tag!! I was excited because Katie got a Groupon for all 6 of us to play!!! We played two rounds: first was boys vs. girls. (The boys won.) And the second round was a free for all (though we still ganged up on the boys). I got dead last both times (Ha!) and Nate got first both times. He was the silent assassin and super accurate with all of his shots! I think I ran around laughing and taking pictures most of the time. (At least, that's what I'm blaming my poor performance on.) It was SO fun!

#toughmamas

A glimpse of the future....

 Next we headed to a rock-climbing place. This place was so amazing!!! We especially loved the "Kid Zone" area. Nate got to the top of every single one he tried, and Abby made it up about 90% of hers. 

On the bottom right rock wall that is red & green, Nate closed his eyes while he was climbing!! He wanted to be challenged :) And....he made it to the top!!

Such a fun but quick trip to see our buds in GA! We made it home Saturday night around 9 pm. Long day but it was oh so worth it!!