All the way from Mexico...

Justin's cousin, Mandy, and her husband, Ernesto recently moved back from Aguascalientes, Mexico where they have lived for the past two and a half years. (This was the cousin that Justin and I visited this summer when we went to Mexico...) So, they're back in the states and came out to visit us for the day- we took them to do all the "Lancaster" things.... when we were with them in Mexico, we joked that we just "ate our way through Mexico", so Justin and I figured that we could proably do the same sort of thing here (and, if you've ever been to Lancaster, you know that wouldn't be a stretch to make happen!) So, we went to Central Market, picked apples at Cherry Hill Orchards, stopped for a snack at Bird-In-Hand Bakc Shop- you know, whoopie pies, shoofly pie, sticky buns... we tried a bit of everything. Then, as if we were actually hungry, we had dinner at Dienner's. All in all a great day...

Here's a picture of Mandy being attacked by Bo while we were trying to digest...

Ricketts Glen: The Music Video

my other link didn't work, but try this!

Animoto.com

This is the coolest website! You can go on and create little "music videos" from pictures and music that you have! You just upload the pictures, pick a song and the website arranges a music video for you- its soooo cool! The "shorts" are FREE (includes 10 -15 pictures) and then you can make a "full length" with as many pictures as you want, but that you pay for.... so, try it out! Have fun!

Here's a video I made in class tonight from our weekend in at the mountains:
Ricketts Glenn: The Music Video

Mountain Weekend

We packed up this past weekend and headed to the Ricketts Glen area (near Bloomsburg, PA) with our small group from church and spent the weekend at Justin's aunt and uncles cabin (thanks Cheryl and Jim!). We had a blast hiking the waterfall trail, relaxing, playing games and, of course, shooting. Let me tell you, Bobbi Garrett is a little "Annie Oakley" with a shotgun... she didnt miss a clay bird! And of course it wouldn't be a weekend at the cabin without the boys blowing up something- fortunatley this time it was just a pumpkin getting its guts blown out! (see the video below...) I shot one gun- I can't believe how pregnant I look in that picture! I'm a pretty terrible shot though, so Bo and I just played around in the fields most of the time!

17 Weeks

Here's the lastest picture- my belly is getting good and round- I quit wearing regular clothes a few weeks ago... its just not comfortable to rubberband your pants shut! My stomach muscles feel like they have just been through an intense workout... they're so sore! I've got a doctor's appointment tomorrow and will likely be scheduling my next ultrasound. Woohoo!

Kentucky Wedding

I spent the weekend in Lexington, KY attending the wedding of my dear friend Stephanee Stone (now Stephanee Sheets). Steph and I met while interning with Athletes in Action in Colorado and became fast friends. It was a beautiful wedding on a horse farm outside of Lexington- what fun! Congratulations, Steph and Lonnie!

The New Holland Fair

Justin's favorite time of year... The New Holland Fair! This is the best place to get some of our favorite treats: Hess's BBQ, waffles and ice cream, kettle corn, and more. Justin has been going to the fair for as long as he can remember, and I've embraced it as a "family tradition". This year Justin entered some cherry tomatoes from our garden and he won Second Place! (This was one better than last year's thrid place in the jalepeno pepper competition...)