Family Weekend in Macon

The family headed down to Macon this past Saturday for birthday fun for BA (30th by the way!). We also attended my friend Joni's wedding on Saturday night which was a blast. Ms. Debra's entire family - minus Shannon, Stacey, and kids - came over to the house too, which was great!

I got to meet Christy (yay) and see family that I hadn't seen since our wedding! It was a great time of family, but the best part was watching the kids play together. Can't wait for Jackson to get big and be running around with them too!

Here are some pics from the day!

Here are Hadyn and Brant playing Air Hockey


The cousins playing with the dollhouse


Nana and Brant setting up the dollhouse


The cousins pause for a photo-shoot


All the kiddos on the trampoline


Chris, Christy, and Jackson


Nana, Aunt Pam, Aunt Carol, Allyson, Lauran, Kaitlin, and Hadyn

And last, but NOT LEAST, the Brandon Arnold Family!

Thanks for all the love you guys show us!

November Already?

October was one BUSY month in the Arnold Family:

• La's wedding
• Fall Festival
• UGA football
• Financial meetings galore
• Bathroom reflooring
• Brant's First Field Trip
  
• Halloween
• not to mention things at work, etc.

Needless to say we have been crazy lately. I am so happy it is fall and that things might begin to settle down... oh wait... Dad's Bday, BA's Bday (30 by the way), Ashley's Bday, Mom's Bday, Thanksgiving, Christmas....

DOESN'T IT EVER SLOW DOWN???

Now I know why they say that the older you get, the faster it goes. I think it just means that you have more to keep up with and worry about, so you never feel like there is a dull moment.

I have to be reminded to slow down and breathe, and that I can't do it all. Like Blog...

Here are a couple of snapshots of our life this past month with some excerpts along the way.

This is Brant and his friend, Trey, bouncing in a jumpy at the FFTF Fall Festival!


This is Brant touching a snake at the Chattahoochee Nature Center's Halloween Hike


This is Brant posing by the Turkey on his field trip (MiMi went too) to Berry Patch Farms.


This is Brant smiling with his "happy pumpkin" after we carved it together. Daddy was busy tiling the bathroom floor, so we headed to the pumpkin patch down the road and got 3 pumpkins. 2 for Brant and one for the porch. He helped carve until he had to help dig out the yuckies inside. Not his favorite thing... he said it was sticky and slimy. He told me to finish.


Here is Brant (power ranger) and his friend, Porter (Woody from Toy Story) racking up in the candy department on Halloween.


Brant enjoys looking at all the blow ups and the lights more than getting the candy. Although, once he felt he had enough, he was ready to get home and eat it!

Brant and Brandon had lots of fun in the leaves yesterday. They would rake them in a pile and take turns jumping in. Then they covered each other in leaves. Brant had tons of fun with Daddy this weekend. Good thing, because BA has to work almost every Saturday in November, so we will not be seeing him too much! :(

Happy November all. No promises, but I will attempt to have more than one post this month!