The Torrence Family annual trip to the Mountains..

This year instead of driving through the mountains we took

Olivia to the Hillcrest Apple Orchard for some fall family fun!

 She milked her first cow!

 This is Buttercup!

 The petting zoo was a huge hit!

 She was determined to catch this chicken!!

 Feeding the baby cow with daddy

 Holding a baby chick..this was really fun to watch!

 Sliding down the big slide...and I mean this slide was

super high up! I couldn't believe she did this!

 Cheering on the pigs at the pig races!

 Our little family :-)

We met up with our friends Jason and Tracy and their boys.

Here are the fall fun kids! Olivia, Holden, and Landon.

Visit with Mema and her cousins

Olivia and I went to visit my Mema the week of her birthday and my cousin Lindsey brought 

her boys over for a playdate. They all enjoyed playing together! So sweet watching

 our kids play together like we used to!

 Grayson was so proud giving his gift to Olivia.

 As you can see in the background...Emory was liking 

Olivia's gift more than she was! LOL! 

Sweet cousins!

Olivia's 2nd Birthday Party

This year's theme was Elmo! We had a blast!

 Olivia took Granddaddy by the hand and asked him to sit 

with her on the steps and wait for her Mimi and Poppa to come! 

So sweet!

 Olivia loves her new drum! She is definitely going to be a 

music lover!

Apparently we were taking to long to get out the cake and ice cream

because she had to sneak a taste! LOL! That's our girl!

Think she had fun???

Elliott Family Reunion 2012

The first weekend of October every year is my family reunion. 

As you can see...Olivia had a blast playing with her Granddaddy!

 This is my family: Aunt Diane, Granddaddy, Me, Max, Olivia, Maw Maw, 

Ryan, Necia, Morgan, and Molly. 

Fall at the Torrence House 2012

We're ready for the changing leaves, trick-or-treaters, and fall fun!

 This month Olivia's color is Orange and her letter is "O".

Uncle Blake's Welcome Home Party~

Blake's deployment ended and Olivia couldn't have been more excited to see her Unka Bake! She just wouldn't leave him alone!! LOL...and he loved getting all of her sweet hugs and attention.

Granddaddy comes for a visit with little bit...

Just hanging out with Granddaddy!

Go Dawgs!

Pinterest Projects Fall 2012

This project focused on colors and textures. We mixed up some fun stuff and dipped cotton balls in the colors and then baked them in the oven to make them harden. She thought it was pretty cool!

 Mixing the ingredients for mommy

 Dipping the soft cotton in the different colors before baking them and making them hard and rough.

This is a cool trick! Our science lesson was watching the FIREWORKS in the jar! We filled a jar with water, topped it off with veg oil and dropped in colored dye. Once the dye penetrates the oil and enters the water it explodes! Really neat thing to do with kids! Thanks Pinterest!

September Round Up!

Have I said before how fast this year is flying?!?!?!? Well I am just not ever prepared for the next month to arrive so quickly! I can't believe we've finished up September which means...Birthday party planning has been kicked into high gear! We had a great September as you can see from the pics below. From Labor Day lake house fun, picnics, Suwanee Day, Musuems and hot dogs, to a little mommy/daddy time at the PGA Championship. Looking forward to some fun with family and friends in October celebrating Olivia's 2nd birthday, Halloween, and decorating for my favorite season FALL!

Atlanta Children's Museum

I took Olivia to the Atlanta Children's Museum one Sunday for a day of adventure. 

 Playing in the Lego room...bet daddy is glad she likes Legos!

 Livi loved learning how to milk the cow.

 The pretend garden where the kids can plant and then pull out their veggies.

 Moon-Dough..this stuff is really neat! Definately making this!

 This girl loves a slide!

 She is the only girl playing with about 5 boys in the train area...our sweetie loves a CHOO CHOO train!

 This was Olivia's favorite area. The kids can learn about import/export stuff. Of course we simplified it to the big truck delivers the goods, the stores sell the goods, we buy the goods :) Here are the girls paying for their basket of groceries.

What museum trip would be complete without a trip to the Varsity for a hot dog and frosted orange?

Suwanee Day 2012

Max and I took Olivia to Suwanee Day this year for the first time! We had a blast~

 Waiting for the parade to begin.

 This may have been the most exciting time of the day for Olivia! Her first time seeing a marching band!! She loved the instruments!

 Little peanut on the BIG slide! I can't believe she actually did this!

They had a "Kids Theater" section this year and what a great job they did! This was the Bubble Man and the kids loved watching him make BIG bubbles!

Daddy's Work Picnic

Last weekend was full of fun! We had our dear friends over Saturday for some Georgia Football!!! I just love fall weather, football, and friends :) Then Sunday we went to South Carolina for Max's employee picnic. They held it at a really cool park for kids and there was so much for them to do and play on! Olivia loved it! Her friend Emily and her parents Fouad and Amanda rode with us up there. The girls had a blast..check it out!

 "Look Mommy! I'm going down the big girl slide"

 There is nothing more fun than going through the tunnel with your friend.

 Olivia loves music so this was big hit!

 Hoola hooping cuties!

We've got us one happy girl! Love this peanut!!