Happy Halloween!

Well, tonight was trick or treating for Madison our rock star, Nate the cheerleader, Quinn the football player, and Jade the bunny.
Madison wanted to color her hair... and came up with her idea after thinking about "who in the world would color their hair blue?" Several people asked her if she was KISS. She finally asked me, "Who is KISS?!" Really that wasn't the orginal thought and the star was a last minute add-on... : )

It was a nice night for trick-or-treating... probably the nicest in a couple of years. Last year it was freezing and the year before it poured the whole time. Tonight it was cool and crisp but not bad at all. They both still had candy left over from last year but now they are all loaded up again. Basically most of the kids on our street and parents walked around together. Katie and Nathan (& Terry & Karla) came along too. Katie was a surgeon and Nathan was Harry Potter. The only picture I have of Katie is of her back! : ( I think I counted 12 kids. They were on the move most of the time so I really didn't get too many pictures this year. I loved trick or treating as a kid!


Madison took Jade from house to house. Jade seemed to really enjoy it (Madison did too).

Heather went as the Corpse Bride.


Nathan as Harry Potter

Trick or treating was from 5:30-7:30 and then we went over to B&P's for supper, to celebrate Pakka's birthday. Uncle Archie started a "tradition" (as it has become) with any cake. Once he asked Madison to smell her cake and so when she bent over to smell it, he pushed her face into the cake. So, Tony had to keep up the tradition with Jade tonight. He just tapped her head gently so her nose got frosting on it. She didn't know quite what to think of that! It was really cute though. Scroll down for a few more pictures from evening. Happy Birthday Pakka!

Happy Birthday Pakka!

Carving "Humpkins"

This evening Jade, Michelle, and B&P came over and we carved "humpkins" as Jade called it tonight. Isn't that so cute? She's just so cute and sweet and everything that comes out of her mouth is so funny! Tony helped her take off her jacket and she said, "Thank you Mommy!" to him. Ha!


Here is Jade decorating her humpkin... with markers. This is the toddler version of carving humpkins. A good idea I think!


Here is Madison enjoying the guts of Quinn's HUGE 40# pumpkin! He wimps out on the cleaning part. Madison enjoys it... future surgeon some day?


And here is Quinn... complete with rubber gloves on his hands because he can't stand the slime, and the traditional clothes pin on his nose because the smell makes him gag. I don't even know why he "likes" to carve pumpkins. He can barely get through it because he gets too grossed out.



The final products on the porch. Madison's is the cat on the left. Quinn's is the bat on the right. Ok, Ok, Ok... Quinn's is much darker because his 40# pumpkin could have used some more cleaning and whittling from the inside but I was tired of this 40# pumpkin myself by now so this is as good as it gets!

Madison tried to inspire some sympathy tonight... "can you believe that we have to go to school on Halloween??... a holiday?" Boy, life is hard around here!

Earlier tonight we went to Madison's basketball game at 4pm. We played South Side and won 28-8. Madison made a couple of baskets, a good steal and I captured them on our new video camera! Now... if I can just figure out how to download the darn thing!

Iowa weekend

Has anyone missed me? ha. We were in Iowa for a 3 day weekend. We had a wonderful time!!! Last week the kids had 3 1/2 days of school (parent/teacher conferences) and had Friday off so we left on Thursday night. Here is the run-down...

Friday~ Madison went to school with Jenna for the entire day. She goes to a private Christan school and you can bring a visitor if you plan ahead (and may be because your aunt is a teacher there?!). Tony, Quinn and I met my mom and bro-in-law, Jeff at "Grandma's mall" (you didn't know she owned a mall huh?) for lunch. The 3 of us then went to Best Buy for almost 2 hours and finally bought a new video camera!!! We've been without a video camera and I could hardly stand it that I missed getting snips from the last 4 soccer teams! Quinn was so patient!!... he thought he was going to throw-up from "lack of clean fresh air" by the end but overall he did great. I was just as ready as he was to go kicking and screaming out of that store! Ughhh! Friday night we went to celebrate my grandma's 93rd birthday with her. There were 2 of my aunts, an uncle, and cousins that I haven't seen in a LONG time! The party was great. We celebrated Madison and Jenna's on the side too. The party had a rough ending though... my grandma fell right at the end of it. Long story but she wasn't hurt and we are soooo thankful for that!!

