And December 
.Other news on the homefront ~ The search for a new house continues. This is the front runner at the moment.
It's a 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath with a nice large pool. We've gotten them to come down a bit in price which is always good. Our only holdback is that it is in another school district which means moving the kids to yet another new school and we'd really like to NOT do that if at all possible. So the search continues .... I did run across these guys the other day... see how big the chicks are getting
Some I've seen lately are even bigger. Pretty soon you won't be able to tell the babies from the parents.Back to the trip... Saturday was our last day and probably the best ~ especially if you ask the kids. We drove over to Sequoyah Caverns in Valley Head, AL where Nathaniel got to feed a peacock while we waited for our tour of the caves
I was worried that my claustrophobia might be an issue in the caves but they were pretty open and not too many people on the tour with us so I never felt "trapped."
Here are my two big kids fooling around (as usual) 
And here we are at the end of our tour 
After our tour we bought some bags of "dirt" and mined for gems.
I think Julianne got the biggest haul of the day. Lots of garnets and a few emeralds and even some copper. I think I'd like to have one of the larger garnets made into earrings for her maybe for Christmas. Saturday night when we got home one of J&J's neighbors came over and we grilled hot dogs and hamburgers for dinner. It actually got downright cold and the neighbor had brought over his fire pit and we made a fire and roasted marshmallows.
All in all ~ a great ending to a great trip. Thanks so much to J&J for being such gracious hosts ~ we miss you guys already!
So, how was your day?
3 comments:
The quilt is going to be so neat when it's all done!
Looks like a nice weekend.
Wow you have been really busy - you seem to be able to pack so much into a day !!
Wow the chicks are getting so big. Very neat to be able to watch them grow! The hand print quilt is very neat. I want to modify your idea and make a tote bag with hand prints. I think it will be a great way to make a keepsake gift for my daughter's preschool teacher. There are 10 kids in the class so I think I can do it without making a gigantic bag. I'll have to try it. Thanks for the inspiration.
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