While We Were Away

We were very thankful that Liz was able to come stay with the girls the entire 2.5 weeks we were out of town.  That was such a huge blessing.  I think they had some fun while we were away!

The most exciting thing to happen was the Braves won the World Series!!!  How amazing!  We couldn't believe that we missed the entire series.  The night we stayed at El Palace in Barcelona, they had a chance to clinch the title.  The hotel actually had Fox as one of their many channels, so we woke up at 3:30 to watch the second half of the game.  Unfortunately, the win didn't come that night. Two nights later, they were in Houston with the chance for the win.  We didn't have a way to watch, but Ryan happened to wake up around 4am.  He saw online that they were up 7-0 in the bottom of the 9th.  He woke me up, and we tuned in via 680 The Fan's app.  We heard them win!  We were laying in bed silently screaming and chopping so we didn't wake up anyone in rooms around us.  It was so cool to be a part of this even from so far away!

Before we left on our cruise while the NLCS was still going on, I texted my dad and asked him to please take the girls to the World Series parade if they actually won.  I remember vividly going with him when they won in 1995, and I wanted my girls to experience it too.  I was so appreciative that he and Liz were willing to check the girls out of school and take them to watch this!

Papa bought them shirts to wear to mark the occasion. 

Mia's small group at church went over to Gretchen Ayres' house one evening to make Halloween cookies.  Gretchen runs a great little cookie business, so I know this was fun and delicious!

Lily had the chance to go to the Elevation Worship concert with several friends to celebrate Mary Preston's birthday.  This was her first truly big concert (we've been to a couple of small ones), and she loved it.

Mia had fun getting to go to Danielle's house with her friend, Kiev, where they had a cooking competition.  They made cupcakes and had to use approximately 27 ingredients.  Mia said they had a lot of fun but they tasted terrible!

Mia had the opportunity to go rock climbing in Alabama with Pathfinders one day.  She had a great time even though it was a pretty rainy day.

Mia's friend, Frances Schultz, invited her to her home for trick or treating.  Mia was very excited to get to wear the Gryffindor outfit from Universal.  She had a lot of fun with Frances and her sister.  Lily decided to hang out at home instead of going out this year.

Look at this awesome Up paint by numbers picture Lily finished!  How great is it?!

Of course, they continued on with their regular activities too.  We were so glad it was a calm time while we were away!