Saturday~ Uncle Jeff some how got tickets on the 4o yard line, 12 rows up, behind the Iowa bench for Quinn and him to go to the IA vs MI ST game. Quinn of course wanted to go so bad and I was debating about giving him my ticket again... this way we all 3 got to go. I'm so glad too because it was a GREAT game... finally winning in double over time! After that we went to the IA basketball game, a scrimmage. A cheerleader threw Quinn a basketball t-shirt and then after the game he got the free player's trading cards and the back of his t-shirt signed. According to Quinn, Saturday was a "sports-tacular day!" Ha! I thought that was pretty good for an 8 year old. We roasted hot dogs over a bonfire at Amy & Jeff's in the evening and the kids "sat" in the hot tub. During the football/basketball game, Madison and my mom shopped around at the mall, ate Chinese and then met the girl cousins to see the movie, Get in the Game, which I guess they all loved.

Sunday~ Went to church with Amy & Jeff. Their church plant is really growing...they have purchased land for their own building and hope to break ground in a year of so. We ate lunch at Hu-Hut... a Sanford & Mary Lou recommendation. It was good and unique too! After that we drove home and got home around 7:45pm.

It was a great weekend. We love going to Iowa and our kids love it too!

Thanks for reading! Love, Leah

Quinn eating breakfast... and is ready to go to the Iowa game! I peeked on him and Uncle Jeff through my binoculars from time to time. It was so cute to see them giving each other high-fives and Quinn saying a big OOOoooo... when his section spelled out the "O" in IOWA. hee-hee

Michael W. Smith's Christmas Album

It's A Wonderful Christmas

For those of you who know me well, you already know that Michael W. Smith is my ALL-TIME FAVORITE singer and muscian. I've been following him since he was the opening act for Amy Grant back in the 80's! Although I know he is human the man can sing no wrong in my eyes! I've been listening to his new Christmas album (which I pre-ordered in August and finally received only a week ago) and of course it has exceeded my expectations. It is awesome!

My suggestion is to go and buy this album... give up something else in your life if you need to in order to purchase this. I know this Christ-filled music will be a blessing to you!

Just click on the album title above or right HERE to get a small sample of this new album. Now RUN and go get it!!! : )

No cookin' tonight!

Tonight we went to B&P's house for supper. Michelle and Jade are back for a few months and Tony's Aunt Tine is here from Kansas. She does HR type of stuff for Mennonite USA and she is here to meet and do some policy revision work (yuck). I'm glad there are people to do things like this and that I am not one of these people! : )

That little Jade is SO CUTE! She is talking so much more this time around... this is the biggest change that I've seen in her. The last time we saw her was July or August. Just in a few months her language is exploding! I loved this stage. Jade & Tony were playing hide and seek tonight and she walked around saying "where are you?"... just clear as can be. When she would find him she would say, "there she are!" How cute!

Well, today I thought it was Wednesday all day.... I don't know why... I even told a patient that today was Wednesday and she didn't even correct me. So now I have her convinced it's Wednesday too! I was so happy to have the middle of the week over! I seriously don't think I realized it until I was driving home from work! Oh well... tomorrow I get to have a Wednesday all over again.

For those of you that know Troy, Jenny, Cole and Kennedy... say a little prayer for Kennedy. She fell off a step and fractured her femur (thigh). She is in a full length cast on one leg and has the other leg in half a cast. Poor thing!! And the poor parents too...to have a preschooler in a body cast!! Anyway, if you want to send her a postcard or anything to cheer her up, let me know and I'll get you her address.

That's all folks...
Love ya, Leah

Soccer Championship Game: After 2 overtimes and a shoot-out...

...we LOST! What a tough game. We played SO WELL and these girls have much to be proud of!! They got 2nd place trophies... the same as in the Spring. It was so stressful though! Madison walked off the field a little upset but was really just disappointed... not mad. She was happy with her play and her teammate's too. So that's good... She was able to feel good about her runner-up trophy. May be next year...(sigh).

