The day I shot my first GUN!

Mike and I finally went on a long overdue date night, thanks to my parents being in town for Thanksgiving.

Mike suggested that we go to the gun range and I agreed. We had never done that before and I needed/wanted to know how to shoot a gun. We went to a place right near our house...Bulls Eye Indoor Gun Range in Downtown Lawrenceville.

We were able to rent 2 guns...a night hawk(shown above) and a desert eagle. .

It was pretty crazy shooting a gun. I will try to explain it the best way I can..but it is something you should experience for yourself.

I could actually see the explosion. It's really loud, and your whole body moves when the gun goes off. I enjoyed it, but know that the only time that I would ever use one would be for mine or my families protection.

South Eastern Railway Museum

Karlie's School had an auction style fundraiser. Mike and I bid on a couple of items but only won 2 auctions. One of our winning bids was a trip to the South Eastern Railway Museum. We wanted this trip for a couple of reasons. Janie's first word was choo-choo..and lately the girls favorite show is Dinosaur Train, so we thought taking them to see real trains would be a very exciting way to spend a gorgeous Saturday.

Their favorite part was NOT the huge steam engines, or the actual ride that we took on a real train, nope....it was the small train set that had a train going in a tunnel and coming out the other end. Go figure!

I was not expecting it, but much to my surprise...I hold a special place in my heart for trains. Seeing all the old passenger cars and envisioning how the elite traveled back then was really interesting. I also learned how to do morse code. Very Cool!

Lake Lanier Night of Lights

Oh What A Night..

Usually we are all in bed by 7:30, but last night we decided to do something different. We all packed into the car and went to Lake Laniers Magical Night of Lights. We enjoyed a wonderful evening of hot cocoa and gooey roasted marshmallows that we made ourselves at the outdoor firepit. Karlie and Janie's dreams came true as they rode on pony's and trains. ") It was so amazing to see the smiles on their faces.

Here are some pictures from our night.

Halloween '09

This Halloween turned out to be really fun for the girls. I wasn't even going to dress them up this year, but Mike talked me into buying them costumes. I went to Toys R' Us and found them the cutest little outfits ever...and they were on sale.

Lion Costume...$2
Poodle Costume...$5

You can't beat that! What a treat!! ")

We started off by going to Chick-fil-a on Thursday night where they had .99 cent kids meals, clowns, and kid activites.

Friday we had Karlie's School Halloween Party which turned out really great. We ate more chick-fil-a, made halloween bags and went trick or treating.

We finished off the holiday by going with Lee and Amy Dawkins to the Church Trunk or Treat party. It was really fun. We ate Chile, danced to halloween music, and got lots of good candy from Trunk or Treating.

Here are some pictures of the girls in their costumes.