Saturday, October 31, 2015

Halloween

Another Halloween is in the books.  Right behind Christmas, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  It's all about kids, fun and candy - the good stuff in life!

We didn't change up our decor much this year.  You can see Halloween 2014 here with more pics of the house.


We did add a cauldron with a magic potion to the table.  



This year's collection of Halloween pictures through the years.


For the boys' class parties we made mini mummy dogs.


On Halloween morning, we headed out to Hayden's last fall baseball game.  This little girl was pumped!  


Just before trick or treating we hosted all our neighbors over for chili and mummy dogs.  Of course I took no pictures of the party!  These two girlies were beyond excited and couldn't wait for the real fun to begin!


Finally, trick or treat time!  We had pouring rain all afternoon, so we were thrilled when the skies cleared just long enough for us to make our candy run.  

This year we had the Little Mermaid and 2 morph men.



Al with bestie F - the Bride of Frankenstein.



Some of our neighborhood crew.


Sorting the loot!


A great time was had by all!  

Happy Halloween!
Angela

Monday, October 12, 2015

Grayton Beach

The boys had a week-long fall break, so we decided to take a quick trip down to the beach for a few days.  Typically, we stay in Destin or Ft. Walton Beach; but on this trip we decided to try a different atmosphere and chose Grayton Beach.  This was our first time to stay on 30A, and we LOVED it!  I get it now - why everyone loves that area.  Not one t-shirt shop, go-kart track or fast food joint around.  It was heavenly.  We stayed at the Grayton Beach State Park cabins.

We headed down a day earlier than our cabin reservations and spent one night in Destin.  While there we hung out at the Seafood Festival.

The Little Things blog: Destin FL

The Little Things blog: Destin FL

We had dinner at Margaritaville, with a table by the water.

The Little Things blog: at Margaritaville Destin FL

The Little Things blog: at Margaritaville Destin FL

From our table we enjoyed the first of several sunsets during our trip.  It didn't matter that it was cloudy...we were at the beach!

The Little Things blog: sunset at Margaritaville Destin FL

The next day we decided to play a round of mini-golf before heading to Grayton Beach. Guess who got a legitimate hole-in-one...all 3 kiddos.  Try as we might, Ty and I just couldn't make it happen!

The Little Things blog

The Little Things blog

The Little Things blog

The Little Things blog

The cabin at the state park was great!  It had 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, a kitchen, living room and screen porch.  The best part, though, was the fact that it didn't have a TV or wifi!  We brought games to play in the evenings and actually spent time together as a family.

Cabin pics are courtesy of our 5 year old photographer.

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park cabins

Not a tv to be found!

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park cabins

Our view from the screened porch.

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park cabins

Where we spent our mornings.

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park cabins

Overall, we really enjoyed the cabin.  It had all the basic necessities.  One thing that I wish had been different would have been to have a view of the beach.  I do enjoy sitting on the balcony each morning with my coffee while watching the waves.  In reality, we were only a quick 10 minute walk to the beach.  While there, we rented bikes for the length of our stay and could bike to the water in about 5 minutes.

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park, FL

There were hardly any other visitors on the beach each day.  We practically had it to ourselves!

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park, FL

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park, FL

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park, FL

Each night we made sure to head down to the water to catch the sunsets.  They were AMAZING.  We stayed until well after dark each evening.  Because we weren't surrounded by city lights, you could see hundreds of stars in the sky.  It was magical.  I think that was my favorite part of the trip!

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach sunset

See, we had the place to ourselves!  At the most, there were maybe 7 or 8 families on a stretch of beach that ran for hundreds of yards.

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach sunset

Our little ballerina doing her thing.

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach sunset

Donut Hole for breakfast is a MUST!

The Little Things blog: Donut Hole on 30A

I just love these little people.

The Little Things blog: Grayton Beach State Park, FL

Even though it was a quick trip, it ranks right up there as one of my favorite family vacations yet.

Have a great day!
Angela


Monday, October 5, 2015

Cinderella

It's no secret that we are big princess fans around here!  So, when we found out that Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella musical was coming to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC), we scooped up some tickets.

Allie and I joined her besties F and A along with their mommies to the performance.  These girls were so excited!  Al is giving her best princess curtsy for he camera.




See that little speck of a person in the bottom right of the picture below?  That's our neighbor, Mr. H, in the orchestra pit!  How fun to see someone we know!


Sweet girls.


We LOVED it!  All 3 girlies did a great job sitting through the performance and really paid attention.     At intermission, which began just as Cinderella was racing out of the ball at midnight, Allie came over to me very concerned thinking that they had ended the show right in the middle of the story!  We're already planning our next musical - Matilda is coming in January!

Have a great day!
Angela