A brief re-cap... Chesterton scored within the first 10 minutes. We were down 0-1 for quite a while. There was a penalty on them and Madison took a direct kick (basically they sit the ball down and she gets to start the play again by kicking it). She was way outside... 30 yards from the goal, she ran and kicked it and this ball sailed for like... forever... right over the goalie's head and into the far corner of the box! The girls went wild, as did the fans. It was so fun!! Her second goal this season... and both occurred while playing defense! That really energized the team. That made it 1-1 and it stayed that way through 2 over-times. It finally went to the shoot-out. 5 players from each team get to kick against the goalie... the team with the most points at the end wins. They got one more point than we did and we lost 2-3. Our goalie, Kiley, played great though...she really did... it's just a super tough spot to be in! The girls were exhausted from running so much and long but they played awesomely!!! (is that a word?)
So, this weekend ended our soccer days for awhile. We weren't even off the fields and Madison was asking me if there is an indoor team she can play on for the winter... we'll see. : )

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Saturday's Sports Report

Last night Tony and I went with an Iowa group of 6 others to the Iowa vs Purdue game. We stayed overnight last night in Lafayette and came home tonight. We had a great time eating, laughing lots and sleeping in today. I'm not even going to comment on the game. I'll just say that this same group has gone to one away game a season for about 15 years now and we think we've seen them win 4 times on the road. I guess we are bad luck charms!

On the good news side of things... Madison's Flames team played two tournament games today and won them both!!! They play in the championship game tomorrow at the Invader's field in South Bend at 3pm. It was so hard to be away and missing 3 soccer games today (one was Quinn's). I guess they played so much better than last weekend and they even beat the #1 team in overtime, 2-1. Michelle said, "I don't know how you do this all the time... it's so stressful!" ha! Yes, it surely can be stressful. That's why I like to win big and sit back and relax! Madison was quite excited when I talked to her on the phone... "thrilled" would be the word I would use to describe her voice. I'm so glad we'll get to see the championship game tomorrow!

OK... speaking of knocking off a #1 team, Quinn's Flames team lost this afternoon, 0-3!! He called me to say they lost and I was waiting for him to start laughing and tease me... only he didn't and his voice sounded sad. I guess it was 0-0 until the last 10 minutes of the game and then things fell a part. We were shocked because they've had such a good season! We were fully planning on going to his championship game tomorrow (instead of Madison's). He sounded soooo disappointed. : ( He got a nice big trophy for winning the league play during the regular season and has it sitting out for us to see.

We got home at 9:15 tonight and they both are sound asleep in bed. I guess Madison melted into bed around 8:45 or so and fell fast asleep... tired from playing 2 soccer games without coming out for a break I guess. A special thanks to B&P and Michelle for keeping our kids last night and running them all over today. We bought these away game tickets in MAY... we've decided we'll have to choose a November game next year so we don't miss this big tournament weekend.

Hopefully I'll have good news to report tomorrow after Madison's game!

PS... for some pictures of the tornado damage in Nappanee, click on Addi's link in my side bar. So sad...and I'm so thankful it didn't touch down here!

Happy Birthday Jenna!

Today is my niece Jenna's 11th birthday. Amy and I were due on the same day, 11 years ago. The girls were born 13 hours apart and have their own calendar birthdays.

Here are just a few things for you to learn about Jenna.

Jenna Nicole...
...plays the guitar and has a beautiful voice. She already has led her church in a few worship songs.
...wants to be a Worship Leader when she grows up. (At least that's what it was a while ago).
...plays volleyball and is a very consistent server (so important!).
...loves penguins! She has stuffed penguins, penguin clothes, penguin jewelry, penguin pictures on her bedroom door... you get the idea!
...travelled from Iowa to Indiana to Michigan to go to Camp Friedenswald with Madison this last summer. Not bad for a girl who has gotten horribly homesick in the past.
...had her mom as her 4th grade teacher... and even attempted to call her Mrs. (last name) for a time, before giving up and settling for "Mom."
...likes to play Club Penguin and Webkinz.
...apparently sat on her own birthday cake this year!!! (I have yet to hear that story)!

Happy 11th Birthday Jenna! We love you!

Happy Birthday Madison!

Today was Madison's 11th birthday. It's been quite an interesting evening for sure. Abby dropped by for about an hour after school and surprised her with a really nice card. That was sweet. She had her last Flames soccer practice prior to their tournament this weekend. I made cupcakes to give to her team after practice. We have had storms rolling through this area tonight so half of her team had left by the time we got there (early) to pick her up. Oh well... that means we have leftover cupcakes at home. : ) After practice we went to Hacienda for supper. Madison invited Heather to go with us this year and we met Aunt Michelle & Jade, and B & P. Madison was quite surprised to find a huge bouquet of balloons from her Uncle Archie sitting on our table. He's in Arizona now. Aunt Michelle arrived with a HUGE poster of Uncle Archie (http://flatdaddies.com/). He didn't get to join us in real life but his poster sat in a chair the whole evening and he even called Madison during supper. We attracted quite the attention! She was quite delighted with a couple of gift cards... as far away as Arizona (Thanks Stutzmans!), Heather gave her a Webkinz (all the rage), a pedicure from Aunt Michelle & Jade, a set of her collectible dishes and gift card from B&P, a black & gold basketball and knapsack from Quinn and an iPOD from Tony and I. She made a haul! We are going to have a birthday party with her friends but not until mid-November (long story).

