Christmas gifts

As I was preparing jared peaches to give as Christmas gifts I was remembering back to this summer when hubbys parents came into town and helped me can and freeze peaches. We had such a good time and I realized I never posted pictures of it. So here are some moments from their visit. Papa brought some of his letter type that he had left over from his newspaper. It was really fun to write our names with them. We also went to the river for the day.

Christmas cookies

We enjoy making Christmas cookies every year. This year my Grandmother made the girls aprons that match their American girl dolls. They loved them. She also made N and Daddy matching Aprons. They are trying hard to look manly in their picture. I love my beautiful tulip apron.

Choir Concert

H sang in the choir concert again. L was sick and couldn't sing this year. This choir is 200 plus homeschool kids. In the group picture you can barely see H and Ls group on the floor and the older kids on the stage behind. The girls work so hard all year memorizing songs and hymns so they can sing in 4 concerts.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving! We celebrated with my parents this year. We went up to Chimney Rock and saw the gingerbread houses at the Grove Park Inn.

Harvest Festival

This year the kids dressed up as a cheetah, angel and of course Captain America.

Zoo

We took a day and went to the zoo. It happened to be raining so there was no one there. The trees were turning colors, it was beautiful. The kids really had a great time, especially N. this was his first time to really see the animals. His reactions were so fun!

Old Salem

I know its been a while since I have blogged but I've been a little busy. :) I'm going to start now and hope to go back and fill in the last year a little at a time. So bear with me if the last year is not in order.

Yesterday Michael was able to get off and it was a gorgeous day. We decide to take a last minute trip to Old Salem in Winston Salem. It was just beautiful with the trees starting to turn. The Moravians (German immigrants) established this city in 1772. We were able to learn how to read a sundial, pump water out of a well, and see how they made pewter spoons. We were able to see a 300 year old organ. Our favorite part was seeing old letters from a printing press. They had the old machine they used to print pages of a newspaper. It was great for the kids to see how the letters Mikes dad gave us for our names was put together to make a newspaper. I cant wait to go back and spend more time.

We were even able to snap a picture of the kids in their hats my Grandma Darlene made for them.