Rylee, Holland and Ellee came to visit us after Christmas and we had the BEST time! They hadn't been here in a few years and it was so much fun. We did lots of swimming, went to a few playgrounds, and stopped by the beach one day! Thank you so much for coming to visit, Ry!
We played some family games via Zoom on Christmas Day and I made a Elf Yourself video of the all the cousins. It was so cute and we had so much fun!
We decided against visiting Santa this year but Ava sent a letter to him at the North Pole with her elf, Hart. I made Santa composites as a gift for my photography clients this Christmas so had to plug in a few pictures of Ava this holiday season as well :)
We continued our tradition of Christmas Camping the weekend school gets out! This year, we didn't have an early release day on the last day so Matt went and set up the tent while Ava and I were at school. Some friends met us on Saturday and we went for a muddy walk on the trail and tried geocaching for the first time. We are so thankful for good weather this year and time to unwind together!
Last Friday night we went to Gulf Coast Town Center to watch Ava's Christmas recital. She did great and loved being on stage again with her friends!
Since Matt went to IN early to hunt this season we took our time getting there for Thanksgiving and stayed an extra night in Chattanooga. Bella stays out all day at home now so we knew we could trust her and Brady in the hotel room :) We had a slow-moving morning after the long drive the day before and then went to the Tennessee Aquarium at 10am. After the aquarium we walked to lunch and then drove to Ruby Falls where we went zip lining and did a cave tour where we got to see an underground waterfall. It was such a fun family day and broke up the drive.
This month was back to school and dance but we still made sure to have a lot of fun on the weekends! We met friends at the Hyatt one weekend and Ava had 2 different birthday parties to attend. Matt and I had a date night at The Melting Pot last night with the best dinner ever followed by mimosas and bloody marys this morning. What a great month!
Ava joined Matt for her first hunt yesterday! She was so excited and didn't even complain about the early morning wake up call :) They got a deer and she was super pumped to "complete the mission".
Ava went back to school this week! She was so excited to see her friends and get back to a routine. She is loving the new Babysitters Club graphic novels and will start working on multiplication soon! She is back at the dance studio 4 nights a week and we are happy to be somewhat back to "normal". I can't believe she is in third grade! We are ready for a great year :)