So... there are really bad storms tonight and we've already had our kids out of bed and down to the basement once. Quinn is such a deep sleeper, he's really hard for me to wake up at this time of night. I basically had to drag him out of bed and carry him all the way to the basement. Nappanee got hit. : ( Tigger is outside and Madison is tearful about her kitty. I'm sure she's hunkered down somewhere and ignoring our calls to come in... not wanting to dash through the rain.

Well, enjoy the pictures.
Love, Leah

PS... I asked Madison what the best part of her day was... it was going to Hacienda and having Uncle Archie "sit" with us at the table and then getting to talk to him on the phone. The best part of my day?... was when my 11 year old birthday girl came downstairs this morning and climbed onto my lap to be held. Her head towers above me when she's on my lap and I can't see a thing but I'm delighted she still wants to sit on my lap and let me hug her and that I'm home in the mornings for her to do that. For now, I'm going to relish in these moments because I'm acutely aware that these moments won't be around forever.

Girls Basketball: Ox Bow 40, East Side 18

Tonight was Madison's second school basketball game. The games go so fast! The quarters are only 5 minutes long and the whole game is over in about 30 minutes. It's a piece of cake compared to soccer. She barely breaks a sweat. She deserves something on the easy side doesn't she? I told Tony tonight... "why couldn't she have chosen basketball to fall in love with (instead of soccer)... we're inside, out of the sun, rain, wind, snow. There are REAL bathrooms right outside the gym, you don't have to bring your own chairs, there are drinking fountains just steps away..." Something to think about huh? : )

No new pictures tonight. Just use your imagination I guess. ha!
Love, Leah

Weekend Re-Cap

Saturday Quinn's CYS team lost in the championship game 0-3. It was a bummer. He still got a little trophy and he told me "I'm collecting them now"... so he was happy with that. He did a great job with sportsmanship and sought out his buddy (Benjamin) on the other team and wanted his picture taken with him. Nate and his dad came out to watch his 9am game so that was nice.
Nate, Benjamin & Quinn

After that, we moved on to Madison's Flames game. They played against the Goshen Stars... we beat them earlier in the year but lost to them today, 0-4. Unfortunately we played .... not good. I'll be polite because Madison may read my blog. : ) She herself actually played OK, for some reason the team just looked like it was their first game, not last. They ended their record with a 2-3-1 record. Addi and her husband Brian, and Cheryl came out on their precious Saturday morning to watch. That was so wonderful of them. This was Cheryl's first ever soccer game to go to! I just wish they would have played better!!! Addi took a ton of pictures so pop on over to her blog to see them. (See my link in the side bar).

Saturday night we went out to eat at the Emporium to celebrate Lisa's 40th birthday. Happy Birthday Lisa! It was quite a monumental month for her. Lisa, Tracy and Beth just completed the Chicago marathon on the hottest day of the marathon's history. Pretty amazing. We had a really nice time visiting... just the adults, with about 18 of us there.

Today it was the usual church morning. Angie, Linda and I sang in a trio so that was fun. Quinn had his last Flames game in Plymouth at 2pm. They are undefeated (6-0) and played the #2 ranked team. We won easily, 5-1. Quinn even scored 2 goals. One of the other dads gave him the nickname of "Oscar" after the game. He told him that he was cleaning up the trash from the other kicks on goals that bounced off the goalie etc... and Quinn finished them off by kicking them in. (Obviously that's how he scored twice today). It was so much fun. I just love those stress-free games when the kids play well and we win too! His Flames team will get a trophy for winning 1st place in the regular season play and probably get a bye in the tournament next weekend. See below for a couple of pictures.

