Pumpkin Patch

We went to get our pumpkins at Spring Meadow Farms on Wednesday. It was freezing and felt more like winter than fall! We enjoyed picking some out. It's incredible how different they all look. We even got a few white pumpkins. For some reason Hokie and Beamer are really attracted to the white pumpkins. They continue to steal them off the porch and eat them!! Josh reminded me of the nutritious value in a pumpkin, so I suppose eating pumpkins is better than eating socks!!

Kevin and Heidi helped the kids carve the pumpkins on Friday while I was in NYC again. Heidi, being amazingly artistic, created a masterpiece for Isabella of Cinderella's carriage! Oh to be so talented!

New York, New York

WOW!! I just returned from a big trip to the Big Apple. I was quite brave.... took a train, got my own taxi (many times). It was kind of fun to be in a huge city -- however it is awesome to come home to lots of land and pretty scenery. NY is fun to visit, but I doubt I could live there.

I went up to help my parents. My step-dad had spine surgery last week and they are renting an apt while he recovers. They have been kind of cooped up, so they were very glad to have a new face in the one bedroom TINY apt. It was great to be able to serve them.

Coming home, my train got stuck behind a broken down train -- UGH! It took forever for them to unload all the passengers from the broken down train to ours (especially the passenger in a wheelchair since there was no platform or ramp). The frustrating part was that we were only like 30 min from Baltimore, but it was about an extra hour and a half before we got home!

Too much fun......

Fun in the Sand

Can you tell that it is raining today? All the laundry is caught up. We are organized to leave tomorrow. So I had ALL this free time and have decided to blog -- how funny that I haven't blogged in weeks and now there are 2 in one day........

We had so much fun burying Chloe and Kevin in the sand. Kevin even got sand boobs -- of course they kept cracking. He requested double D's!!! Lots of good laughs were had!

Sunrise, Sunset

We have been in Pine Island, NC since Sunday. Wow -- what a beautiful place. From our back deck we look out on the ocean and watch the sunrise. Since there are no houses in front of us or in back of us, we can watch the sunset over the sound. How beautiful. The colors are spectacular. God's creation is amazing.

I have been running every morning. The fresh air is awesome and to watch the sunrise as I run is so cool!!

The beach is so fun. This time of year is great. It seems like we have the whole beach to ourselves. The kids have LOVED playing in the ocean. This is probably the first year that most of them have actually enjoyed being out in the waves -- deeper than their ankles!

What a great vacation!!