Fam & Friend Time in the ATL

With crazy schedules and two newborns, our annual adult meet-up with the Dormans and Coopers was adjusted some to be a Sunday day event instead of an overnight one, and one that included seven of our nine kids! It was still wonderful to see them, just too short!

We went on over to Atlanta on Saturday to enjoy the Winter Wonderland event at the Fernbank Museum and spend some great time with family.

Cupcakes at the museum courtesy of Whole Foods...yum!

Making ornaments...

Who needs a picture with Santa when there's Santa-saurus?? (Bless his crouching heart!)

Kids loved the cool entrance to the water exhibit...

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Afterwards, we got to meet up with Aunt Gretchen and Mammaw at Farm Burger...REALLY yum. So thankful they interrupted their mother-daughter weekend to join us there!

And more great time with Slade & Jess...our third weekend in a row with them is spoiling us!! :) Garner made herself comfortable at their house.

Sunday we went to Buckhead to kick off the Christmas season with the Dormans & Coopers at the first worship service of December. Always great (although a little less Christmas-y than in the past) and the kids had a blast "singing songs and learning about Jesus" according to Greer.

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A-DOR-able pic of Slade and Jess there...

Love their decorations!

Friends who are really family, you know?

My favorite moment of the day was being greeted by Chaney after church with "Mrs. Riki, I'm gonna marry Gehrig" in her awesome Dublin southern accent! And boy were they happy to be together and love on each other. Sounds great to us! There is currently a short list of approved suitors for him and she is one of them for sure. :)

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We all went over to Lenox to let the kiddos enjoy the famous Macy's Pink Pig ride.

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The new Bloomingdale models!

More Chaney-Gehrig love at lunch

And the newbies...sweet Callie and Garner.

Loved every minute of the short time there :) and slept all the way home! And really thankful we have more time with everybody planned soon. Love y'all!

And the Years Fly By...

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Merry Christmas Tree

So excited...we let them pick out the tree this year :)

Can't stop jumping long enough for a good pic...

Big helpers

Taking it home!

Cutting the net...

Annual pic before decorating

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Our Christmas present this year :)

All of us! Trying out the camera timer...

Light-stringing

Ornament-hanging...

This blog post has been interrupted by some baby shots...sorry, can't help it :)

Ok, back to Christmas...Reading 'Twas The Night Before Christmas.

Finally found our tree skirt and stockings the next day!

And first year with five stockings...Garner has a fill-in until we get hers ordered. :)

Yay for the Christmas season!! And two galleries for the price of one this month...over there on the right :)

Visitin'

Garner had some more "callers" come visit last weekend. Britt, Marg, Papa, Rosie and Pa joined us Saturday for some outside playing, baby cuddling and football watching. So good to see them all!

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Oh well, can't get this one to turn the right way...he is a great punter though!

Cutie shirts from Papa and Rosie...

Talking and snuggling...

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Pa and his grands!

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Heading home :(

So glad that the holidays and more visiting time are just around the corner. Thanks you guys for coming to see us!!