Patrick Family Blog

Dec 2, 2012

Brunch with Santa

Annual Brunch with Santa at the Georgia club with Nan and Granddaddy!

Dec 1, 2012

Watkinsville Parade

Happy 1st of December! The kids celebrated at the annual Watkinsville parade, and once again, Kinsey's Brownie Troop walked and passed out candy the the watchers.

Nov 30, 2012

Fun night watching Jacob in his performance as Tiny Tim in the community theater's production of A Christmas Carol. It's always an added bonus when there are cookies and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus after the play!

Nov 25, 2012

Thankfulness

What a wonderful holiday weekend with soooo much to be thankful for! We were so fortunate to be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with both my family and Jack's parents at Lake Keowee. We enjoyed deliciousfood prepared by everyone, playtime with cousins, hot tub time, horse riding time and of course a trip up to Cashiers to cut down the Christmas tree! Love my family!

Nov 18, 2012

Field Fun

This season, after the home games, we have been going into the stadium to pick up plastic bottles to recycle and earn money for both our church and for the kids' school. Last night, as kind of a reward for our work, the UGA folks were nice enough to let us onto the field for a half hour or so of "play time." People were running the distance of the field, passing the footballs, attemping field goals, and some were even silly enough to pretend to be the next Uga mascot! Fun times! :)

Nov 12, 2012

OBX 26.2

We just got home from the MOST WONDERFUL mini-vacy to the Outer Banks! Sure the vacation included a little marathon, but there was oh so much more to it than just a big run! The four of us with my running pal, "Reesie" had a great time at Jockey's Ridge--the east's largest sand dune, the Wright Brothers Monument, climbing lighthouses, eating seafood, sitting on the beach, walking on Jennette's Pier, and just exploring the Outer Banks in general. Would LOVE to go back again!

Nov 3, 2012

Harvest Overnighter

A couple of shots from Kinsey's barn sleepover and horse.rider costume contest (1st place!)

Oct 31, 2012

Pumpkin Time

For Halloween this year, the kids each had the homework assignment of decorating a pie pumpkin. Max's assignment was to create a Halloween costume for his "baby" the he named John and of course he wanted to make him a matching Darth Vader costume. Kinsey's assignment was to turn her pumpkin into a character from her favortie book. She chose to make a horse, Black Cloud, out of hers using a squash as its head and neck. I think both projects turned out pretty good!

Oct 28, 2012

Carving Pumpkins

We had a fun time trying a new approach to our jack o' lantern this year. The kids picked out a page from a DisneyVillains coloring book at Granny's house and taped it to our pumpkin. Then they each took a pushpin and poked holes through the page where all the lines were. Then Jack and I went back and "connected the dots" that the kids had made to create our Scar masterpiece. Pretty cool!!!

Oct 27, 2012

Ghost Train

The kids loved their first Tweetsie GHOST TRAIN experience Saturday night after the huge Bulldog win over Florida. Highlights were the Black Hole and Freaky Forest in the Boneyard, the Free Fall ride, and the "Spice Ghouls" on Main Street while we waited for the main event, the Ghost Train. Can't wait until next year to do it again!