Happy Birthday Lauren!

     On Oct. 24th Lauren turned 1. :) I wish so bad we could have been there to celebrate, but my dear sister is very faithful to send pictures!!

Brittany made a cake for her.

What fun! :)

Britt, this is so you when you were little!! :)

A cutie, that's for sure.

Fall Family Fun Night

     This past Friday out church had out annual Fall Family Fun Night. It was lots of fun with of course lots of food and goodies. We had a corn hole game (Thanks to Bro. Dale for doing an awesome job building it!! ), a cake walk, a walk through the woods after dark( A big thank you to Michael and Marcus for their hard work getting that together!:), scavenger hunt for the kids, and a camp fire. :)

New Security Officer

    Michael received an email about him sent to all the current employees and supervisors in the police division. It was  written by the Chief of Police, UNC Hospitals, his soon to be new boss. I was rather proud and wanted to share.... Michael will probably strangle me later. :)

     "Guys and Ladies,
          As you all know we are losing Ed Clemons to retirement. We have found a great person to literally follow in Ed's footsteps. Michael Evans is already familiar to most of you. Michael worked for Valet Parking at ER entrance. He is familiar with our operation and is accustomed to spending a great deal of time outside. If you have dealt with Michael, you know that he has great customer service skills and is a nice young man. Please welcome Michael and assist him in adjusting to his new position. Thanks.
                                     Owen
Owen R. Wynne
Chif of Police
UND Hospitals"

Just Fishin'

     This past weekend Debbie and Nathan {sister & brother in-law} were here visiting and we all spent Saturday evening over at Bo's {brother-in-law} pond fishing. I can't stand fishing really....it's ok as long as I don't get close to any fish. :) I love fish tanks, but that is where I draw my line. However, it is good family time, and I am learning to enjoy it more....Here are some pictures from that evening. {You can click on each picture to make them bigger.}

I love this picture... if you look closely, you can see Josh's feet don't touch the ground!

Lauren ~11 Months

Here are Lauren's 11 month pictures. :) She is walking now, and just as cute as ever!! Sure wish I could see her... :)

DIY Photo Coasters

     I have been wanting to try these for a while now... Well, ever since I saw the idea and tutorial over here on my friend Karen's blog, The Pink Parsonage. Last night my friend, Bethany, came over and we tried it out together. I was really happy with how they turned out ( Some things I would do a little different next time, but that's how things go the first time around.) and probably will make them again sometime. Anyways, here are some pictures of the little adventure....

Putting on several layers of Mog Podge.

Spraying on several layers of sealer.

The finished project.

Of course, a hot cup of chai tea was needed as well. :)

The Accident

     Yesterday Michael was involved in a 5 car pile up, but thankfully wasn't hurt and the car was just scratched up some. He happened to have the camera in the car and snapped a couple pictures, but it was after they had cleared a lot of if up and moved cars so they could get to the people trapped in the first car that was hit. The big construction truck was the one that caused the accident. It is believe that he ran the light. Both people from the truck and car were rushed to the ER with injuries.