The rest of October and November have been busy and fun. Here are some of the highlights.
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| Sarah Avery's school was extra festive before Halloween. |
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| We didn't make it to Taylor Swift's famous Eras Tour, but we saw her movie with friends. |
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| We had as much fun as the kids did. |
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| Our Swifties |
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| They spent the entire 3 hours dancing in front of the screen. |
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| The next day, Peter chaperoned Sarah's Girl Scout troop on their trip to Mount Vernon. |
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| And the next weekend was extra exciting because Peter and Susannah had their 10k race. This is them at the expo. |
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| They had a great race day experience. |
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| I think Susannah is hooked. |
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| And these girls finished up an awesome field hockey season. They only lost 2 games! |
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| Sarah Avery is loving her new 4th-grade freedom and runs all over the neighborhood visiting friends. |
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| We were so happy to be back in our house for Halloween. |
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| My earrings matched Sarah's costume. :) |
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| The gang before trick or treating. |
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| The following weekend, Peter and I headed to Charleston for his 20-year reunion at The Citadel. We stayed at a beautiful historic hotel downtown and had great weather. |
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| Meanwhile, back in Alexandria, Miss Allison took the girls to Cox Farms for some fall fun. |
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| We spent Friday morning at Folly Beach. It was great to see the ocean. |
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| Friday night was the big reunion party. |
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| This is the view from our hotel room. So gorgeous. |
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| I spent Saturday morning by myself while Peter attended the parade. Brunch for one was awesome. |
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| Citadel grad and Congresswoman Nancy Mace gave us her box seat tickets for the football game. |
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| Peter was delighted to spend the weekend with these guys. |
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| Peter's friend Jamie organized the reunion and was a wonderful host. |
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| The next weekend was another exciting one--we had tickets to see Shane Smith and the Saints, Peter's favorite band. |
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| It was so fun hearing all of our favorite songs in person. Peter was giddy. |
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| In other exciting news, Susannah got braces!! |
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| Thanksgiving was extra special this year because we hosted Uncle Hollis, Presley, and Papa. These girls got busy right away decorating festive cookies. |
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| Peter was so excited to have 3 days with these two. |
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| And this almost teenager was such a champ about keeping Presley entertained. |
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| We had traditional desserts for our feast, |
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| but went the untraditional route for our main meal, steaks, twice-baked potatoes, mac and cheese. We did have one traditional staple, green bean casserole. |
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| Peter did a fantastic job on the steaks. |
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| Papa taught his granddaughters about his journaling hobby. |
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| Our guests headed home on Saturday morning and we spent Sunday decorating our advent wreath at church. Now we are ready for the Christmas season!! |
We hope that all of you had a happy and delicious Thanksgiving. We are thankful for all of our friends and family and we hope to see some of you very soon!
