Homecoming

The community we live in does a lot things well, but they seem to particularly shine on the annual Homecoming weekend.  It was complete with a parade down Main Street, a high school football victory, and a dance.  Kathryn, Joshua and Kamryn were in the parade and Jackson went with a whole group of friends on Saturday to the dance after a rather elaborate photo session at our house.  It was a beautiful, fun weekend and we made a lot of fun memories.

Another Teenager Is In the House!

Our sweet baby girl, Kathryn Savanna, has done the unthinkable and grown up on us.  We celebrated our young lady by having a party packed with all her friends, lots of food and a cookie cake.  We had a scavenger hunt, a water ballon fight and played "German Spotlight," which I think is a new and improved form of flashlight tag. Her friends are delightful and polite and we enjoyed getting to know them better.  Geof especially enjoyed showing all the boys his guns and Ranger tab.  I'm just kidding!! He behaved too.

The photo booth was fun!

Instead of gifts, Kathryn asked for a donation to her favorite charity. This sweaty, playful group raised $92 for LOVE 146, an organization that fights human trafficking around the world. Way to go, guys!

The iPhone collection...seriously??

We are so proud of Kathryn.  You are growing up to be a strong, thoughtful, graceful and beautiful young lady.  You are a treasure to our family and we love you very much. 

Happy 13th Birthday Sweet Girl!!

Green, Gold and White! Fight, Wolves, Fight!

In case you were wondering what we have been doing this fall-I can sum it up in one word: FOOTBALL.  This season is full of practices, games, and washing uniforms.  If we are not playing, we are cheering.  Every drive through fast food restaurant teller knows us by name, but it keeps us busy and we have a lot of fun!

 Jackson is number 11 and plays for the 9th grade team.

Kathryn cheers for the 7th grade team and Kami is the mascot and gets to be with her big sister.  

Joshua plays for the 5th grade team and is number 29.

Go Wolves!!

Shake and Bake

And just like that, we have a 15 year old with a learner's permit.

And his Daddy buckled him in and off they went.  

Just like ole times.

Army Strong

This past week Kamryn had a "Community Helpers" parade at her school.  What a perfect opportunity for her to show off her Uncle Jay's hat from Afghanistan and her daddy's old BDUs from his army days.  She was the cutest little worldwide-community helping Army Ranger I have ever seen!

She was so proud!

A Welcome Voorhees Invasion

Well, we have discovered that we can comfortably accommodate at least 25 people in our house!!  This Labor Day marked the first time we had almost all of our Voorhees siblings and their families to our new house (only missing Hailey and Jake who are hard at work at VT and Longwood).  We packed in just as much fun as we did people with football games, a Braves game, great food and time on the lake. We were so blessed to see our home filled with so many people we love and for them to share in just a little of our lives down here in Dixie. Everyone constantly helped out with meals and kids, making this Labor Day seem like no work at all. Most all of them have made it back to their homes in Virginia and Florida by now and our house seems strangely quiet...we miss you already.  

A Day of Firsts and Lasts

You need to know that the day that Kamryn was born I never thought about this.  I didn't realize that I had perfectly timed for Jackson to start High School and Kamryn to start Kindergarten on the same day.  But it happened.  August 7th our first born went to Buford High School only minutes before we escorted our youngest baby into an Elementary School for the last time. Seriously?  That is a little too much emotion for me.  Generally speaking, the first day of school has been a happy time for me; we have always been excited for the new year and for new adventures.  But this year was definitely bittersweet.  They all are off to a great start and are loving school, enjoying being back with their old friends and busy making new ones.  And I come home to a quiet house.  A very quiet house.  

And that's all I have to say about that.