Friends & Football in Clemson

Preston had quite the unusual birthday party invitation this year . . . for Dylan's birthday, he chose a few friends and took them to the Clemson game!  Mr. Powis was a brave man taking all of these 10-year-old boys to Clemson for a home game, but they had a blast!  The party favor was a Clemson sweatshirt.

The Braces are OFF!!!

Just last week we were in for a regular orthodontist visit. When the hygienist came out she said "we're all done" to which I replied "great, how long before we come back?"  To which she replied, "no, she's all done with braces!" I'm not sure who was more excited, me or Savannah, but it was a super happy day!  Due to crazy schedules, today was the first day we could get in (they only remove braces at 9 or 9:30am) to get the braces removed. It was a pretty quick process and look at those beautiful teeth!!!

Savannah was super excited to bust into her gift from the orthodontist . . . popcorn!

Greensboro Soccer Tournament & Family Visits

Our family was able to see Preston's first win of the season!

This weekend Preston had his first true travel tournament, requiring us to stay in a hotel out of town.  Thankfully, it was in Greensboro so we took advantage of the time between games to visit lots of family!  We took a chance that he would not have to play first thing Saturday morning and decided not to stay in the hotel on Friday, but to drive up Saturday morning.  Of course, when the schedule came out we had an 8am game. :(  However, due to the extreme cold, they postponed the game to 9:30am. That made our morning easier, but then messed up our family visits.  Never fear, we still got to see everyone!

After the first game (which they WON!!!), we picked up BBQ for lunch and headed to visit with Great Grandma, Pawpaw, and Mark.  We headed back to soccer for the second game, which they lost. After the game, we decided to make the trip to visit Aunt Cherry in Raleigh. She is not doing well and we were all so thankful to be able to see her and get a hug!

After a visit with Cherry, we headed back to the hotel in Greensboro for some long-awaited pool time with the soccer team.  We ordered Dominos delivery and ate super late after a long exhausting day.

Pool boys in the elevator

Unfortunately, the boys lost their Sunday game too, but we still had a great weekend.  So thankful for at least one win and also a chance to see all of our family!!

Saturday Fall Festivities

Our Saturday fun started with the PSE carnival this morning.  Thankfully we went early and the lines weren't too long.  After enjoying that for a bit we went home for lunch and then ventured out again to Hall Family Farm.  Dave has been wanting to do the corn maze and this was really the first weekend day that worked for us.  

We set a personal record in the maze finishing it all in just under an hour . . with only a few clues from the "all knowing maze wizard". It was much more fun this year with a clue theme instead of trivia that we had no idea about.

We opted to skip our annual funnel cake since we had all overindulged on Halloween candy.  We made it home in time for the Clemson football game too.  What a fun way to spend Saturday together as a family.

Halloween Delayed

Due to crazy storms and rain our neighborhood decided to delay our block party and trick or treating until today.  Savannah was quite disappointed that her group of friends couldn't join her on Friday as they had coordinated costumes, but we still had fun in our neighborhood! Preston was a hotdog and Savannah was Pooh bear. We enjoyed lots of pizza and then ventured out for tons of candy.

Anna Kate was able to join us, which made Savannah happy . . . and Ben came after flag football too.  So although it was delayed and Dave couldn't go with us because of month end, we made the best of it!

Boys Clemson Soccer Adventure

Dave checked Preston out of school early today and they headed down to Clemson for a men's soccer game. It just happened to be homecoming so they were able to enjoy the amazing floats before the soccer game started.

It was a super long day and a VERY late night as the boys arrived home after midnight, but they both had a great time.  Savannah and I enjoyed Chick fil A and a movie night at home. . . after some shopping of course :)

Sunday with Sonic at the Speedway

Today was a super fun day spent at the Charlotte Motor Speedway with Dave's company.  The event kicked off around 1pm with a delicious lunch and then the kids had a blast playing the games they had set up.  

There was also a friendly competition between the stores for who could earn the most points.  Preston helped Ford pull in second place overall with his first-place win in the race below.

Unfortunately, we had to leave to get Savannah to basketball before the field events started, but we still had a blast!