Showing posts with label General Coffee State Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Coffee State Park. Show all posts

Sunday, February 2, 2014

January Snapshot

I have been really slack with my blogging over the last year and a half.  A lot has changed in our lives and my three boys have kept me running.  I still take a ton of photos but just haven't had the time, energy, or motivation to post.  Since it's a new year, I thought I would try to get back to blogging at least a little bit.  Hopefully, I can keep you up to date with monthly snapshots. I can't believe that the first month of 2014 is already gone.  This time with my boys is passing way too quickly but I'm really enjoying this time in our lives.  Hopefully, you'll enjoy this little snapshot of our lives.


We had a sleepover complete with s'mores!
 

We added goats to our menagerie of farm animals.
Yogurt and her babies Cocoa and Milky & our very pregnant Hershey.
 

We began working on our landscaping &
Jesse learned to climb the large magnolias in our yard.
We enjoyed a fabulous game night at church.

We visited General Coffee State Park and learned about farm life in the late 1800s.
We worked on the farm,
& we made biscuits from scratch & cooked them over an open fire.
Our lunch also consisted of eggs, with spices from the garden,
ham, and baked apples all cooked over the open fire.
We were heartbroken that our beloved Milky didn't survive.
We moved in one of my Grandma's rockers &
thanks to Aunt Dot it is beautifully recovered.
All my boys claim it as "THEIR" chair.
Yogurt's milk appeared to be drying up,
so we started bottle feeding Cocoa.
We were thrilled when Hershey finally gave birth to
our newest babies, Velvet & Crumbles.

So there's a quick look at our January.  We were busy as always and enjoyed a lot of new adventures.  We also celebrated Trey's 12th birthday a couple of weeks early, but I'll give that a post all of it's own.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Pioneer Harvest Festival & Picnic

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Each year our church picnic is held in conjunction with the Pioneer Harvest Festival at General Coffee State Park.  The adults and the youngins all have a grand time watching costumed workers quilting, dipping candles, churning butter, baking biscuits, playing games, etc…

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Jesse was especially interested in the outhouse this year…

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he wanted to know where the toilet paper was kept???

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The petting/feeding of the goats was a BIG hit!!!

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And it’s always added fun when friends join us for our weekend adventures…
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Family & friends are some of our biggest blessings!

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And having Ay-ee with us always makes our adventures more entertaining!

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And after a long, hot day of looking at the lake, what better way to cool off…

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than in the pool!!!