Fall Fun

We enjoyed Fall Break last week. We were busy with life but made time to visit the Corn Maize. What a fun place ! We got to take one of my daughters friends and our friend who has a one year old. He is PRECIOUS!! Babies make everything more exciting! He loved it! (well, I think ....I mean he sure looked happy!) There was a box of corn that he sat in to play with the kernals. We took our shoes off and got in....felt lovely on the feet! Anyway we had a great time with the maze, hayride, duck race, smell of people roasting delicious food, and the screams from the haunted maze.

Then we enjoyed a nice evening tonight of carving pumpkins. We did this last year and wanted to keep up the traditions. Rhees always comes up with something wild, Necia is very original, and I'm pretty safe.

Rhees: Scary face and taiko symbol

Necia: Lady Gaga

Rebekah: Trick or Treat

I love doing fun things with the people I love: Creating Memories!

Refuel

Today our church celebrated all of the volunteers that work at our church! It was so nice to see everyone together having a great time ! Despite the Fall weather coming in we managed to have a great time at the park. We are so blessed by having these people in our lives!

We had so much fun eating hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, and sno cones~! Yes, a little chilly for sno cones but we have this awesome guy that has a sno cone shop and they were delicious!


Yep, never thought I would see this in my life time! Necia wearing a football helmet! Doesn't she look cute! Of course it had to be pink!

Well, it was confirmed today that my finance is not going out for the church softball team. He had fun trying to get the pastors into that dirty water. Look at it ......Yuck!!!

This is our pastor going DOWN! All of the pastors were so good about this. It was so cold outside and they stuck with it!

Wacky Golf!

We played two games and tied. Yea!!! Sadly, the third game he won. :( Yes, I'm just a little competetive! I just wanted him to feel good about his athletic ability! I'm so nice like that!

{Embrace} the Camera

{Embrace} the Camera

Well, this precious photo was taken before we experienced our first float trip. She would probably hurt me if she knew I was posting this pic. But this is just us having a great time together. And if you are wondering.... the float was fabulous!

~ Check out the {Embrace} the Camera button on the side to see more great pics of people Embracing the Camera. Thanks Emily for the idea. I LOVE IT!

New Love

I have totally found my new love. After looking for a long time I couldn't decide if I should try again. But after finding true love you know it was worth it. It's so bad that he must go with me wherever I go. Comfy days, Dress-up days, and even lounging around the house days. He gives me comfort like no other. What I love the most is he is definetly STYLIN. I love it so much that I must share my secret because you must fall in LOVE too with these three letters :

TOM

Yes, I got my first pair. I can't believe the comfort. I will be getting some more! So many options I will have a hard time deciding. But I'm so happy I have found the shoe for me!

Blackberry Pickin'

We enjoyed a nice hot morning picking blackberries. It was so much fun! I learned a lot about picking them and now will learn a lot about cooking them. I have already started looking at recipes. YUM!!

This place is just right down the road from us. Who would of guessed that we lived by such a gold mine.

There were rows and rows of blackberries! The little farmer there was so sweet! He explained exactly where to look for them and what to be looking for. Little Sweet Farmer Tip #1. Do not pick Red berries.
This is what NOT to be looking for. If you pick the red ones they will NOT ripen off the vine. So we are strictly looking for BLACK berries.

This is much better..These look so good!

Little Sweet Farmer Tip #2. Get low to the ground and look in the shade.

Isn't Rhees doing an excelent job at this! Good job little berry picker!

Little Sweet Farmer Tip #3. Fill the buckets and bring them back.

And yes....he had to be the "MAN" and get more than me. I think he was pretty proud of this!

Well, we didn't let these precious berries sit for very long. We went straight to the store to get stuff for making ice cream. OH MY.... that was the best ice cream ever!

I love that we can enjoy these great experiences together!

Kite Flying

I have the most amazing friends/co-workers!!! Yes, I'm sure we all get annoyed at each other at some point in the year but REALLY you just can't argue that we work so well together and have sooooo much Fun!! Well, today Amber came to me and said she had a surprise for me but we had to go outside. Confused...I kept asking questions and she gave in and told me! She brought a stunt kite to fly. See several weeks ago I came to the conclusion that I had never flown a kite or at least had no memory of it. So, Rhees took me out and we flew his moms kite. And it was fun and such a good memory. BUT Amber wanted me to experience the flying of a stunt kite. Which by the way is something that Rhees has been talking about for weeks...he REALLY wants to fly one of these. So, outside we all went to enjoy this experience together! WOW!!! This was the perfect day....WINDY....WINDY....WINDY!!!

