Friends!!

We went to Tally 2 weeks ago, to take Abbey back to First Words, visit with some old friends, and go to a wedding. Like every trip, we hoped and planned to do more than we could, but we had fun nonetheless. I didn't get a lot of pictures from our visit with friends, but here are (some of) the kids at Chuck E Cheese where we met one afternoon.

Pumpkin Festival

Last weekend, Jonathan's sister, Katie, and her family came for a visit.  It was great to spend time with them -we hadn't seen them since February!  Anyhow, on Saturday, we loaded everyone (well, almost - Jonathan had to work) up and headed to Bradenton to visit the Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival.  We met up with our friends from church and all drove down together.  However, it was a little bit tricky trying to stick together once we got there.  This was quite the festival - it was HUGE, with lots to see and do.  We didn't get to see everything, but we did have a good time.  I was so busy with the kids that my camera stayed in its case until we were leaving, so I'm sharing Ed's pictures for this post.  

Feeding the Goats!  Abbey's face cracks me up in the picture! 

Playground!  This place was certainly a hit! 

William went for a ride in the "train"

Mackenzie got a hold of William's hat! 

She found a pumpkin! 

The kids, holding their little treasures! 

They love their pumpkins!  

 

This is Abbey that night, sleeping with her little pumpkin!  So cute!!

Today I'm thankful for...

The conversation I had last night with a dear friend from college. She and I were in the same tennis & speech classes at Pensacola and became good friends immediately. She is the sweetest, smartest, most beautiful lady you could ever meet! We stayed in touch for a while after school, but then after marriage and moving a few times, we lost touch. Thankfully, I just recently found her on facebook and we were able to catch up. She told me she has sent me so many letters, but they never reached me and we both laughed how we never thought about FB sooner. We talked on the phone last night and it was so good to hear her voice again, because really, it's been like 5 years since we've talked! She's now also married and has a beautiful 3-month old daughter. God has done amazing things in her life and I'm so thankful and privileged to call her my friend!