Thursday, November 16, 2017

Gratitude Tree


Thanksgiving has never been one of my favorite holidays if I'm being totally honest. I mean, I love the food but there just isn't a lot else to it. This year I really wanted to go deeper and connect with the true meaning of the holiday, this year I wanted to focus on gratitude.


 To that end I am keeping a gratitude journal for the month of November but I also wanted to get my family involved so I decided to try a gratitude tree this year. A gratitude tree is just a vase full of sticks and some paper leaves, very simple to make but lovely! Whenever the mood strikes us throughout the month we take a paper leaf, write down something we are grateful for and tie it on the tree. Above you can see one of my leafs on the left and one Clover wrote herself on the right! (she tells me that it says "my toys")


The gratitude tree has been an instant hit from the moment I put it up on November 1st. My kids absolutely love it and I love hearing the things they are grateful for which include family, pets and treasured toys to name a few. It gives me the warm fuzzies to hear that Eric is grateful for my cooking or that Echo is grateful for mommy so it is really contributing to our happiness as a family to reflect on what we are grateful for and hear what others appreciate about us as well. I can see that this is a new Thanksgiving tradition that is sure to last.

October Photos


October is such a beautiful and fun filled month in Georgia. We had lots of fun adventures in the beautiful Fall weather starting with our favorite festival, Sunday in the Park at Oakland Cemetery.





We took a lovely family trip to the beach and met up with Logan's friend Alison there.



Renting a house with a pool was a huge hit!




 
we visited the fountain of youth.





The weekend after the beach we headed to the mountains for a camping trip with Eric's parents. It was a lovely campground and the weather was perfect!








We visited the Botanical Gardens





A very chilly visit to the corn maze




Finally there was Halloween! Such fun this year!