at least it's not christmas in july!!

almost to the end of the year... next up, Shane and Shane with my gals Jess and Haley!!! it was up in Maine, but leave it to Jess to find out where they were playing! and it was a bonus because Bethany Dillon and Phil Wickham where there too. and better yet, it was a Christmas Concert :)

we spent the day up in Maine and did some sightseeing and shopping. we then ate at this amazing seafood restaurant. here are some fav's from our day...

definitely some great photo spots!

fun times!
only jess would lay on the ground and be crazy :)

we found some fun shops
and these are some funny magnets i came across...so you thought jess was the only crazy one...lol!
yes, i am a moose!!this is the place we had lunch... so yummy!

doesn't it just look sooooo good?!
beautiful cobblestone roads

just have to laugh at this shot...
(i thought that the zoom was on!!)
here's Shane!

and i'll leave you with a video... and a great scripture as well!

catching up, or trying to!!

i'm getting closer to the end of the year. can you guess where i went next??... another trip to PA!!

here are just a few shots from my trip... i went to grandmom and pop pops to meet up with amy and the kiddos first, then to amy's for the rest of the weekend. it was nice and relaxing.

nate and em (can i just tell you that is the loooongest book ever!)

this was the biggest and best playground i've ever been to.
yes, i did play and run around on it! em wanted to be silly....this is what we ended up with!i miss climbing trees....
definitely reminded me of my childhood adventures :)lol, i made emma take this picture with me...she was mortified!...but then had no problems in Walmart...
making faces with this one!!a new adventure was Hershey's Sweet Lights,
it was rainning but worth it. the 3d lights were so neat.so that was my adventure for the weekend...
and now to move onto Dec.
(slowly but surely i'm getting there!!)

friends gathering...

yaay, yaay, the gangs all here!!

this is our thanksgiving eve gathering... (i know, i know...better late then never!)
some of the crowd

i love it that the older gang are around still!!

here are the college kids now... makes me feel old! lol

we had a great time as usual. i enjoyed seeing and fellowshipping with everyone since we don't get to do it that often anymore... it only took us about an hour to all straggle in to Denny's!
(not my top choice, but it was the only place that would hold us all and that we wouldn't get kicked out of by 11pm!)

where else... concert!

one very cold night in oct....jeff, steph, mom and i went to a concert. not just any concert, but Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman together!! it was their first ever concert playing together. we started with dinner, enjoyed a concert full of great music, memories, and worship, and even found some friends on the way out :) it was a great night!

me and mom

steph and jeff

us at the concert

look who we found! christine and haley :)

here's just a highlight of music from that night. (sorry it's a little bit wobbly!)

engagement pics...

while i was away in PA, my little brother got engaged!!!

i know i should have posted this earlier...but better late then never right!!!

when i got home i took jeff and stephanie to Cogshall to take some engagement pictures...
this are some of what we ended up with!

what a happy couple!

the end of the year... what i missed posting

so now that the year is over i decided that i would just post a bit about what i did the last couple months...

again i went to PA (my favorite place!) and visited amy and the children.

we went apple picking,the girls and i did a HUGE corn maze,and amy and i went out on a photo shoot of the country side.I got to see emma play soccerand was around for abby

and nate's birthdays!

it was a fun filled weekend, as always!

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to you and your families a very merry christmas! may each of you remember the true meaning of christmas, that Jesus was born to this world.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the
government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
ISAIAH 9:6

I love you all...
Jenn