Fall Days at the Cabin!

One of our favorite things to do in the fall is headed to the North Georgia Mountains to pick apples! We stayed the night at the cabin... and even cooked our hotdogs and marshmallows on the fire ...

Then we headed to Mercier for a wagon ride up to the apple orchards!

This is one of my FAVORITES of Micah - he had TWO apples he was working on at all times!

Here's a picture of both boys in the apple orchard...

ALL of the boys in the orchards...

And THIS is probably my favorite-est of all! I love all of the orchards in the background

and that these two (plus Jacob!) are brothers!

Off to Grandma's!

We took a quick trip to Florida on Labor Day Weekend to visit my Grandma and go to the beach!  We squeezed in some fun hotels - including The Vinoy Hotel, swimming in the pool, going to the beach, a Rays baseball game, watched the BYU Football Game (AT MY GRANDMA's!), and MORE beach and time with Grandma!  Enjoyed EVERY MINUTE with her!!

Here is baby Jacob on his first PLANE TRIP!

 

I LOVED Going to my Grandma's apartment ... so many memories inside and out ... my Mom gave her the tree that is behind us - and it is SO big now!

Here is Grandma holding Jacob ... and she enjoyed playing LOTS of games of UNO with my boys!  She also let them color in her coloring books, which I did as a child - and she also gave them a couple of REALLY old books!  Treasures - along with the memories!

 

Here are the boys eating their frozen yogurt!  This was our first time eating at a Yogurt shop that you get to put in your own yogurt AND toppings!!  Jonathan's cost almost $10 - eesh ... 

 We LOVE LOVED the Beach!

 

My Grandma thought it was just WONDERFUL to eat Breakfast at the Vinoy ... and our waitress even threw her meal in for free!

Isn't little Micah so cute playing in the little pool of water on the beach!  Love this kiddo!

Jonathan treated us to a "Cinderella-like" carriage ride one evening back to our hotel in downtown St. Petersburg ...so fun!

Boys on the beach...

Gotta love sandy-cheetos!

Us on our "Cinderella" ride!

An amazing view out of our window at The Vinoy Hotel! 

Poor Micah started feeling sick by the end of our trip ... but we had a WONDERFUL time visiting one of the most amazing ladies I know! 

Back to School!

Benjamin started KINDERGARTEN this year and has a FABULOUS teacher named Mrs. Sheffield! He LOVES riding the bus and has learned to read pretty well!
Here is Benjamin with his first day of kindergarten BREAKFAST:
"K" toaster strudel and fresh Georgia peaches!

Here he is on his first day of school waiting at the bus stop!

My AWESEOME friend, Angie, took this picture on the first day! We were so blessed to have Elaina in his class - what are the odds that the only two LDS kindergarteners are in the same class!

MICAH started preschool! He too has a FABULOUS teacher, Mrs. Shannon who has even gotten him to FINALLY paint his hands or feet!

These two are learning and growing so much and we're so excited for a fun school year!

End of the SUMMER!

We had such a fun summer with the boys and Uncle Albert who came and stayed with us for THREE weeks!

By the end of the summer ... Benjamin was really quite the swimmer!

We had lots of fun bowling but won't say who won (BENJAMIN!!)

Micah had fun for about the first 3 rounds...

Jacob was a trooper and even bowled a few times with Uncle Albert!

This is little Jacob on July 2nd ... when we celebrated the 4th of July!

This is our family on the Mountaintown Creek Trail ... it was quite the hike but the boys were troopers!

We enjoyed picking REALLY big blueberries at Mercier...


We celebrated the 4th on Saturday at the Blue Ridge Marina watching the fireworks show!

Here are the boys waiting on the fireworks:

On the actual 4th of July... the boys (minus Jacob) floated down the River up in Blue Ridge! Thankfully they were safe from a HUGE thunder and lightening storm - having to get out and huddle together to stay safe!

The boys took swimming lessons for two weeks! Micah cried everyday for the first week - but the second week he learned to LOVE jumping in to his "friend" = coach!

Jacob really learned to love Uncle Albert - especially when I was cooking dinner!

And just before the summer ended - we invested in an AWESOME $5.00 slip-n-slide - probably some of the most fun of the summer!

so many smiles...

laughs,

and memories!

A day on the Farm... at the Lineback's!

We LOVE the Lineback's!!

Despite Benjamin's face (it was REALLY REALLY hot!), the kids had a blast at the Lineback's farm! The kids enjoyed feeding the chickens and horses, walking the dogs, getting a horse ride and even painting charm! I wish I had the group picture!!

Here are the boys painting charm ...

and Tammy was even prepared ICE CREAM and all! We hope we get to go again next year!

Jacob's Blessing Day: July 17, 2011!

Our Little Family on Jacob McKay Owens's Blessing Day!

Micah LOVES Jacob and loves kissing his sweet hands!

Although you can't see in any of these pictures, my Mom made Jacob's gown and it has an "O" at the bottom with 2 honey bees - symbolizing Jonathan and I - and three near the collar to symbolize the three boys! What a special and beautiful gown! THANK YOU MOM!!

We opted to take our big GROUP picture in the gym because it was so toasty outside...

Here is a picture of Jacob with me and two of his grandmother's!
We had a nice little "lunch" after church and then just rested the rest of the day! Jacob actually slept almost the whole entire day!

Dollywood 2011

Dollywood Family Trip 2011

Here's the big group picture... had almost everyone there!


Jacob did LOTS of sleeping...

Benjamin with his hands up even on the piggy ride!

Our family picture outside Dollywood!

Micah was THRILLED to drive the cars for the first time!!

Benjamin and I at the pancake house!

LOVE this picture of Uncle Christopher and Benjamin in the pink car!

Jonathan and the boys with Llama Llama Red Pajama!

Owen and Jacob are just 6 days apart!! This is their first picture TOGETHER!

Jonathan with Micah and Benjamin getting soaked on River Battle ...
Micah was NOT happy about it!

This is one of my FAVORITE pictures/moments ...
when Benjamin was "reading" to Eli!

Micah and Benjamin riding the bees!
So many fun memories at Dollywood ...
and I'm sure MANY MANY more to come!