October Happenings

 This October has been a little rainier than normal, but overall, it's been beautiful.  The Upper School had their first Pathfinders trip recently.  7th and 8th went together to Arabia Mountain while 9th went to Raven Cliff Falls.  We were glad for a pretty day!  Here's Lily's 9th grade class before they headed out.

Here's 7th and 8th before their trip.

Mia's girls friends on top of the mountain.

I'm still loving Goldbelly and ordering all sorts of goodies from it.  We ordered a "blue" selection from Rogue Creamery in California.  It has four different blue cheeses, a blue cheese powder, and a blueberry confiture jam.  We actually haven't tried this one yet, but we will soon!

The City of Smyrna had their 149th birthday celebration recently.  They put on a free concert featuring both Sister Hazel and the Gin Blossoms.  It was a beautiful evening, and we invited Whit and Mary Heather Harvey to join us.  It was such a fun night!

The school's annual Soccer Classic was a few days ago.  Mrs. Hobson asked both girls to stay after school with a few others to help get the Cambridge sign ready.  I think they had some fun with this.

So the Soccer Classic itself isn't my girls favorite activity of the year, but they went with good attitudes.  They had fun with their friends, and they helped watched some of the younger kids who were there too.  Cambridge came in 3rd (out of 4...).

We are really enjoying the new griddle we gave Ryan for his birthday.  He made steak sandwiches for us, and they were absolutely delicious.

Another Goldbelly treat...specialty s'mores from S'moreology in California.  We ordered two sets which both have six s'mores in them.  One was Cookies and Cream which used chocolate grahams, cookies and cream chocolates, and vanilla marshmallows.  The other was called Salty Ex, and it was classic grahams, vanilla marshmallows, dulce de leche caramel, and salt.  They were very smart to include hand wipes too!

We had our first fire pit of the night tonight actually so we could make these.  They were so good!

It's always fun to put the magic color packs in the fire after we cook.  It's so cool to see the different colors in the fire!

What a great start to Fall!