THE TABOR TIMES

For those of you not from Atlanta, I feel like I'm going to have to thoroughly explain this blog post. Growing up in Atlanta, the department store, Rich's, was a big part of Atlanta culture. The headquarters was in downtown Atlanta, so back in the day, a lot of Atlantans worked for Rich's. My grandmother (Gran) was one of them. Gran was a pharmacist and worked at the Rich's downtown.  So when I was little, Rich's had a ride around Christmas time called the Pink Pig. The Pink Pig began in 1953, and it was a monorail train that originally went above the toy department at Rich's. The train was  pink and the doors on it opened like those on a Lamborghini. Every year we would go downtown during December with our neighbors and best friends, the Bachelors. The ride eventually moved to the roof of Rich's where it would fly over Christmas scenes that had been placed on the roof. I remember it being so cold, but so much fun.  Eventually Macy's took...

Back in November (yep I'm way behind) we went for a weekend away in Blue Ridge with the whole Tabor family. We stayed in a beautiful cabin together with great views. The little girls had so much fun playing together. It was some fun family time. Kendall and Genevieve playing in the tent Playing on the black bears Gorgeous view from the deck Sweet cousins Reading with Dad and Papa Ryan and Andrea playing pool  (and Ryan being ridiculous for the camera)

Grammy and Pops gave Kendall a Frankenstein doll that dances to Monster Mash. Just yesterday she started dancing with the music. The quality of the video isn't great, but you get the idea. My favorite part is when she goes down to one knee. Cracks me up every time!

Our little turtle was in a Halloween parade for the 2nd time! Her preschool does a parade for all of the kids down the church hallway for the parents and staff that want to come. We were afraid this year that she was going to freak out when she saw us in the crowd. But she did really well. She just tried to climb out of the stroller when she saw us like she wanted to come with us.  She left her hat and turtle shoes on which was a small miracle. She wouldn't leave the hat on for more than 2 seconds every time I put it on her at home. Little turtle with the girls in her class -  Turtle, UGA cheerleader, bumble bee, and owl Trying to climb out of the stroller Some of the boys in Kendall's class This picture is funny and so sad at the same time. See the little turtle head up there looking back for Mom & Dad?  Break. My. Heart. Here are some other pictures of kids in their costumes. So adorable! Going out trick-or-tre...

Every year, North Point has a fall event for staff and their families to attend. Usually it's "Fall at the Farm" but this year was "Fall at the Zoo". This was perfect timing because we were ready to take Kendall bug for her first visit to the zoo. She was semi-interested in the animals that were up close, but not so much at the ones further away. I would point and try and get her to look, but to no avail. She was much more interested in all of her little friends around us. We recently joined a new small group with 7 other couples through our church. Three other people in the group also work at North Point, so they were all there with their kiddos too, which was lots of fun. I didn't take a ton of pictures, but there are a few to enjoy! I LOVE this picture. Notice Kendall's sweet little hand? She put her arm around Ryan all on her own.

What do you do when your beloved football team is playing in the biggest game of the season so far and apparently forgets all of their talent and skill in Athens? You blog. Because that's much more fun than watching said team get absolutely embarrassed. So yay! Thanks to the Dawgs' terrible, TERRIBLE, play tonight, I am getting caught up on my blogging. I hope you all enjoy seeing the fun we've had so far this fall. It's really been a blast. This morning we went to the Cumming Fair. Kendall's not at an age yet where she can ride rides by herself, so we just walked around and watched everyone else ride them. We came up on a really cool petting zoo. Kendall just got to pet some goats yesterday, but it was from behind a fence. But at this petting zoo, we got to go into the fence and get up close and personal with goats, sheep, rabbits, and pigs. Kendall did great and wasn't scared at all of the animals.  Petting the big goats Playing with the li...

The first Christmas that Ryan and I were married, we found a Christmas tree farm in Dawsonville where we cut down our Christmas tree. I found out this year that they also have pumpkins during the fall. So we made the trek up to the Kinsey Family Farm on Friday. It was a beautiful day and not crowded at all since it was during a work day. Kendall had a great time petting the goats and cows.  Her favorite part of the trip to the pumpkin farm by far was riding in the wagon to pick out a pumpkin. She did not want to get out of it!  Playing with her baby pumpkin This was cute until she started dropping  all of the little pumpkins out of the wagon.