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2012

I was horrifed when I FINALLY logged into my Blogger account and realized that my last post had been in January 2012, and the post before that was 6 months prior! You see, with only one laptop in the house, and 3 hi-tech kids, 2 of which use the computer for their homework, I rarely ever use the laptop. I've resorted to using my iPhone for almost everything, yet for some reason I neglected to find a way to continue my blog online. Last week I found the Blogger app, and next week I'm upgrading my iPhone for a better camera. I should be able to easily keep the blog up to date with pics and details about the ongoings of our family. So, in 2011 - 2012, I basically used Facebook to keep everyone updated. In January of 2013, I decided to take a less active role in the whole FB world, as it seemed less and less people are actually keeping in touch that way. Below I am posting my favorite pics from my blogging sabbatical.

 
Graham attended Open House with his brothers in Nov of 2011. I grabbed this shot.
 
 
 
 
Santa at Rock City in 2011 and 2012!
 
 
 

Our 2012 visit to the Festival of Lights at Rock City. We love it!
 
 
 
 
A quick day trip to Stone Mountain, GA.
 
 
 

PacMan, Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde




 
Jason's new toy



 
Halloween 2011

 
 
 
Rock City, September 2012



 
My Valentines - 2012
 
 

 
(Sham)Rock City, March 2012 with Uncle Scott, Aunt Lisa & Patrick
 
 
 
 

 
2012 Fall family pictures at the Chickamauga Battlefield
 
 
 
 

Comments

Cantina Camp said…
AWESOME!! Love the update with pictures! :) I really do like the last two of the family and boys in the leaves. That should be your header picture at the top of your blog. :)

We love Stone Mtn!! So wish we lived closer and we would go there all the time!! Their camp grounds are really nice!

Love the pictures that we can actually see the difference in the boys (Christmas and Halloween).

Thanks again for sharing!!
March 24, 2013 at 4:08 PM
The McKinneys said…
Thank you! I feel so much better now that things are documented. I think I've been having "sharing" withdrawls since I've stopped posting on Facebook. I'm sad that I've missed documenting the little things, but I'm happy to be back to blogging!
March 24, 2013 at 6:36 PM
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