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– the great pumpkin!!! –


the great pumpkin!!! - photo by: angela nichols

we decided to take advantage of the beautiful fall morning and headed to southern belle farms for some good ol’ fashioned outdoor fall fun! in the process, we got this ginormous pumpkin, or the great pumpkin as we like to call it!

more photos from southern belle farms to come!

– ryan & gub

southern belle farms

1767 turner church road
mcDonough, georgia 30252

770-288-2582

– halloween snowman –


halloween snowman - photo by: ryan sterritt

we did some fall crafting this morning! check out clementine’s amazing halloween snowman!

– ryan & gub

– weezer playing ball –


weezer playing ball - photo by: ryan sterritt

rivers cuomo and weezer were throwing the ball around at turner field before their free concert!

– ryan

– clue town books: oakland cemetery –


clue town oakland cemetery - photo by: angela nichols

for my birthday, we got a babysitter and tried out our first scavenger hunt from clue town books. we had a blast for sure! we started out at the republic for some cocktails before walking over to historic oakland cemetery for our adventure.

for those of you who are unfamiliar with clue town, they are these great scavenger hunt books from local kirkwood resident jay carlson. the books come with a compass, a little pencil, and lots of puzzles to solve along the way. he has released 4 books so far, including: piedmont park, oakland cemetery, downtown decatur, and the beltline eastside trail. the scavenger hunts take roughly 60-90 minutes to complete, depending on which one you go with.

for our first clue town adventure, we went with the historic oakland cemetery. the hunt took us about an hour and a half, which was longer than the 60 minute estimate. we took our time strolling through the historic atlanta site however, soaking in our rare outing away from the kids. the puzzles were challenging at times, but definitely fun and not too hard. the compass was used quite a bit as well, which added to the experience!

although we didn’t bring our kids, the oakland cemetery hunt definitely seemed kid-friendly. everything was self-contained within the cemetery walls and parking was close and free, so it would be an easy scavenger hunt to try out with the kids.

you can buy clue town books directly from jay at most atlanta festivals, or you can find them at select atlanta shops, including: the beehive, youngblood boutique, heliotrope, oakland cemetery gift shop and the high museum of art gift shop.

up next for us is piedmont park, we can’t wait! we are going to try it out with clementine and grey!

– ryan & gub

historic oakland cemetery

248 oakland avenue se
atlanta, ga 30312

404-249-5000

the republic

437 c memorial drive se
atlanta, ga 30312

404-577-3997

– buckets of fun –


buckets of fun - photo by: angela nichols

one bucket of water. one bucket of sand. HOURS of entertainment!

highly recommended!!!

– gub

– rise & shine campers –


we got up at the crack of dawn and headed to the yellow river game ranch on groundhog day to see if georgia’s general beauregard lee would see his shadow. they claim he is 94% accurate, and we are always up for some agritourism, so we made our way to lilburn to see what it was all about. as the sun finally started to rise, the general came out of his house and did not see his shadow, predicting an early spring!

there was a fairly big turnout for the celebration, including various members of the press and medieval times. lots of people even brought signs to cheer on beau. waffle house was also on hand providing coffee and hot cocoa during the cold, foggy morning.

afterwards we walked around the ranch to check out the other animals before heading to dunkin donuts for a little treat for the kids! oh, we also watched bill murray’s groundhog day, as per holiday tradition!

– ryan & gub

yellow river game ranch

4525 us 78
lilburn, ga 30047

770.972.6643

– winter wonderland –


here are more photos from our recent snowmageddon! we thoroughly enjoyed the winter weather, hopefully it won’t be another three years before we see snow again in atlanta.

– ryan & gub

– ice cream sunday –


we spent a nice sunday afternoon at the peachtree dekalb airport playground watching the airplanes and helicopters take-off! afterwards we hit up bruster’s for some ice cream, which the kids clearly enjoyed!

– ryan & gub

– happy birthday gubby –


for gubby’s birthday, we had some cake with the kids before heading out to try the kimball house, the new restaurant in downtown decatur by the brickstore and leon’s full service owners. it’s in the old train depot across the street from the dq. the food was delicious, as were the cocktails! we are excited there’s a fun new place in such a beautiful old building.

check out their menu!

– ryan & gub

the kimball house

303 east howard avenue,
decatur, ga 30030

404-436-1825

– grey & clementine –


we were able to keep grey and clementine on our glider long enough for some photos. the results were adorable!

– ryan & gub