We were supposed to go to small group tonight but I got kind of car sick on the way home from the game and felt YUCK! We basically were on the move the entire weekend and I was tired. Tony is still working on tax returns.... yes, believe it. The 6th one to finish up is due tomorrow so he just has to get it done! We ended up not going. Madison went with Peyton and it sounds like they had a lot of fun... bowling and then to Rex & Angie's for a bonfire. I'm afraid being gone the entire waking day today would have pushed me over the edge before I got up tomorrow to start another week at work. My co-workers will thank me for not going! ha!

BTW... belated blog birthday wishes to my brother-in-law, Jeff, and my brother, Doug, who both had birthdays this week! We celebrated Hawkeye style for Jeff (who is originally from Illinois) by upsetting them in the game on Saturday. Jeff, just covert totally to a hawkeye fan.... "come to the black and gold side"..."even when we are playing the Illini". Doug, I hope for your sake that the Diamondbacks continue to do well for you... even after biting off our dear Cubs.

Well, that's all from me. I need to get to bed early and get caught up on some sleep.

Love ya, Leah

PS... I added a picture collage from my trip to the 10-5 date!

U10 Boys... Flames hold onto first place!

Top left: Quinn shows off a new "form" of kicking.

Top right: Right after he scored!

Lower left: A before game huddle. Quinn is at 12 o'clock... just his blond hair showing. I LOVE this picture! As the girls at work tell me...and I've read in books... "A busy child stays out of trouble if they connect with a group and feel like they belong. This just does my heart good! : )

Lower right: Jade and Michelle are back! Tony played dolls with Jade during the 2nd half.

Girls Basketball: Ox Bow 36, Southside 9

Today at 4pm was the first 5th grade girls basketball game. This is a school team. They practice after school and play the other elementaries. So far they've only practiced 3 times. This is the first "organized" sport that the elementary itself offers. They only play like 6 games or something. Our A team easily won. We have only 15 players between the A & B teams and a lot of them have played basketball before....like Peyton and Holyn. That makes a big difference. Madison kept in line with her defensive soccer skills and had about 8 steals. She needs to work on her shot though... she missed quite a few of them. It's always good to watch how much the team improves by the end of the season.

I had 2 meetings at church tonight so I first got home for the day around 8:45pm. It was a long day.

That's all folks!
Love, Leah

I'm the Mom!

A special thanks to Jenny in Iowa for sharing this with me! If you are a mother... you HAVE TO SEE THIS Christian comedian! This made me laugh so hard because it is SO TRUE! Enjoy by clicking on the links below! (Start with I'm the Mom)

I'm the Mom! (only 3 minutes long) by Comedian Anita Renfroe. (Choose "demo clips" from her web site~ it's probably about 10-15 minutes long but well worth the break! )

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggidy-Jig

I'll try to catch you all up without being boring. Niagara Falls was great last Thursday. We went out on the Maid of the Mist and saw the Falls up close. It was all kind of a dejavu' from last summer. However... we enjoyed a beautiful rainbow while out on the boat. I have some awesome pictures. That was so special! We stayed overnight in Erie, PA and drove the rest of the way on Friday. We got home at 3:30... in time for the bus to come 20-30 minutes later. The kids were so happy to see me, they nearly knocked me down one at a time as they ran full speed from the bus into my arms. So cute.

Madison had a CYS tournament game on Friday night. They lost to a team that they've beaten twice this year already. Figures that they would loose in the tourney doesn't it? Her CYS season ended with a 5-4-1 record.

Saturday involved 3 soccer games, one right after the other. Madison had a Flames game at 10:30, Quinn had a CYS tournament game at 12noon and he had a Flames game in Chesterton at 2:30. It pretty much took the whole day. They won all 3 games so that was a bonus. Quinn scored 2 goals in the Chesterton game. He played goalie for the whole CYS game. His coach called and left us a message... she was sorry that he had to play goalie the whole game but "we wouldn't have won without him back there." That was really nice wasn't it? His CYS team will play in the championship game next Saturday. During regular season play his team's record was 4-5-1. They won their first tournament game last week and now they just beat the #1 team in order to make it to the finals. Wow!

Today was church and Quinn had a Flames game at 1:30 against FC Indiana (yes, that was 5 games this weekend). They won 3-1 and Quinn scored a goal. It was blazing hot... I'm telling you! We are having abnormally HOT Fall days... high 80's. YUCK!

Mom and Aunt Fern left this morning after we left for church. They had gotten their full share of soccer games for sure but I think they enjoyed them.

