Saturday, May 25, 2013

It's a Frew Christmas

Seriously backtracking now!  5 months to the day!  But I'd lost these pictures when my computer kicked the bucket and just got them from Gramma when we were in Atlanta.  So here you go!  Christmas 2013 for the Frew side:

The calm before the storm!
Origami overload!
Modelling her new purse/Bible bag and scarf!
The books that inspired the blog!
The gang, getting ready to rip into some presents!
Sooooo excited!  Lego Lord of the Rings Helm's Deep!



Cousins! And twins?!
Sweet!
And savoury!
Frew boys!
More Frew boys, consumed by new Wii game!

The Frew Six!
Silly picture!  (Love what Garrett considers a silly pose!)
With Gramma and her new Maplea doll, Taryn!
There you have it! Great times!

My Mother's Day Morning 2013 - Via Instagram

Mother's Day morning.  Of course, Andy was, as always, long gone (at the Clova setting up for church) so it's just me and my gang.  I got showered with neat cards and presents created in secret at school. Plus my requested hanging basket, picked by Kaleb and funded by my man. Small bump in the road when my van wouldn't start (which was smoothed by Mr. Nez - thank-you!), but got to church to teach Sunday school just in time. 

Good times.  Good memories.  Best job in the world!! 
Bump and jump!
My bottle cap locket from Kaleb.  His picture is inside.
Pretty blooms!
Pretty girls with pretty blooms!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Celebrating 15 Years! Bahama Style!

I just finished the photobook I'm having made that documents our amazing trip the Club Med in the Bahamas.  Since I did all the work for that (even little books like this take hours; I'm always surprised how long!), I thought I'd share that with y'all.  Just click on this link and you'll be able to see a virtual copy of the photobook I've ordered.

15 years as Mr. and Mrs. Frew!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Atlanta 2013: Great Wolf Lodge and Bass Pro

A big highlight of this year's Atlanta trip was our adventure to Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, NC. We've (I've!) always wanted to go to the Great Wolf Lodge, so we were (I was!) very excited!

The day after Andy and I got home from the Bahamas, we set off our on our way. It is a bit of a drive, but we made it!  Yes, very thankful for headrest DVD players in Grampa's awesome truck and some nap time! (See below.)

The waterpark was awesome!  We all had a blast and there were slides just right for each of my kids. (Might have found this out the hard way, right Kenna?)  They all loved it though, and we spent several hours enjoying the waterpark both days.

I was a little worried about being cold (oh how I hate being wet and cold!), but this was not the case. They keep the park at 84 degrees (29 degrees for the Canadians) and it is not windy (obviously), so it was really lovely!  If anything, after climbing up the stairs to the top of the slides, I was hot! (But no complaining from me!)

So cute! Kaleb crashed on Kenna's lap!
Out cold!
Jorja, excited to have finally made it!
Posing for mommy!
Let's go, Mom!
Ready to hit the slides!

Action shot. Kaleb, back to the big bucket, ready to get drenched!
Soaked by the big bucket!
Ready for the breakfast buffet at The Loose Moose Cottage, Grampa's fave! ;)
Kaleb and Violet the Wolf!
Me and my girl!
On the way home, we hit up Bass Pro.  No stay in Atlanta is complete without a trip to this store, right Andy?  While we waited for Daddy to pick up a new reel (salmon season is coming!), the kids and I tried to entertain ourselves.  Kids, thanks for playing along!
Silly kids!
(More) Normal!
And that is all for my pictures from Atlanta.  I'm sad to have so few actually with Gramma and Grampa, so will have to work on that. Next time! So long away. :(

Next up: Bahama anniversary trip!

Atlanta 2013: Wild Animal Safari

While Grampa is away, the family will play!

We loved the Wild Animal Safari when we went for the first time back in 2011.  We had hoped to go again last year when on our way driving down to Florida, but torrential rain stopped us.  So we were happy this year to be able to go back and visit.  We were sad to leave Grampa behind (a highlight from our last trip is him getting seriously drooled on by the giraffes!) but were glad for a sunny not-too-hot day to see and feel all the cool animals. Here are some of my favorite pics:


Ready to board our "zebra van"!
The backseat chickens girls!
I love how Kaleb is sitting in the middle of the van, avoiding the drool!

Giraffes are my FAVE!








And then on the way home we hit up a famous (?) BBQ shack called Sprayberry's (great name, eh?!?) in Newnan, GA for some lunch.  It was quite adventure to find (there are actually two locations on opposite sides of the highway, so it was all a bit confusing) but it sure was yummy.  The kids were not as impressed as Andy, but Andy can't be in the south without filling his quota of BBQ. 

Pretty excited to be at Sprayberry's!