Walk Worthy Day At The Capitol

Our first annual Walk Worthy Day at the capitol was a huge success! The event was organized by our very own American Heritage Girls Vice Coordinator Beth Nafziger, our Trail Life/AHG charter rep Marvin Burr, and Representative John Carson. I went as an AHG leader with all my kiddos in tow. I took a bunch of pictures, but am limiting this post to ones of mostly my kids (with exception for the big group picture and people I've asked permission from before). 

We *barely* made it to the bus stop to catch a Gwinnett Transit bus downtown. We did make it though and enjoyed not having to deal with traffic!

Representative John Carson

A lady from American Heritage Girls (I can't remember her name!) and Marvin Burr. 

I absolutely love the details of the capitol building! There are so many interesting architectural designs, I ended up taking quite a few pictures of just them.

The entire group that showed up! People from many different troops across Georgia. My kids and I are all hiding in this picture somewhere!

One of the doorknobs.

Shelby freaking me out with about the height and her ability to get through the columns. She thought it was quite amusing!

The wood around the door frames.

Outside eating lunch, I noticed the reflection of the capitol on the glass building and thought it looked cool. 

Our troops!

A lovely flower!

Over the windows on the outside of the capitol. 

A fun part of the day was watching this police dog in action. Nobody bothered to let me know that they had hidden something for him to find right behind where I chose to sit! Thankfully I wasn't too much in his way though...

Shelby enjoying her conversation with Sarah. 

Even the vents were pretty!

A picture with the AHG lady. My girls of course had to be silly!

With the Klinect girls, again my girls had to be the goofy ones!

Under the rotunda. 

Emily and Paige across the rotunda.

Sarah with Shelby and Cheyenne.

My goofy girls!

All my kiddos on the steps before leaving. 

Clayton with his best friend Buddy.

The gold dome of the capitol. 

Shelby watching out the window of the bus...

...until she and Paige both crashed.

365 in 2015 - End of Week 39

This was our first full week back from vacation. It took us a little while to get back into the swing of things, but it was good to be home! 

I missed Sunday, so this was right before we headed out to Trail Life on Monday evening.

The kids playing a game of Settlers of Catan.

Helping out at the Gwinnett Right to Life booth at the Gwinnett County fair. We've never helped with a booth before, and enjoyed our time there!

I took the kids to the fair on Friday evening while Jon was away on his fishing trip. There was a misty rain the whole time we were there, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. Can you tell Shelby was super excited?

A picture of Crazy Mouse with the Ferris Wheel in the background.

This sign made me laugh out loud! It was on the door to Jet's Pizza.

Clayton cleaning out our Kirby with mom's Kirby. Our Kirby's hose broke and so the cloth bag filled with dirt and dust instead of the paper bag inside it. It was a great big mess, and I still haven't managed to get it fixed. Thankfully, we could borrow mom's vacuum and take care of the mess!

365 in 2015 - End of Week 32

I tried to get back into taking more pictures this week! I did okay, but not as well as I had wanted. I did get a chance to read a few things on photography and can't wait to read some more!

I didn't take any pictures on Sunday, so this is from Clayton's Trail Life Twilight Ops on Monday.

This is also from Monday. Paige loves the little rope swing at Calvary Chapel.

Clayton shooting his bow and arrow. He was so glad to be able to!

Clayton made his own target, and was glad to get the arrow through the box!

My sweet Shelbs.

Legos are the big thing around here! 

Saturday night dinner with guests: a low country boil!

Trail Life: Twilight Ops

The younger Trail Life boys had an evening event in August called Twilight Ops. Marvin and Roxanne created a bunch of games and activities for the boys to play together and compete. We all had a great time! Jon helped out and the girls played and I took a couple pictures and just enjoyed watching the boys compete.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Clayton's Trail Life troop set up a camping trip from July 17th-19th in Huntsville, Alabama to visit the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. As much as I didn't want to camp in the middle of the summer, we had an enjoyable time and I didn't completely melt in the heat. I didn't take too many pictures outside the space center, and I pared those down for this post (since it's so late in being posted anyway). 

This neat old metal playground structure was at our campground. I thought it looked a little like a UFO.

The kids had fun creating little forts in the morning before we left for the tour of the space center.

A quick attempt at a family picture.

One of the cool robots on display.

The girls enjoyed one of the rides!

Jon participating in one of the talks we had. The lady shot puffs of air to knock the cups off people's heads.

One of the rockets outside the space center.

A mini display that I thought was interesting.

A self-portrait.

Paige being goofy during the science experiment part of our trip!

After a long and full morning/early afternoon walking through the space center, Shelby passed out during the science class the other kids participated in.

At the planetarium Saturday evening. It was pitch black, so I turned on the flash - which Shelby certainly didn't like!