I haven't even down loaded my pictures yet from our trip. I'll let you know when I've had a chance to update my blog with my vacation pictures.

Pictures from our MA & VT trip!

Red Lion Inn

Today we went to Stockbridge, MA which is only about 45 minutes away. Several local people had told us we must get to the Red Lion Inn while we were here. It is a hotel that was started in the 1700's and has been fully restored and is an inn with 100 rooms and has a large dining area. We went for lunch. It is a gorgeous place to be sure!! They have a huge collection of tea pots. Full of history and of stories of famous people that have stayed there in this quaint little town.

We also stopped at a Country Curtains shop. My mom has gotten this magazine for years and it's located in the back of the Red Lion Inn. It was really neat, of course. I didn't buy anything though.

Tomorrow morning we are going to leave early and head back, stopping at Niagara Falls along the way. I was just there last summer but my aunt has never been there. She lives in CO and who knows when she would be this close again! It's worth it to take her there! My mom hasn't been there since her honeymoon. : ) We'll stay overnight somewhere in that area and then come back home on Friday night. I'm not sure if I'll find Internet access tomorrow night or not.

Well, we're going to do some relaxing at the resort for the rest of this day. We haven't done too much relaxing believe it or not. We've been on the go!

Love ya, Leah

Norman Rockwell

We loved Vermont so much yesterday that we decided to go back today! The highlight of our day was a Norman Rockwell exhibit.... in Arlington, VT which is where the Rockwells lived for 14 years. Many of the people that he painted were from this small town. Amazingly we actually met 3 of the "models"... those who posed for his paintings. It was so COOL! One of them was an 8 year old girl at the time and now she is in her late 60's. I'll fill in more details about this when we get home but it was soooo incredibly neat. I've always enjoyed his pictures but I have a new appreciation for them now. This was not the formal "museum" but rather just the small town's "gallery" of his paintings. The museum is actually in a different town. Two of the models happened to be volunteering today. The 3rd model we met down the road at a restaurant. wow.

Vermont is very pretty... looks just like the calendar pictures. The leaves have 25-50% turned in color now. Next week I'm sure they will even look better. We spent the rest of the day shopping at the Vermont Country Store which is a huge store in a very tiny "berg" of a town. They send out a catalog that my mom has gotten for years. We went to a Cheese House and also the Chocolate Barn which had over 800 antique molds for chocolate. They hand dip 100's of pounds of chocolate each day and over 35,000 pounds of fudge each year. This was also just a small shop along the side of the road... not even in a town.

We've been taking the back roads, the scenic routes, and today I felt a little car sick winding through the mountains. We're having a great time though.

I've heard that Madison's team won their first tournament game tonight for their CYS team, 2-1. Boy it sure is possible to have two feelings at once... glad to be here and sad to be gone from home.

More adventures to report later...

Love, Leah

Vermont

Today we spent the day in Bennington, Vermont. Madison was amazed... "you were in Mass. and now you drove ALL THE WAY to Vermont?" I told her it is like traveling to MI from our home in IN... very close! Here are the short highlights...again people are waiting for Internet usage. : )

We stopped at an Apple Barn gift shop that sold... you guessed it... apples. ...It was like a Kercher's Orchard with more gifty stuff too. We drove through 3 covered bridges....after having to find them. The back roads are so gorgeous. These New England homes are so unique and CUTE! They aren't afraid to use colors! The people have been so friendly here too. We went to the Bennington Monument which is a monument to commemorate this area's role in the revolutionary war and took pictures from the top. This was very close by to the Old First Church in Bennington, VA. It is a huge, gorgeous, OLD church... that was one of the very first churches in VT. It is the picture-book style with super high steeple and spires. We walked through their cemetery because it is "famous" for people being buried there in the early 1800's. Robert Frost is buried there. I told Mom and Aunt Fern that my kids will think we've "lost it" when they see pictures of a cemetery! Ha! We are doing all kinds of things that would totally bore my kids.... so that's good right? We also went to Camelot Antiques... which sells, that's right, antiques. They also have a huge consignment craft area with about 200 booths.

Tonight we had supper in the condo and are going to relax for the rest of the evening. We haven't made any plans for tomorrow yet. We are having a great time but I'm really missing my family A LOT! I called Quinn around 4:30 today and thought that would be a "safe time" to talk to him but he sounded all sad and missing me. That made me feel bad. : ( I miss them so much!

Well, my time is up.
Much love to all, Leah