Thanksgiving and Christmas

Above are some family photos from Thanksgiving....

For Christmas I went to PA on the 19th - 25th Had a wedding, visited friends and hung out with my Mom, Dad and Jonathan. Was a good relaxing time even if i had a bad cough!

Having Fun with Friends

Birthday - Game Night

For Nita birthday she and I went to Outback and then to Wegmans to check out the new store not to far from our place. Since her birthday was in the middle of the week we then on Friday evening had a birthday bash for her with friends, food and games!




Nita and I at the party





We had stuffed mushrooms, wings, yummy soft pretzels, veggies and dip, chips and salsa and lovely desserts!






















new game "What's Cookin"


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Her Mom and Dad and brother came for the party - supposed to be a surprise but she found out that day!

Family

Family here to visit and we did a photo shoot!

Ashlea

Allison

Anita

They say we look and act alike! :)


Thanks to you all for coming had a great weekend..lets eat more tortilla soup

Gas Prices

WOW never thought I would see the day that gas would get below 2.00...AWESOME

Past Weekend

My sister and family were here last weekend and we had a great time. I want to post pictures and such however this week was a busy one! Hope all of you had a great week

Outing with a Friend

Awhile back Dawn asked me if I would be willing to go and get her mums and pumpkins for her store "The Farmers Wife". I decided to ask Merry to join me since she loves fall and we have not done something like this in a long time. Off to Miller Farm's we go and what a lovely day and place it was and I have a feeling I will visit this place again. They have a potting shed there in which they do classes - anything from cooking, to making wreaths and potting plants. I am highly thinking of going there early December to do a wreath. We picked up lots of different sizes and colors of pumpkins and I am enjoying a few of them at my place as well.

Saying for the day

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is the finger of God on our shoulder.
Margaret Kennedy

Friends, Fall and Good Times

This past weekend Nita and I tilled up the garden and planted strawberries. Then we went to Olive Gardens and did some errands in town as well as stopped by our friend place to see the new baby again - he is so little whittle and cute! :)

Saturday went to a Close to My Heart party at Ruthie house - Emily was the consultant - Great Job Em! Was good to be there and and have some of Ruthie yummy breakfast - THANKS! Saturday afternoon I was trying to get last minute outside work done like cleaning up flower beds and mowing lawn before the frost comes on Sunday evening which it did that! hard one - maybe we will have a cold winter for a change.

Every fall Merry and I read a book:
Here is our favorite devotional

" You Don't Know You Want This"

Grace can be a hard doese of reality for those of us who are accustomed to paying our own way, to pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, to earning a living by the sweat of our brow. Acknowledging grace means recognizing that I am not self-sufficent, that I have needs-deep needs for spiritual direction and meaning and significance for my life-and that I don't even know what to seek...or how. Receiving grace means accepting what I have not earned - indeed, embracing something I didn't even know I lacked.
My mother's wry sense of humor has helped me to learn an important lesson about grace. Every year at Christmas, at least one package arrives with the label, "You don't know you want this, but you do."
So it is with grace, with God's direction in our life. Circumstances change, and we resist the changes. Life moves on, but we want to stay where we are comfortable. And gently with a smile, God says, "Follow me, Come out: there is much you have not seen. You don't know you want this, but you do.
Penelope J Stokes

Thankful for my housemate

I was about to go to choiropractor and I get a call from Nita saying she was in an accident on the way home from work can I come and get her. I knew enough before I got there that her car is totally messed up but she said that she is fine or at least does not need to go to the hospital. A car was doing a left hand turn at light on green yeild and did not see her coming thru intersection - she basically Tboned the vehicle and it flipped on its roof, they went to the hospital beings there was 2 children in car and then a 3rd vehicle was in it. We then discovered when we got home that the police who wrote up documents at scene kept her license so we went back and picked that up. PTL that it was not her fault and no one seemed to be hurt other than sore muscles, etc. Pray for her -VERY sore she is, has all that paperwork to deal with, insurance company to deal with and also getting a new car. I thank God that he spared her life and that we can be best friends! :)

Great Weekend

Friday evening Nita and I stopped at friends to see the baby room! Wow really cute baby room - if i had a picture of it I would post it since my friend does not! :) We also went browsing in some shops and ended up at Barnes and Noble with Ivan's and Steve's. Been rainy a lot this week so that was a fun Fri eve outing to do.

Saturday I spent the day with Em, we went to Thrift Shop, IKEA, Potomac Mills and Wegmans. Sat evening I met friends from PA at restaurant and they came by my house. Thanks to the Kem family for stopping by, it sure was great to see you all again and hang out. Sunday went to church and had lunch with them at the Miller's. I wish so bad I would have had my camera for Saturday evening but forgot to bring it along, so here is one photo taken with cell phone!

Work Event

We had New Employee Orientation at work - Merry and I did the decorations!







Future Choice Booker

We had an outdoor picnic Thursday evening, here are a few of my lovely friends!