Santa

We took the girls to see Santa last night after dinner. They were so excited! I wasn't sure if Reagan would like him up close this year but I guess our long talk about Santa paid off because she really enjoyed sitting on his lap. Apparently the girls want snow globes for Christmas?!?

Haircuts

Today I took the girls to my friends house who does my hair so they could get a haircut. Aubrey's hair is so long it takes forever to dry, tangles easily, and is really hard for this "not good at hair" mom to manage. She did not want to get it cut at first, she said "no mommy I want to be like Tangled and have super long hair forever" but I convinced her that if we cut it, it will grow back longer and healthier. She ended up getting really excited to go to Georgia's and couldn't stop talking about her "hair apt" all morning long.

Before

After!

I have never cut Reagan's hair so this was the first trim! Reagan did great in the chair, she watched Aubrey go first which I think helped. She sat very still (which she never does for me!) while Georgia cut away. It was really close to her nap time and she almost fell asleep during the cut!

Reagan before

After! 

(see those tired eyes)

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here in Va Beach. Mimi came to visit for the week and it was a lot of fun having her here. I didn't take many pics but here are a few phone pics that got snapped.

Here I am about to start the Turkey Trot 10K. Running the Turkey Trot has become a Michael family tradition. Every year it has been pretty cold for the trot and I always think we are crazy for subjecting ourselves to it BUT we always have a lot of fun doing it. 

Right after we finished! 

Daddy smoked us one yummy Turkey. The girls nicknamed him "Squanto" we have a tendency to give everything a nickname in our family.

Aubrey and Reagan made a turkey to show what they are thankful for.....rainbows, whole world, cubbies & puggles (AWANA), the beach, family, church and Jesus!

Ready to eat our feast! 

Can't believe its December now, where does the time go!!!

Fall Leaves

The girls have been begging to play in a pile of leaves. So the day after Thanksgiving Nate raked up a huge pile as well as blew leaves on the girls as they jumped in! It was 30 minutes of pure fun. 

Strike Fighter Ball 2013

On Friday Nate and I attended the annual Strike Fighter Ball. As always it was a total blast!  Naval Aviators know how to throw a fun party that's for sure!  It's quite the event from start to finish, lots of traditions, comradarie, and shenanigans! These pics are just a few from before hand to document that I actually got dressed up and did my hair for once.

Having some pre "Pilot Prom" fun with the Porratas!

Halloween 2013

The girls had so much fun trick-or-treating together this year! They were so cute running up to each house. Nate set up the fire pit in our driveway and our friend Ryan handed out candy while we took the girls trick-or-treating. It was fun to come back to the fire after we were done and have dinner next to it while watching other kids trick-or-treat. Here are some pics to remember it by, its always hard to get pics among costumes and candy chaos!

Our little green fairy girl!

This picture cracks me up because no one came to the door and the girls had funny expressions telling me about it!

Playing with Ryan. My girls are obsessed with him!

My hunka burnin' love!

and his favorite thing, Fire!!!

This is Wilson our carved pumpkin. Aubrey designed it with Daddy while Reagan picked out every single seed!

First Treat!

Sister Love

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch at Hunt Club Farm

This fall has been a busy one and we have been trying to fit in a family pumpkin patch visit but it hasn't worked out with our schedule. Yesterday afternoon Daddy got home from work early so we high tailed it over to Hunt Club Farm. The weather was beautiful and hardly anyone else was there. It was perfect! We found our special pumpkin and took it home to carve and made pumpkin seeds. This was the first year both girls were really into the carving process. Daddy had lots of help! So glad we made it over to Hunt Club.

Camping at Pocahontas State Park

This past weekend we took the girls camping with our friends the Porratas. We have been planning this trip for a few weeks now, but a few days out Brandy and I freaked out with the temps projected to dip into the low 30's at night. Eeek that is cold to be tent camping with our little ones!  But we were determined to go  no matter what so we rented a camper for some heat and changed our campsite a few times to find a spot that could hook up the camper, we eventually settled on Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield VA.  I was proud of myself because I overcame the cold and slept in the tent with Nate both nights, we even woke up to frost the first night.  The park was beautiful and was the perfect place to camp for us.

This was taken right after we set up camp. We are the camp set up champs!!

Fond memories!

Lots of awesome trails to hike and bike.  We got lost once for over an hour!

We took the kids Geocaching for the first time. Everyone had a lot of fun doing it, especially my mountain man who loves to explore and hunt for treasure.

This cache was found by Gabey!

Nate pulling Roman and Reagan in the bike carrier as Ramses navigates to the next Cache!

 I was so proud of myself when I found this one!! 

We hiked around Beaver Lake

The mountain mommas!

The kids had so much fun playing on the John Deere.  They explored for hours all around the campsite.

Pretty sure Gabe was saving Aubrey from Zombies here. Those two are so cute together!

Aubrey tore it up on her balance bike!

Nate trying to figure out how much Zeus weighs! I spy some kids on a tractor in the background:)

So many fun memories! We made some great camp food too, it was a successful trip overall.