Halloween

Zee lil' bee

Ridin' in the bye-bye buggy at the day-care party. Ms. LaPrecious, pushing the cart, is his teacher.

The Bee Family- a honeycomb, a beekeeper, and our little bee!

It's Owen's first Halloween! We carried over the Evans' family tradition of sporting the cutest bumblebee in town. Owen had plenty of opportunities to show off his look. He had a fall festival at daycare, a trunk-or-treat at the church, a surprise party, and a party in the park with a playgroup we do things with. He was not so sure about the whole look at first but then warmed up to it. It's only going to get more exciting as the years go on, but this first one was great!

Just 'cuz

Hi!

A Visit from the Cousins!

Party at my crib!

The cousins came for a visit this past weekend. We haven't really had the kids together in a while so it was big fun! We scooped out pumpkins, did science experiments, partied in the crib, pushed shopping carts around, and had an all around good time. Owen loves Claire and Emma to pieces and I'm sure they feel the same way!

First Haircut!

Our Spikey-headed friend was getting a little out of control so we brought him in for his first haircut. He took it like a champ. I am pretty sure that I could have done just as good of a job as Owen's "stylist." After all, the whole point of paying for a cut was so it didn't look like I did it.

Fall Getaway

Owen and his Sherpa

Tunnel Time!

Babies gone wild! If you could only hear the "conversation" going on here...

Overlooking the canyon

My school had a fall break this year. Chris and I took advantage of the extra days and headed up to North Georgia. On the way up, we stopped at a few of the vineyards in and around Dahlonega. Both of us were quite surprised at the quality of Georgia wine. We hit Wolf Mountain, FrogTown and 3 Sisters wineries. Owen was a trooper and was chatting up all the ladies. We spent a few nights at Lake Winfield Scott, where we had a cabin and had easy access to Blood Mountain, at Slaughter Gap. Very peaceful sounding, I know. (Side note- this is where the Trail of Tears- the Creek and Cherokee relocation- started). We made the 7 mile hike with Owen strapped to Chris' back. He seemed to enjoy it. He was yapping the whole way, which was a nice way to frighten the bears away. We saw a couple of piles of scat along the trail. Put that with a couple of "High Bear Activity" signs, and you've got one nervous mom. Our friends Pat and Amy, and their 2 kids joined us for a night while we were there.

After our Lake Winfield Scott stop, we met up with some friends at Cloudland Canyon. We love to go up there and play disc golf. It was perfect weather- warm in the day and cool at night. Owen continued to have fun and loved rolling around on the hills. An impromptu fall vacation, right out our front door. Love it!