Christmas at Clay Terrace

On Saturday we all had a great night with Grandma and Poppie at Clay Terrace!

We started the night off right with a visit to Tony Sacco's for some yummy salad and pizza.

Then we went to Lorigrace's favorite place...COLD STONE. Her face says it all:)

After about 3 bites of Daddy's ice cream the sugar effect was already kicking in. She was dancing (putting on a show) all around the shop!

We ran into some Christmas Carollers...

And then the Big Man made his arrival with his reindeer!

I loved the excitment on Lorigrace's face when they lit the tree.

She kept saying COLORRRRRS!

Honestly, Lorigrace wasn't too impressed with Santa, but she was completly obsessed with the horse. In the pictures below you can see the look on her face as she yelled out HORRRRRRRSEEE. (We REALLY drag out our Rs these days:)

Bye Bye Horrrsee!

Lorigrace was so tired that she went straight to her room and started reading her Bible all by herself when we got home:)

A Very Happy Thanksgiving

Our Little Turkey had a GREAT Thanksgiving!

All the family enjoying Thanksgiving at the Palmer's!

The Future Mrs. Bender and one of her Flower Girls

Lorigrace LOVED playing around with Kara

We just love this pic!

Mommy forgot Lorigrace's PJs so cousin Liz let Lorigrace borrow her Carmel shirt. Kinda made Mommy and Daddy a little teary-eyed seeing what a big girl she looked like:)

A Very Friendly Witch

Cheerios

Every day Lorigrace likes to show Mommy her new tricks.

Today she taught me that she can open the Cheerio box all by herself:)

Hey Mommy...Look what I found!

Of course she made sure she got every last one out of the bag.

Adrian's Orchard

Every year we make a special trip to one of Mommy's favorite places on the south side...good ol' Adrian's Orchard! Today we enjoyed Carmel Apples, Apple Cider, Popcorn and even Apple Donuts!

Lorigrace was old enough this year to play around in the Pumpkin Patch. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Grayson Christopher Spaulding

He's here and he's PERFECT!

Grayson Christopher Spaulding arrived at 9:06am on Tuesday, August 16th.

7.1 lbs. 20 inches

MICHIGAN

Earlier this month we went to Michigan with our LifeGroup.

We had a lot of fun spending time with all of our friends.

Here are some pics from Lorigrace's first trip to the beach.

Lorigrace's first experience with sand.

Daddy and his Baby Girl

The water was so cold but she insisted on going in!

Chasing after the birds

LifeGroup 33

Rockwoods, Wegners, Jays, Bolliers, and Zents

Lorigrace gets so tickled when Mommy chases after her!

Lorigrace just loves bouncing in the bounce house with all her friends!

At the young age of 15 months she's already boy crazy...

Tackling Jordan

Tackling Gavin...

Poor Daddy is going to lose his mind!