We're Sicky!

Being sick is no fun. my girls had coughs that started last weekend. While i was at work on monday, my mom called to tell me that abbi's sounded a lot worse. i called and got an apointment for her an hour later. turns out her cough was pneumonia!!! (spl?) also bronchitis on top of that. they gave both her and reagan a prescription. i woke up yesterday with a horrible cold....grrr...

anyway...
Nate's parents came from michgan to visit last week. We always have a great time when they're here. we went to Philly, Atlantic City, a pumpkin farm, the park...we had a fun, full week! we plan on going there the week after Christmas.

a few pics of the day in atlantic city. it was such a beautiful day!!!






one of my favorite things to do at the beach when i was a kid was to look for shells. my dad still has a shoebox full of my collection in his shed. it was fun to share that activity with reagan.




here are a few pictures of the pumpkin farm. they had a ton of chickens that captured the girls attention forever.



Abbi had a little chicken walk going on, it was so cute! don't you love her glasses? she insisted on wearing them.





unfortunately we did not get one good picture of the girls with pumpkins. oh well, you get the idea.



we have a full weekend this week too. tomorrow night is our church's candy carnival, friday night we're going to a friend's church in PA for a huge fall festival there, and Saturday night we have a youth group hayride. i love fall activities! it got really cold here the past couple of days...brrrr!!!

i hope everyone is enjoying the fall season!

Who Would Tag Me???

So i've been "tagged," meaning i have to write 7 random things about myself and "tag" others to do it as well. well, you can all relax. i won't tag anyone, but i will post things about myself. thanks to my best buddy Gooch for tagging someone who hasn't blogged in weeks!! she's always been good at motivating me. this is for you gooch!


#1. I failed swimming lessons as a child. Who does that? me. everyone got a turtle patch and i only got a blow pop. i have vivid memories. sad, i know.

#2. I took almost 9 years of piano lessons and hated every minute of it. my brothers (as most of you know) are both very musical, i am not. i can read music, which i great, but that's about it.

#3. I cry at resturants if they mess up my order. Ask Nate, he'll confirm. Almost every time we eat out my order comes last, is wrong, and i'm too upset or hungry to send it back for them to get it right. i just sit there with tears rolling down my face.

#4. Speaking of food....i absolutely HATE hot sandwiches. The thought of eating a panini makes me puke in my mouth a little. i like grilled cheese, that's about it. no ham or anything else in it though. I think hot lunch meat is the worst. yuck.

#5. This one is embarrassing: i sucked my thumb until i was a teenager, 14 actually. i always had issues sleeping at night, and sucking my thumb seemed to put me to sleep. i tried to hide it all the time(obviously). my parents tried every incentive and reward to get me to stop, nothing worked until i began braces. they gave me an expander in my mouth that filled the roof, therefor i couldn't even fit my thumb in anymore. problem solved. only took 15 years.

#6. I look forward to Christmas all year. seriously. i LOVE the holiday season. time with family, great food (no hot sandwiches), gift giving, learning more and more each year about Jesus and why He came, excitement in the air, decorations, etc... my excitement seems to have began earlier than usual this year. i am way pumped already. i can't wait until the day after thanksgiving so i can bust out Christmas videos and cds. LOVE IT!

#7. __________________________________________ I've left this one blank for you! I'm sure you all can fill out something random about me that i can't think of right now. let me know what it is!!



Hope to write again soon....i mean it this time!!!!





did i post this already?? can't remember. it's from Elizabeth's(my sister-in-law) sister, Lauren's wedding in june. don't we look hot? it was so hot outside the camera kept fogging up.