29 October 2009

Georgia Apple Festival

While we were in Georgia we got to go to the apple orchards. We got apple bread. Apple donuts. Apple butter. Apple cidar. All was delicious!Matt and his dad at the apple orchard. Matt and I at the apple festival. It was really cold and windy that day. But it was a lot of fun to go to my first Georgia Apple Festival!A littl afternoon hike to Gennett Poplar tree. This was a hike that Matt used to go on with his family a lot growing up.
John, Gabe, me and Matt. The first time we attempted this picture I set the timer, and then was running down the slippery hill when I slipped and landed flat on my back. Ouch. But I still made it into the picture before the timer went off! :)Us showing how tall the tree is.

Matt, Gabe, and John at the apple festival...trying to keep warm.
Matt and me by the Georgia Apple sign. Loved having lots of apple bread, apple donuts and apple cidar while there!

Matt, John, Gabe, Alex and Alex.

Matt and his dad jamming a little.
Matt and I drove down to Birmingham to see Heather and to meet Chris. So fun to get to see them! I got the see the beginnings of Heather's gorgeous wedding dress!! I forgot to take a sinlge picture of our time with Heather and Chris though. Soo bummed. Me, forgetting to take pictures?! Ahhhh!Matt and his (our) :) precious nephews. Evan, Robby, and Kyle. They adore their uncle Matt.
The cousins. John, Alex, Matt, me, Lara, and Ishi.
Cute little Evan.Robby and Evan.

We had a great time in Georgia with Matt's family! So glad we got to go see them. And so glad we got to see Heather and Chris...and meet Chris before their wedding in Guatemala in December!!

02 October 2009

Matt's Coming Home!

So, the date for Matt coming home has changed a few times. The latest date that I had recieved was that he was supposed to be tomorrow. But then, I got a call at 4:30am saying that the plans had changed and they were not going to get to come home until....who knows when. Matt said that it would hopefully be next weekend sometime...but that they were not sure when it would be. I was pretty bummed all day today. But in typical fashion...plans changed again! I just got off the phone with Matt. They are sending him home...on Monday! I think it is for real this time. He is booked on a commercial flight on Monday, and should be in Anchorage Monday evening sometime. Now, I am trying to not be a pessimist and yet still remain realistic and realize that plans could change again. So, for now I am SOOO excited that my husband should be home Monday!!! God has answered my prayers today (as he always does), but today was especially evident for me. Can't wait!!

Little Rock 10k and Half Marathon

 We say that we were going to Little Rock for the 10k and the half marathon races, but in reality, that is not entirely true. We used the ra...