Farewell!

On Saturday, we were able to see the Taylor family for one last time before they head overseas!! We first met them at Fort Bragg and it was great to see them again and see how HUGE their kids are!! We'll miss you Taylors!!
We also got to see Chad Thompson and that was a real treat! As well as Audra Garrett and the Moye family!! Audra just moved here (YAY!) and Ashley is headed overseas as well, but has been here in our ward! It was a little Bragg family get-together at CiCi's Pizza!! So much fun!! I love seeing old friends and reconnecting! Here's some photos I snapped...


Chad, John and Chris

Jessi, Jilli and Carly

Jeremiah and Cameron

Doing what they do best... :)

Thank You!!

Thank you for all the well wishes and ideas to keep this morning/daytime/evening sickness at bay!!! I'm game for anything and everything!! I appreciate all your comments!!
Rachel

Sacred Heart Cultural Center

We like to go on field trips with our Housing office's LifeWorks coordinator... mostly because she buys us lunch! This time, she took us to see the Sacred Heart Cultural Center downtown. It is a GORGEOUS old Catholic church turned cultural center. The stained glass windows inside are completely breathtaking. COMPLETELY. I wish I had a better camera so you could see their amazing-ness... but oh well. You'll just have to come and visit us... :) The kids were fascinated by all the colors! Mary, the tour guide for the center, was FULL of knowledge of all the history of the building and downtown... I could have listened to her for hours (if I wasn't feeling nauseaus and quite dizzy...) After the tour, we went to Augustino's- a FABULOUS Italian restaurant- for a delicious pasta bar where they cooked your pasta to order!!! It was soooooo good and hit the spot. Thanks to Kelly for taking us!

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Outside Looking up

Beautiful stained glass of the Savior

The Last Supper

So pretty!

Jilli

Ceiling

The lady in white is Mary... Jess and Miah are further down

Ceiling

Jeremiah took this picture.... can you see why?

Us!

It's Official!

LOOK WHO'S HAVING ANOTHER BABY!! :)

Yep!

I am expecting baby #4! (The doc confirmed it today!)

And yes, I know I said I would NEVER do this again.... believe me, I am really hating life right now!!! This morning/day/night sickness has me by the throat and if you have ANY good remedies for it I'd love to hear them!!

Chris and the kids are EXTREMELY excited!! My excitement will come later... :) When I feel better.

He or She will be here around the 10th of March!

Yay!

Aced the Promotion Board!!

Chris went to his promotion board on August 3rd and he passed with flying colors! We were so happy! He's been studying for it for months!!! He came home on cloud 9 and took us all to breakfast at IHOP! Yay! He will be promoted to Staff Sergeant in the beginning of September- which means a raise!! Yay!!
Way to go Chris!!!


Looking sharp in his Class A's

Coloring minions with Jillian

We are so happy for Dad!! (and we LOVE pancakes!!)

Chateau Elan Retreat

 We slipped away on the last weekend in July for a last-minute retreat sponsored by Chris' Battalion Chaplain. It was held at the Chateau Elan, located north of Atlanta. It was amazing!!! The Chateau is a winery and fine hotel with spa. We got to enjoy the hotel part! The rooms were gorgeous, the food was awesome and we only had to attend two quick seminars by the Chaplain hosting! On Friday, when we got there, we checked in and then headed to the swimming pool. I was hoping for a refreshing dip... but the pool was heated and it was less than refreshing. Oh well! The kids had a ball!

Saturday morning, after the seminar, we took the kids to a huge mall that had a Lego store!! They were so excited! They all LOVE Legos and it was definitely Lego heaven! The mall also had an indoor Skate park, an indoor Mini Golf Course, and Medieval Times!! It was HUGE!! We also went to the theater there and saw Despicable Me! which was hilarious!! If you haven't seen it yet, it's well worth the trip!! It was a great day!

Sunday, we attended the last bit of seminar and then took our time checking out and heading home. It was a great weekend and we didn't want it to end!! Here are some pictures:

The Chateau

Cool bushes at entrance!

The Hotel

The vineyards

Bed- so comfy!

Huge tub and robes!!

Pool Kids!

Miah ready to jump in!

Jilli getting ready to go!

Tired Trio

Lego Mummy!

Lego Darth!

The King from Medieval Times

Our Hotel's restaurant

Lobby area

Steps going down

Indoor fountain

Library Park!

We stopped by the library to drop off our books and play on the playground for a minute!
They had a blast!!


Faster!!

Smiling Jess

Wahoo!!

They loved this bouncy pole!

Another Cannon Detail!

We went down to the parade field for another ceremony where Chris got to shoot off his cannon again! Yay! We got a shady spot on the bleachers and only stayed for his event - NO MORE long speeches for us! :) Jillian brought her latest acquisition- "Monkey Monkey" or "Jeffrey for short". She makes me laugh. Gotta love her huge blue eyes!!


Monkey Monkey

Or Jeffrey

Chris is the fourth guy in from the orange track...

Chris is on the far right... :)