Well, this is my first attempt at blogging... wish me luck!
I guess I'll just start with a weekly update. We went to St. Pete over the weekend for my 10yr high school reunion. In some ways it is hard to believe that much time has gone by, but in other ways, when I think about all that has happened since then, it does feel like I'm old enough to be going to my 10yr reunion... I guess I'm just starting to settle into (and accept) my old-lady status. It was fun to see people and hear what they've done with their lives. We were a small class (just 48 of us) and we all knew each other pretty well (sometimes that was good, sometimes that was bad). It was fun to see each other's kids and reminisce about our high school memories. We also got to stay with our good friends Matt and Loretta for part of the time we were there. We got to hang out with their kids (Jacob-3, Aubrey-7mo) and they got to spend some time with Grace. I think getting an extended period of time with them was one of my favorite parts of the weekend. Over the past 6yrs since we graduated from college, our time with them has been limited to a couple of hours here or there and most of it has been shared with the rest of our group of friends, so it was nice to have time just with them. We were also able to see Glenn's parents and they got to watch Grace while we went to the reunion dinner on Saturday night. It is always nice to see them and I love watching Grace interact with them. She's always cautious with family she hasn't seen in a while (especially the guys), but she warmed up after not too long and they seemed to have a good time together... it didn't hurt that her Dani took her shopping (one of Grace's favorite activities). All-in-all I'm glad I went to the reunion, but I don't know if I'll go again. I guess I have a while to decide, but I think I realized that I've kept up with (or can get a hold of) all of the people that I want in my life for the long haul.
Special thanks to Glenn for sacrificing a weekend of studying to go hang out with my high school friends. Glenn made up a list last night of all of the things he has left to do between now and December 12th. It's going to be a busy couple of weeks, but I know he can do it. Pray that he is diligent and motivated. Though we have been thankful for all of the things the Lord has taught us and done for us while here at the seminary, we are looking forward to finishing. One of us has been in school the whole time we've been married, so we're anxious to see what a marriage looks like with free time in the evenings and two full incomes.
Grace started with a cold on Sunday and now we are all sick. Her nose is runny, her eyes are watering, and she's been having trouble falling asleep. It is hard to tell if that is because she's adjusting to being back at home or if it's because she's sick. Either way, it stinks! She's such a happy, easy baby and I always feel so bad for her when she's miserable. I was really enjoying her not being sick for so long (she hasn't been sick since the end of August). Glenn and I are both feeling achey (sp?) and have sore throats. Pray that we are all able to recover quickly and that Grace doesn't get too sick.
Tomorrow is Halloween and Grace is going as a ladybug. We're planning on hanging out with the Smiths and the Kavanaughs. We're ordering pizza and then leaving from their house. I'll post pictures as soon as I get a chance.
Other than that, there is not much going on this week. I'm hoping to get all of the bags unpacked, the laundry done (including put away), the house cleaned a little bit, and all the rest of my usual weekly duties (grocery shopping, bill paying, etc). Thanks for reading! Bye for now!
Just wanted to post a couple of pictures of our Halloween outing with our little Ladybug. We met up at the Smiths, had some pizza, and then walked to Main Street for Trick or Treating. They really do a great job on Main Street... a lot of the houses participated and quite a few of them were all decked out in their scary costumes. Grace seemed to have a blast (although that could have been because she got to spend the whole night in her red car... one of her favorite things in life). She liked holding onto her candy and the princess bucket we bought her to carry the candy. She understood that the candy went into the bucket and had a good time making a game of putting it in and taking it out.
Regan went as a butterfly and Sebastian went as a Zebra. So
