Weekend Full of Fun

Tanner had a three-day weekend this weekend so we decided to do as many things as possible since we won't be in Chattanooga for much longer. Friday morning we went to Apple Valley Orchard. I thought it would be really neat for the girls, but it did not live up to my expectations. The website said that there would be a hayride, but when we got there we discovered that they were only doing school field trips now and really did have anything for the general public to do. Lindsay and Gracie still had a great time running through the orchard.



On Saturday, Tanner had a company picnic at Lake Winnie, an amusement park near us. The girls had a ball there. The only time Lindsay has ridden rides was at Disney World, and we haven't been there since her second birthday. Gracie had never seen anything like this in her life, but she ate it up. Lindsay's favorite thing was driving the Antique Cars, and Gracie just loved sitting with her sissy and driving past Tanner and me to wave at us. The only thing Gracie didn't like was the huge slide that she went down with Daddy. She screamed the entire way down. Lindsay and I had fun on it though. We really had a wonderful day with our precious girls.

Sweetie Pie!

I thought I would post a few pictures of our sweet little Gracie. She is getting so big and looking more like a "little girls" than a baby. She is starting to talk a lot and has developed a deep love for babies. Many times while I'm busy doing something with Lindsay, I'll look over and see Gracie hugging a baby or rocking one and "singing" to it. She is such a sweet girl! Her hair has just gotten long enough that I can pull it back out of her face so a few of these pictures are when I tried to get a picture of that. I feel like I don't have as many random pictures of her as I do of Lindsay so I'm trying to do better. Hopefully, I'll have more to post soon.


This next picture is so funny to me. She reminds me of a mom standing out on a front porch holding her baby and calling her other kids to come in for supper.


I love this one of the two of them having fun outside in the backyard.

Clifford's Birthday Party

This week at Lindsay's preschool, they have been reading Clifford the Big Red Dog books, and yesterday was his birthday party. When I drove up to get Lindsay after school, this little puppy dog greeted me!


Last night, we went to Open House at Lindsay's school. She was so proud to show us her classroom and all the work that she has been doing. She was the line leader yesterday and her name was still up on the board where she had had the chance to use the pointer and spell her name to the class. This really excited her too! School has been an absolute joy for her so far. The last pic is of Lindsay with her good friends the sweet Baggenstoss girls, Kate and Lydia.

Rock City

Our girls were sick all last week and had to stay indoors. Both of them (along with their Mommy) were stir crazy by the weekend, so we decided to go to Rock City on Sunday afternoon. We're trying to do all the tourist-y stuff before we leave. I was a little nervous about it because you can't take strollers, but we ended up having a great time. We started by having a picnic lunch and letting the girls run around. Tanner took Lindsay across the swinging bridge, but I was too chicken to walk across it holding Gracie. Lindsay and Gracie both loved the afternoon and had such a fabulous time running around when they could. The experience made Tanner and me look forward to extended family vacations when the girls get a little older.

Helping Daddy

Well, we have had so much going on lately that I just have not had time to blog. I really haven't even had time to take many pictures, which I hate! I did manage to snap these Monday afternoon after our trip to Corinth. Tanner took the girls out to help him water the flowers. They are such big helpers!! And yes, Lindsay is just in her panties (her shorts were bothering her from sitting so long in the car so we just went without them).



Gracie got bored with all the plant watering and decided to get her little pink car. Lindsay had a great time pushing her. Hopefully, Gracie enjoyed it too even though her sister isn't the smoothest driver!