"Christmas Shoes" !!!!;-)

And here they are......

No... certainly not!! where are the heels??!!:) Actually, these belong to....

.....this weird guy!!!:-P Who is generally, NORmally, known as, George!:) ...Barb impulsively decided to take a pic of them...so i copycatted.. Anywayz...I had a perfectly delightful wkend! Saturday in pa with cousins was great fun!! Ivan and i got home around 11 that night and had the house to ourselves. Then church on sun and lunch w/ friends. Then scurried home and did chores in time to leave to meet Barb, Terri, Maryrose, n George to go to a "Christmas Shoes" dramatized musical. it was fantasticly done!! i was moved to tears... Well then after that came Starbucks!!! oh yeah! so we got our coffee n hung out there till the idea of eating food kept getting mentioned in our conversation!! so we headed to burger king.... and stayed late to be sure!! twas the best night i've had in a loooong time!! So Props to best friends!!:)
Cutest Tt!!

Ivan n the weird guy again...

Burger King..here we are...

fries!!!

much laughter!!

Maryrose n George..... you're so cute girlfriend!!

Tt n bobbi... love this one!

Yeah.... Ivan!

Barb...refusing to pose!! 1 minute, eh?

more laughter!!:)

Thanks again Friends!! I salute YOU!!

guys making pretzels!!;-)

my 18th Bday.... what a wkend!

Well, finally i'm gettin around to updating... Wow! I'm truly sooo blessed!! I've got such an Awe-inspiring, omnipotent, huge God!!! But He still cares about having an intimate relationship w/ me?? It boggles my mind!! I can only say THANK YOU!! ....U know...... i love life! living, loving... what more of an oppurtunity could i ask for? ...Well i wasn't gonna have a preachin service...so i'll tell you a little belatedly about my wkend. well i got to sleep in on sat(my Bday) for starters. so that was cool! then by lunch two of Sarahn i's friends(Beth n Faith Heagy) came down from the north. We went skating n played hockey in the afternoon... so cool!! Then on Sun. at lunchtime, neighbors n friends partied with me! Then in the afternoon us youth went to Sarah's.... and i had a bunch of friends over..... we played some hockey in the freeeezing wind! But it was so totally worth it! then came pool, rouny-towny ping pong, and watching the guys hilariously roll out pretzels for supper!! They were actually really good...and of course they wanted the credit!! Anywayz....i had a blast... so props to all who came... and thanks for the thoughtful cards n gifts.

As for today... snow day!! so i didnt have to work, n mom n dad left for pa... so i'm lazying around!! So with all this time on my hands... i'm uploading a bunch of pics.... Tomorrow i leave for pa too.... for a family Christmas dinner, ivan n i will be home late cuz we gotta do chores on sun morn.... such is farming.... but its all good.

Well, i'll check in with ya later... Drive safe all you New Yorkers!!

me w/the gorgeous cake Tammy made
Eddie n Carol gave me 5 lbs of olives!! Thank you sir!! props to you guys!!

sis n MR murphy!;)

The other Esther.. definately the sweetest one!

becka...

Maryrose, beth , n faith (umm, maryrose...what shall i remind u of?? playin pool till 11 and what are you not good at??... eh..hemm..!!!!;-P

Ivan... ever the teacher...

Esther... lookin' good..

Ok, here are the mighty pretzel rollers!!

Leroy n Dan... Lee had the honors of sizing the dough...

ivan

Darwin..

Esther decided to help the guys out...

Tim

George- havin issues with stickyness!

Almost done...

This is me gettin ready to throw the empty pepsi jug at Lee.... who was the culprit for drinking it! You'd think he'd at least not smile about it!!

Tim making a shot

don't know what this was about, but it looks interesting enough!

Me.. gettin ready...

What happened??!! I hope it went in!!;)

George... obsessed w/ his hat! i thot it actually did work for him...

This is Mon morning.. sarah, me, and beth.... with sarah's 3 babysittin kids.. they're the cutest!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!:)

I'm thankful for so much today!!!

I've been busy lately......to put it lightly! So here are a few pics for some visual explanations.....

Tt n i..... i had such a blast hangin out with her... root beer floats, awesome talks;), time flying, shoppin, coffee!!
I love it!! ;)

my nieces, Anna and Katelyn.....twas awesome having my brother n fam down...

Andrew, Anna, katy

Andrew n Sis

katy

Ollie n Denise ...they had a beautiful wedding!!

Dance..

Gr8 food at the silo restuarant!

Here goes...

Terri n the kids, i had a blast helping her out the other wk.
George, Ivan, and Terri at cabelas

My boss George(one awesome guy!)

Ivan and Mark Schultz

Sarah and Kenley

Jr n Murphy

Nicole, Douglas, Hannah

this was in Maine in July

Hannah n I

Irene n I

Mexico reunion up here, this is the group.

Playing Ping-pong at the reunion

foosball......

Alex n Cindy

Sarah!:)

For her bday, Mom got a motrocyle ride!

Twila n I

Oops... this was supposed to be in the beginning!! oh well...

Life has been interesting, to say the least...! busy, and so on and so forth..... I spent the weekend in Pa..... A total knockout... in lots of ways!!:o) Ivan, George, Terri, and I left roun 8 on sat morn and went to Cabelas. My first time there, and that place is totally cool! Now of course, if i was actually a hunter it would really click! but then i would've gone way b4 this too... anywayz i'm bunnytrailing and that irritates me. So, Terri n i looked n searched for a relatively "cheap" white hoodie with a cabelas logo that actually fit.... we utterly failed at that. so we settled 4 a non logo-non hoodie- n STILL not cheap one(lol tt!).... Then we had lunch there...Ivan had elk, George-ostrich, me buffalo (yeah,bravo!!)... poor tt settled 4 soup cuz of her sore throat.... still feel bad about that. The "wild" meat was actually really good. totally edible! Well, after we tired of wandering and laser target practice... we headed 4 Ephrata. Got to Ed's, unloaded, headed to church n met w/ Barb, hence testimonies, hence going BACK to ed's and playing uno n drinking coffee!! Then the best part.... vball- with Ivan n I's Friend Al's youth. Then late nite supper at wendy's afterwards. On sun was morn service, a good message, relaxing, talking with so many friends i rarely see, talking a few walks:), then heading 4 home around 8:30... trying to keep ivan awake while nodding off meself, then at like 12:05.... - one mile from home- lights, i mean FLASHING lights...the twirly kind... sound familiar anyone??!! (Ivan is not gonna kill me 4 this... i can hold up my end!!) Nevertheless, Ivan had not used his turn signal.... i've 4ever bugged him about that very thing... and henceforth thankfully he only got a warning! I told him what a wonderful way 2 start a brand new day!! yeah... then Mon i was working at home... and today i was at work, i'm busy planting bulbs for Easter.. hard to comprehend i know!

So that was my last few days.... i know... i can really get into it...:)

Here are a few random pix in tribute to family n friends. Later, ya'll.