More Thanksgiving...

I just realized I hadn't uploaded all of our photos from November. Here are some from Thanksgiving in SC. Rachel and Noelle had a little photo shoot outside. Cheese!

Our Thanksgiving surprise- RUSSELL came home from Sicily!

He picked Hibachi Grill for the day after Thanksgiving. This was our first time going with the kids. The kids loved the entertainment!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family in Rock Hill, SC and believe it or not, it's almost Christmas. I'm doing better on Christmas presents than I am on blog posts so I'm not too worried. But, I do hope to catch up before the New Year's with some picture posts.

Hope you are enjoying the holidays with your family!

Dinosaur cupcakes

In mid-November, we celebrated a friend's birthday with yummy Martha Stewart dinosaur cupcakes. They had green meringue frosting and gingerbread cookies on top. Catherine did a great job on them and was sweet to bring them over to share with us while enjoying the great weather outside!

New Orleans

Derek and Ashley tied the knot the first weekend in November and we got to witness this special event in New Orleans! This was our first time to the party city and we had a great time. I've posted the photos on picasaweb for viewing but had to include a few favorites here. There were so many great sites. What a truly unique and fun wedding!

The day before the wedding we attended the Dashley's Amazing Race of the French Quarter. This was a fun and exciting was to truly get to see and know the area. Above is our team. We didn't come in first but had a blast along the way and that's all that matters. This was the last task, put on some wigs and take a photo a Fifi Mahony's Wig shop. Oh what fun!

Enjoying beignets at Cafe du Monde.

A kiss before following the brass band on a parade called the "Second Line." This is a New Orleans tradition where you follow the band and twirl a parasol or handkerchief in the air along the way (they provided these). This was lots of fun as we celebrated from the church to the reception at The Blue Room in the Roosevelt.

Before leaving we had another fun get away gift, masquerades for all.

The Hanes Family

Back in October we were delighted to have some visitors. My Dad, Stepmom, and Grandma came to visit us. We had a wonderful weekend full of lots of hugs, smiles, great food, outdoor play time, beer brewing, a movie, card playing, church and more.

Thank you all for coming to visit!
Hope to see you again soon.

Downtown Atlanta

Last week we enjoyed some sights and eats in downtown Atlanta with our friends Gosia and Ellie. They were very generous and shared some tickets to the Children's Museum with us. Thank you! After about two hours there, we walked through Centennial Park to the CNN Center where we got lunch at the food court. We made it back outside in time to see the fountain music show, get wet, and eat. Then we ran along the park, blew bubbles, played duck-duck-goose, attempted at handstands and finally headed home. It was a wonderful day and we decided we will have to go again while this weather continues.

Happy Birthday!

This weekend was my Mom's 60th Birthday and my 32nd Birthday. Yes- for 32 years now we've shared the same birthday, but this year I thought we should focus more on her so we had a wonderful dinner at our cousin's house in Shandon. The weather was beautiful which allowed us all to enjoy time outside on the front porch and in the backyard where there was a wood fire pizza oven. We all had a wonderful night. Thank you family and friends for coming to celebrate!