Happy Anniversary!

Today Ed and I celebrate 17 years of marriage! WOW, I cannot believe it is that long. I feel like I have known him forever!!

I am so blessed to have a great supporter, wonderful dad and godly husband to share my days with.

Honey I love you with all my heart and look forward to many more years together with you.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving dinner with family & friends. We got to go to PA to be with my family and we only had to travel 1 hour. It was wonderful. Brianna and I spent the night to get up nice and early to head out and go Christmas shopping at 6:00 in the morning. This is something the girls of the family have been doing since I lived in PA 6 years ago. My mom & sister continued it over the 5 years that I lived in Michigan. So this year was no exception!

We had a bit of a late start (7:00AM) and my sister Lorraine wanted to get to BJ's to buy a 42" Flat screen TV. While she was over there I headed over to Target which was right across the parking lot. Needless to say it was a MAD HOUSE!! I was on a mission to get the Kodak easyshare 8 megapixel camera (which takes videos also) for $89.00. As I walked into the store and saw tons of people waiting on lines, I thought to myself, is this really worth the wait?? I will tell you, I waited on the "electronics" line for 1 hour to get my CAMERA! And I got it!! Thank God. I would have been pretty upset if I got to the register and they were all out.

Then we were off to Walmart for their big sales over there! The hot item in board games for this year is "Are you smarter than a 5th grader"? Our family loves to play board games when we get together. So we were on another mission in Walmart. Unfortunately, we got there to late and they were all sold out of the game. Which by the way was only $10. We hope to get it by Christmas. My sister Lorraine was the big shopper for the day!!! After we were all done we topped off our morning with a delicious breakfast at Perkins. This is the highlight of the morning!! My sister LuAnn goes just for the breakfast.

It was a great day with my mom, sisters and daughter. The men get mad every year because they want to go for breakfast, but this is "LADIES ONLY" and we will continue it as long as we can. It is something we look forward to every year.

I am so thankful for my husband, my 3 beautiful children who I simply adore with all my heart, and for my family who God has brought me closer to. I am thankful to God for all He has done for us as a family. He continues to amaze me every day.

Tea Anyone?

Believe it or not, this hot air balloon was right over our house a few days ago. If you look close, you can see the side of my house on the right. It was so close that we were talking to the people in the balloon. Ed invited them in for "tea".

Here is another shot of them going over our trees and trying to land at the Elks club which is down the road from our home.

It was a beautiful sight over our home. The kids were so excited and wanted it to land in our backyard. Our neighbor tells us that a few years back one actually landed in our front yard! I will let you know when it does it again!!!

And here are my boys on the "John Deere" that Peter just loves to ride around the house. He actually will pick up the leaves as long as he can ride the mower. Matt was just going along for a ride and some fun in the back with all the leaves.

More of the Happy Day!

Peter & Jason right before the ceremony. Peter was an usher also. SO CUTE!!!

Daddy & Brianna dancing to a slow song for fathers and daughters. Ed was getting alittle teary eyed I think on this one.

Mom & Peter dancing slow to a mom & son dance. My Peter actually came across the dance floor and asked me to dance. This was precious for a mom!!!

Matthew after a hard day's work of being the ring bearer and break dancing all night. He was still smiling at 11:30 pm. Bless his heart. He did a great job.

Me and my honey stealing another slow song during the night. My feet were killing me by the time I got home. It was well worth it.

The Big Day!

Mom, Brianna and Matt ready for the wedding. Bri and I went to get our hair done with Ms. Shelly. She did an awesome job.




The happy couple cutting the wedding cake. They are just so cute together!


Me and my honey enjoying a nice dance together on the dance floor. We danced the whole night away. What an awesome wedding and a great time we had.

Me and the girls. Dor, Terri and Jenna having a great time. I miss you already!!

Me and the "Princess" capturing the moment. What a beautiful bride you made Shelly! I love you guys. Can't wait to see you when you come to NJ in March for FLAME class.

We are so blessed to have shared in Jason & Shelly's wedding day. You both are so special to us.

Our trip to Michigan!

Hello all,

We just got back from our trip to Michigan for Jason & Shelly's wedding. It was awesome! We got to see lots of old friends who we miss dearly. Jason & Shelly's wedding was very memorable and special. We are so proud of them. I will have lots of pictures to share with you shortly...

Talk to you soon.

Marriage Conference

Yesterday, Ed and I had the opportunity to go to a Marriage Conference at Bethany Wesleyan Church, in Cherryville, PA. We took 6 other couples with us and had a great time. Dr. Holdren and his wife Marlene was the guest speakers. Dr. Holdren prayed over Ed when he got ordained 3 years ago in Michigan. It was great to see him again.



The sessions were followed by a delicious dinner and a Christian comedian, Tim Hawkins. Ed and I saw Tim in January down in Florida at a pastor/spouse gathering. He was funny then and even more hilarious yesterday. Good clean fun!!! We laughed so hard that our cheeks hurt today.



What a great time we had. We also got to see some old friends from the Penn Jersey district who we haven't seen in about 5 years living in Michigan. We look forward to next years conference.

Happy Halloween

Brianna and Matthew ready to go "Trick or Treating". Since this was our first halloween we didn't know a good place to go and get candy. So Linda Sutton invited us to her neighborhood and we had a ball with all the kids. Peter didn't want to go this year, I guess he is getting to old to go anymore. Bri's friend Emily came also, we had a great night and got lots of candy. We missed going with Ms. Rita from Michigan!!!

Rain, Rain go Away!!

Last week it rained so hard on Friday and Saturday that the creek behind the church was so high up that they had to close the road. Ed thought it would be fun to get our boots on and take a hike through it. This is Peter having some fun in the water. It was freezing!

Here is another picture of the water rushing down, we have never seen it like this before.

My Peter looking really mean. He really is not mean at all. Just hates his picture taken!

Believe it or not, this is pictures of our septic system in our backyard. It was put in before we moved in and every time it rains the alarm goes off, so now they are digging them up to see what is happening. It has been quite a nightmare when it rains. Ed had to run out every hour Saturday night to shut the alarm. We are hoping and praying that this problem will soon be fixed. Right now my backyard is a mess, I just pray it doesn't rain till they can fill the holes back in. My dog will have a ball out there in the mud!!!