Holiday Break: approaching the finish line

Rain, rain go away 

Two cuties sharing a hat to keep the raindrops off and...

striking a pose

Info on the Chalk Cliffs page 6

Holiday Break: Midcourse

Dear Santa Andy,

All I want for Christmas is white sand, clear water and sunshine.

XOXO Lisa

LDC's first dip in the Caribbean Sea 

Snow flakes falling inside
Over the t-o-p

Christmas 2015

Holiday Break Starting Line

How the Holiday Break Should (and did) Start...

Cookie Making

Cookie Decorating

Eggnog Drinking

Carriage Riding 
(with the horse named Al Capone)

(A carriage made for TWO...somehow we made it work for FIVE)
"I can't put my arms down!"- a christmas story

Hiking

and...
Enjoying

"When you think of Aiken, you think of South Boundary"

10Best: Prettiest Southern streets for a stroll

Door Decorating Winner 2015

Theme: Santa Sacks Hunger For Our Local Community

sELFIE

Are you exhausted?

"Are you exhausted?  Me too, but we got this."

 I get the chance to facilitate learning to a 156 teenagers 5 days a week.
This past week was a hard one.
Full days followed by four nights of dinner in the car- swim practices, girl scouts,church...Andy quickly picked up on this..."What do I need to take off your plate."
Good man.
Love him.

Midterms this week.  The end of the semester is in sight and then sweet Christmas break.

Some extra bonuses from last week...
One:
I spearheaded a life science collaboration between 7th, 9th and 12th graders in our school district. Their purpose: Create an interactive kit that meets all learning strategies (visual, auditory and kinesthetic).  The kit created will then be checked out and used by home schooled students, home-bound students and students in alternative schools due to behavior issues.

Battleship...but for the
Cell Membrane
Instead of a ship- a phospholipid.

Two:
A Super Warm Friday Night
Perfect to use a flashlight to set up a dance stage in the backyard

Bright Blue Skies

Hodgepodge

This Fall season has been good to us (minus Auburn football).

I have been a slacker keeping things up to date on the e-diary blog.

 My free moments have been filled with time outside.

Below is a hodgepodge from the end of October and into November.

Cherry Hill Campground
SC

A weekend get away camping trip with friends to the upstate.
Hysterical good time.

Chattooga River
Spoonauger Falls

Station Cove Falls
C-C-Cold

Be- you- tiful
tie dying

Oktoberfest Fun and Festivities

and...
the mornings of having to start the car up early before work and hitting the defrost button has begun....
Ugh

Halloween 2015

LDC wanted to be a sea turtle this year.

I give myself an "A +" for effort and "C-" appearance.

LDC loving on Lucas.
If there is a baby around, my daughter is there.

Potluck Dinner Picnic in the backyard

Obstacle course fun followed by chasing and squealing

A special bonus was celebrating Samuel's first birthday

About to set off to go trick-or-treating

Halloween 2015
Talk a walk with a turtle.
And behold the world in pause.- B.F.