Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Our whole family participated in the Race for the Cure yesterday at Wesleyan College. Jeff and Savannah did the Celebration Parade/1 mile walk and Vince and I completed the 5K walk. It was a beautiful day to be outside! Our team, the Pink Ribbon Racers, raised over $5500 for the cause! We look forward to being a part of it next year as well.

Some of my MOPS friends that were on our team

Vince awaiting the start of the race so he could go back to sleep

Savannah getting ready for the 1 mile Celebration Walk

50th Day of School!

Savannah's Pre-K class celebrated its 50th day of school today by dressing in 1950s attire. For a snack today they had Coke Floats and she really liked that! Savannah had a great time and it was neat to see her teacher walk her out today-she was wearing her hair in a ponytail and had on bobbie socks and a poodle skirt!

A Special Visit from Nana!

Nana decided on Thursday to come to Macon, and it was a real treat for us all to hang out! She was able to see Savannah's last soccer match of the season. Savannah didn't score a goal this week, but the kids played hard and had a good time. She announced that she wants to take "ballerina" lessons next. Not too sure what I think about that...at least with soccer, I can get out and kick the ball with her and run around. Ballet? Um, no chance of mom being up on the stage doing that.

We also had our church picnic today and Savannah and Vince had a wonderful time hanging out with friends from church. Vince looks like he is on the campaign trail in his cute little outfit. Everyone slept well this afternoon and we prepare for an exciting week. Savannah celebrates 50 days of school tomorrow and will dress in "50s" attire. Check back for pictures of that.

Mid-October Update

Savannah will play her final soccer game of the season tomorrow morning. They received their trophies at practice earlier in the week and she was very excited that it had her name on it and that her trophy had a ponytail. She asked if she could sleep with the light on so that she could look at her trophy all night long.

The month of October is going to be gone before we know it! It seems like we have full weekends from now until Thanksgiving. We'll keep you posted with new pictures and going-ons. Have a wonderful week!

Savannah is helping Vince get dressed in her fairy costume that Honey bought her


Savannah's Pumpkin that she made at Michael's Craft Store

Look Dad, It's Big Ben!

Jeff just returned from London and sent Savannah several postcards with Big Ben. He told her all about the historic buildings. So, when we went to the Georgia National Fair in Perry, GA, she saw the clock tower and announced that it was Big Ben! Mom and Savannah clowning around!
Savannah enjoying a ride on the carousel
Vincey awake...
...Vincey asleep

We had a great time, it was a shortened evening due to rain storms and lightning. Savannah did ride a few rides and we took a few pictures. Vince did great, he people watched, then fell asleep.

I had to include this picture-the prizes here reminded me of the ones that my brother, Gary, and I won at the High Country Fair in Boone. We had so many mirrors that we won-they were Hank Williams Jr, Cheap Trick, AC/DC, and many more. We also won our share of feathered roach clips. I don't think those are prizes any longer at the fairs.

Is It Really Fall?

It's hard to believe that it's October, and the temperature is still in the mid-80s here in Macon! We have been staying busy with church functions, soccer, and school. I have taken a few pictures recently and will include those. I sure hope it starts to feel like fall soon!

She Shoots...She Scores!

Savannah's team, the Cougars, played a great game this morning and she scored her first goal! We were so excited that she was in the thick of many of the plays and seemed to enjoy playing. I have put together some video clips of the game today, and I hope you enjoy watching it!

GO COUGARS!

Hats For Hope

Thanks to Evan Jordan for giving Savannah this cool Polar Bear hat!

Savannah and Mister playing soccer
Dad is ready for work!

Today, Savannah paid $1 to participate in a fundraiser for Jay's Hope Foundation, http://www.jayshope.org/and she was able to wear a hat to school. We had some time to play out in the yard before she and Dad left for school, so we used it as a photo opportunity. The black dog in the pictures is "Mister", G-Mama's new dog. She is ready for her soccer game tomorrow!

The Georgia State Fair

The Georgia State Fair rolled into town on Tuesday and will be here through the weekend. The weather has been perfect this week-nice and breezy and very few clouds in the sky. G-Mama, Vince, Savannah, and I went to the fair after school on Wednesday and Savannah had a blast. It was "hand stamp day" which meant that she could ride all the rides that she wanted to for $15. There were plenty of rides that were for smaller kids so we felt like we got our money's worth. Vince enjoyed the fair and people watched from his stroller.

We didn't have a chance to see the livestock, so we may go back down with Jeff later this week. G-Mama is here until Saturday and will get to see Savannah's soccer match on Saturday morning and we are hoping she will score a goal this week! Check back later this weekend for more pictures and possibly some video footage of the soccer match.

Family Visitors

G-Mama has been in Macon for the past week visiting and Honey (AKA Aunt Jean, G-Mama's sister) came up from Orlando to stay as well. Jeff was in Washington, DC for a conference so it was nice for them to be here and help with the kids. Vince was certainly outnumbered for the past few days!

Honey was helping Savannah get ready for bed on Friday night and she told Savannah that she needed to get some good rest so that she could run up and down the field at her game. Savannah was a little puzzled, and said "Honey, we don't have hills on our soccer fields." She re-worded and said "you need to get some rest so that you can run back and forth in your game tomorrow!"

Savannah did much better in her game and actually dribbled the ball down the field and played some defense. We are hopeful that she will score a goal by the end of the season...we have four more games.

Vince is getting ready to crawl! Each day he gets closer and closer to actually attempting to do it-today he was rocking trying to put it all together. I think he wanted to nuzzle up to Buddy or get closer to him so that he could grab Buddy's hair!