Gouls Night

Our finished handiwork- mine is the one with the "scary" polka dots

Hope you enjoyed your Halloween dressing up your little bits. LOVED seeing all the little guys strutting their stuff down the sidewalks as their favorite hero. Thursday night we had a girls night of pumpkin carving and wine sipping while watching The Office. I took these with me to add to the treats, one crazy red-headed Puggle named Molly kept us rolling with her tricks.

this weekend

He did it!
Dan finally bought his kayak!
Here it is loaded up on the Jeep ready for it's first of many adventures...

I'm so happy for my husband, he loves the outdoors and has missed his canoe every beautiful weekend since he sold it. After a friend lamented he had just bought a kayak and had no one to boat with, Dan gleefully and unselfishly decided to help him out.

Sunday afternoon was perfect- 75 degrees, a slight wind, blue skies. I took the inaugural pics and hullabalooed from the grass until he paddled far out into the lake. Then I sat in the shade and read with my ice cold vanilla coke from Sonic. {Oh yea! Sonic!}

Louisiana is beautiful in a sloppy, flat kind of way... it's our home, and I love the people and the wild spaces that make it who it is.

My turn in the kayak, I liked it. Thought I might feel trapped but it was fun gliding through the water, not as much work as the canoe was!

Happy Birthday Luke

This adorable little man is my Godson Luke and I love the heck out of him! In this picture he has just finished wiping all the smurf blue icing from his cookie cake onto his shirt (front and back). Like all good children he was having more fun playing with his food than eating it!

Posing behind Luke for a quick shot! He's fast and not interested in sitting around all afternoon taking pictures!

Me trying to lure Luke close enough for a picture, the old Dumptruck-Over-The-Shoulder trick should catch him! And it did :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Luke, Auntie Jen loves ya!

Good times...

God has blessed us with a great, no, fantastic group of people at our church. I love these people.

We have become what the Bible wants the church to be- honest, uplifting, supportive, learning, praying for each other and sharing the joy that Jesus announced was ours! We are celebrating Jenna and Aaron in this pic- they're headed to Dallas and we'll miss them like crazy!

Bluettes

Julie , Arielle and I had a fabulous time picking blueberries out in Oil City yesterday. If you're ready for blueberry season, this is the least expensive place around. I came home with 5 pounds of the beautiful berries and paid ... $2.00!!! yahoo! Can you believe it?! I'll post the phone number and directions later if anyone would like them. Great morning full of friendly chatter and chirping birds, very peacful.

Julie (with Olivia Ann-due July 1st!) + Arielle (due in October!) + Jen (not due anytime soon!)

Packing the blueberries away for winter. Filled freezer bags full 2 cups each and laid flat in the freezer. Mmmm, these will be so good over my pancakes in December!