20th Anniversary Trip to St. Lucia

20 years...how can it be?? Chet and I celebrated our actual anniversary on September 15 (of course I was in Helena working the night shift and he was home with the kiddos), but our celebration came in the form of a trip to St. Lucia! 20 years is a huge milestone and I felt we deserved a few nights away to enjoy! I planned the whole trip so most of it was a surprise to Chet (he knew where we were going and staying but he left all the details up to me). The big surprise though was the helicopter ride we took from the airport to our resort! He was shocked when the helicopter arrived to get us! It was so fun and a much shorter ride for us to arrive at Sandals. We had a fantastic time. The resort was nice and we did a lot of relaxing and eating too much and enjoying our fruity drinks. We did go on a catamaran excursion which took us over to the Petons, to a mudbath and waterfall, snorkeling, and eating and drinking! We had so much fun! We enjoyed hanging with our new friends from California, Jordan and Tiana. We are just so thankful to have had a little time away to reconnect and remember all the good times from the past 20 years! And we are especially thankful for Mimi who came to stay with the kids and all of our friends who stepped in to help while we were gone!

A Laid Back Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration the weekend before Thanksgiving with our whole family out at 7 Chimney's. Everyone was there (minus Lindsey), including Aunt Scott and her crew. It was so much fun and the weather was absolutely beautiful. The kids were able to run and play outside and enjoy the warm temperature. Mimi came to Tupelo to stay for Thanksgiving and a few days afterwards because Chet and I took our delayed 20th annniversary trip to St. Lucia. Thanksgiving day was super laid back...Chet cooked a delicious beef tenderloin, and we added garlic cheese grits, hashbrown casserole, and salad to the plate. It was amazing. We then loaded up and went to the movie to see Encanto, which was so good! We even let Kendall drive around the empty parking lot! It was a great, relaxing holiday!!

Family Pictures

We were able to get some pretty good family pictures at Thanksgiving when we were all together. It's not often we get the chance to be together, so we had to take advantage of the opportunity!

Girls Weekend in Tupelo!

Chet and Sam went to TN to go hunting with Adam and Hayden, so the girls had a fun, relaxing weekend in Tupelo. On Friday night, we met Hollie and Ivey Kate at Cantina Del Sol to eat mexican. Then on Saturday, we went downtown to shop the Christmas open house, have lunch, and enjoy the gorgeous sunshine and warm temperature! We even got to see Santa Claus!! We took advantage of the great scenery downtown and had a little impromptu photo shoot! It was a fun weekend, and I very much enjoyed time with just the girls!

Pumpkin Patch

I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to go with Kat's class to the Pumpkin Patch this year. We had a great time at the Blue Mountain Pumpkin Patch. Her class was fun and very entertaining! We had fun on the slides and on the big bouncy trampoline, but she also loved feeding the animals! We picked out pumpkins for both of us so we could decorate the front porch (according to her). I really enjoyed my day with her!