Amber got it set up for me. It looked very complicated but she knew exactly what to do!!

Rhees helped by throwing it into the air....but today we really didn't need that much because we had the wind! WoW! It was sure a blustery day! Great Kite Flying weather! Isn't he cute...he looks like Batman!
This kite was for me to have an awesome kite experience but guess who wanted to join in on the fun!!! Yes, he is a kid at heart! So, I shared my fun with him and look at that big smile! Well, worth it! THANK YOU AMBER!!! What a great idea!

Didn't really know that this was a dangerous sport but apparently it is! It was dragging me across the yard. But the injury happened when Rhees thought he would show off his talent and the string broke and hit him in the neck. Gosh! Is there protective wear for this hobby?? Maybe I should purchase it for him. I think he really likes these kites!

ZOO Adventure

This was my first trip to the Zoo that I haven't had kids with me. It was so nice to enjoy the exhibits! I have always had my daughter or family or school kids with me. So, your always keeping an eye on them and missing the great stuff! So, this was my chance to see it ALL! My wonderful boyfriend took me there because he wanted to of course and maybe because I've been complaining a little about doing more than watch movies. So, this was a great idea of his! I had a great time! It was sooo beautiful outside and everyone else had the same idea! But it wasn't too crowded once you found a parking place.

I was a little disappointed in some of the animals. For example, the penguins wouldn't swim, the sea lions are visiting another zoo, the giraffe wouldn't look at me or get close, and the polar bear wasn't there!!! What a bummmer! However, I did see some other amazing creatures!

Those were just some of the great things we saw there!

We did have a lot of fun there and as you may not be surprised by the fact we couldn't leave without Rhees using his very special sense of humor...but sadly I thought it was pretty funny...hope you do too!

Wow! What a day!!! We made the mistake of working out before we went and walked the whole zoo. My legs were soooo tired. I was a little jealous of this cute kangaroo ~ that's what I wanted to be doing when we were done!

But instead we did the next best thing!!! BRAUMS!!!! It was probably because we were so tired but that food tasted sooooo good! And of course we had to end our awesome day with our favorite ice cream...Peppermint!

Duck Pond

Rhees and I enjoyed the park today. It was beautiful out there! This is one of our favorite spots to enjoy talking. While we were sitting there watching the ducks I felt soooo sorry for the poor female duck that was being chased by the males. Poor girl...she was just trying to have a relaxing day....dirty male ducks. There was also a duck couple that was pretty cute! It is amazing to watch them...especially when they come in for a landing!

Also, while we were sitting there we made a squirrel friend. I think that they get fed so much that they think humans are there for them. Well, it was neat watching him but it was kinda creepy when he kept coming up really close and starring at us. Once I thought he was going to run up us like a tree. But it was interesting to watch their behavior.

What a beautiful day! I love enjoying what God made for us ! Rhees took me here because we both enjoy it but he also knew that I needed to talk about some things so this was a perfect place to do that. Isn't he a great guy!!! I'm so blessed!

WINTER JAM 2010

Well, I have heard so much about this event and have always wanted to go. But always hear about it too late. So, this year I made a point to get info early and put it on the calendar! I had heard about how long the lines are and how cold it always is. So, I was prepared to wait and freeze. Well, guess what.....we got right in! FABULOUS!!! My friend Bill had his youth group there so they had saved us some great seats! This event was only $10.00 and was totally AWESOME!!!!!

And don't tell anyone but I think Rhees had a Rockin time!

Necia had fun with her friends.....BUT ..... I think I enjoyed the concert more than her. I think she just went to socialize...IMAGINE that !!

**** Well, Bill of course sponsored some kids through Holt international....so guess what .... FREE HATS !!!!! Don't we look cute!

Wow! I had so much fun! Newsboys, Fireflight, Third Day....and so much more!!!!!!!!