We're moving.....

And, I don't mean houses.  Got cha, didn't I?  I see why - we have moved SO many times!!

What I mean is...I changed blog addresses.

To find out why and to catch up with us...go to this blog address:

http://www.the3estringfellows.blogspot.com

Hope to see you there!!!

Um.........?

I am behind...the most behind I have ever been.  I've had half a mind to scrap the blog all together.  But, really, I don't want to do that.  We love having the memories/pictures recorded.  So, for now.  I'm going to get caught up.    This will be the most condensed catch up ever.

Let's see....we left off with Halloween/fall fun.

Then there was was Thanksgiving.   We hosted at our house this year for my dad's side of the family.  It was great.  Not a single picture to share of that day.

Next was December....Christmas time, so, of course, I have some photos of this.

Let's go.

We did our usual Fantasy of Trees visit to get us in the spirit.  She got her face painted (as always) and we made all sort of other crafts.  I think I have officially 6 pot holder with her hand print on them.

We went to the living Christmas Tree performance with our small group - look how sweet our kids are.

Elaina and her best buds from school came over on a Friday to decorate cookies.  Super fun!

We went back to the Dixie Stampede this year...it's always a good time.

Elaina LOVES the chicken they serve...it's the primary reason she loves going.

And then Christmas Day happened.  Santa came.  We had fun.  We got to spend Christmas morning with my sister Abby, her husband, Doug, and kiddos - Sadie and Celia.  That was awesome.  So, the living room was on giant Santa Clause visit.  It was awesome.

Like Thanksgiving, I hosted most of my dad's side of the family on Christmas morning too.  Super fun...!  I loved that my dad's sisters/brothers and all their kids got to spend time together.  It's been a long time since that happened so it was nice.

Later Christmas Day, we went to Erik's parents to celebrate.

The little girls opened gifts....first.  Liana, Kelsey and Elaina

Had to throw this one in there...Elaina got the Easy Bake Oven she had been dying for.  Love the face

Christmas Day was busy....but fun and special

January - we had a few snow days...

Grace (neighbor), Elaina, and her friend Katherine played outside

This was a different day - her friend Aleena came over to play - they got to swing on Elaina's new swing she got for Christmas (which is awesome, btw)

Since it was a snow day...we played some minute to win it games (just the 3 of us).  Some pics of the "pic up as much as you can from one bowl with a spoon in your mouth and put it into the other bowl game"??

That wraps up December and January....  

Fall shananigans

Since I stay behind on this blog, let's just re-cap the highlights of this fall since I got back from my trip to Ireland.  Besides....you would be surprised if I didn't have a super long post.

First we had Halloween.  Elaina was a cat.  I love that she was not a princess this  year.  

Then, she had an idea to go outside and pose by the tree since she was a cat.

We went trick or treating with her friend Kaitlyn who, coincidentally, a crazy cat lady.  We did not know that we when we showed up.

  

 The night before Halloween we carved pumpkins as we have in the past.  We painted a few too.

Getting goo out of the inside....

My "S" pumpkin

Erik's pumpkin

Elaina carved her own this year

My painted pumpkin and my "S" pumpkin...and a photo bomb

Elaina's pumpkin

 My cousin got married in October so we got to see lots of family which was nice.  We got to keep Sloane one day...love that.

Here is my cousin Rachel getting married - it's a lame phone photo but it works.  My uncle married them.

And now on to some random pics...

Elaina got this pink mustache after a dentist appointment.  So cute!

 We spent a random Saturday at Dollywood with her friend Laurel.  We had a fun day together.

I attended a field trip with Elaina to the Smokey Mountain Heritage Museum.  It was fun spending the day with her.  She really got into learning about how people lived in the  late 1800's and early 1900's

They got to play several old time games - you know, before video games and screens.  Now, there's a concept!

Elaina's cheer season ended.  They had an end of the year party and Elaina got this trophy which she was super pumped about.  It has a spinning component on it.   She enjoyed another year of cheer.

My sister and Erik and ran a 5k last weekend.  I stunk it up pretty bad but hey - at least I was out there.  The weather was perfect for a run

Before....

After

And finally....Elaina learned to ride the riding lawn mower on her own.  She loved it.  Blades are off - I was a nervous wreck but Erik was close by.