Girls 'n Grace

I recently made a new discovery, and with Christmas around the corner, I thought it was worth sharing! Maddie and Ella are both huge American Girl fans, but there is a new set of dolls out that I am really excited about. They are called Girls 'n Grace. It is the same concept as the American Girls, except these are based on Christian principles. Plus the dolls are the same size, so they can wear the American Girl clothes! This is a quote from the website:

"Each of the characters in the Girls 'n Grace series discover and grow in a relationship with God based on His new covenant of grace. Simply stated, they live in an embrace of God's grace."

This is a very new series founded by Christian author Pam Davis. Currently there are only 2 characters and several look alike dolls, but more are coming soon. They also have mother/daughter bible studies coming soon. Check out their website and see what you think!

Pumpkin Time

So, Eric has been having severe pain in his tooth. To make a very long story short, he ended up having an emergency root canal done on Sunday. Bless his heart, his face started swelling and has just been miserable. Yesterday, he just wasn't up to going to work. Problem is, if he stayed at home, he couldn't sit still. He would have gotten into some project and would have ended up in worse pain than he started. I have been wanting to take the girls to the apple orchards and the pumpkin farm in Ellijay, so he agreed to go with us. I drove so he could rest. Despite him being drugged, we really did have a great day! Here we are eating apples at Hillcrest. Maddie normally isn't an apple eater, but her front tooth is close to coming out and we told her that eating an apple would help. :) She's already asked for another apple this morning.

I thought these were some cute pictures of the girls in the pumpkin patch.

searching for the perfect pumpkins

Notice, Maddie is still eating her apple.

the final selections