Twins

Here is a picture of Carmen and I. We are accused of being related so we just say we are twins separated at birth. We have a lot of fun together and we have kids that are close in age.

Fresh Air

After lunch we were able to take a quick walk on one of the trails. It was a beautiful day!! I just thought it was neat to capture a couple of my friends walking. And I thought this tree/shrub was pretty.

Women's Retreat

On October 24th and 25th I was able to attend the Ladies retreat that Bethel does annually. They hold this amazing event at Camp Summit which is only about 30 minutes from Galesburg. It is a beautiful place in the country. It was a great weekend. I was able to hang out with people that I don't normally see on a regular basis. I love to hang out with my girlfriends. We had amazing food Mariana Schrader and Joy Bledsoe were our in house chefs. I will tell you one thing, if you go away hungry it is your own fault!! The speaker was really good. The topic for the weekend was Come Closer. I so need to do that and spend more time alone with Jesus. I had a great table of ladies to sit with and play phase 10 with for 2 and a half hours!! It was just a lot of fun. I had a great bunk mate who did not snore!!!! My friend Carmen and I can find about anything to laugh at especially when it is 2 or 3 in the morning. Next year I hope to see all of you at the retreat you won't want to miss it. These are the wonderful ladies that were at my table.

Back in time

Saturday night we were invited to a 50Th surprise birthday for a friend of ours. They had a theme and you could dress up if you wanted to. The theme was Hippie/Disco. I wasn't going to dress up but the girl's wanted to. So I then called another friend of mine who has tons of vintage clothing. We found stuff to wear and went home. When we got home Ari decided she didn't want to dress up she has a little of her daddy in her ha ha. So Molly and I dressed up it was a lot of fun. The birthday was very surprised.

Rubbermaid Container

If you need Christmas ideas here you go and they don't cost very much. I had brought this tote up to move some clothes around and there was only a few things left in it. Ari thought it was her own personal toy. She really had a lot of fun climbing in and out of it. Climbing in and putting the lid on it. Daddy came home and she had show him so she climbed in and he carried her around it was quite comical. I would have be claustrophobic!!! Of course I had to takesome pictures. Just to clarify she climbed in on her own accord!!

Cheerleading Cosutme

I had to brag a little. I made this costume for a friend of mine and I think it turned out pretty good. What do you all think?

Her own sense of style!!

A couple of weeks ago was Galesburg's homecoming we have gone to the parade for the last several years. I picked the girls up at the bus stop because the parade was going to start at 4:00 and they get home at 3:45. So we needed to hurry. I see Ari coming down the sidewalk with her pants rolled up to her knees her black tall boots on. I asked her why her pants were rolled up and she said she got hot during the day. So I had to take a picture.