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fall in the city.

today is a dreary, rainy, cold day so i thought it would be a good day to put up pictures from a beautiful, sunny day!
on sunday we took a picnic to the park trying really hard to make good use of the last bits of sunshine

 

 

the park was lit up in all of its fall [...]

Marathon part 2

Just wanted to show you a few pictures from before Mom did the NYC marathon…

…picking up her number and supplies at the expo

…the expo was pretty fun! people from all over the world hustling and bustling around picking up their supplies

…she is so cute
that night we just layed low and hung [...]

NYC Marathon 2009

this weekend was one of the coolest experiences i have had in nyc. my awesome mom participated in the nyc marathon and kicked some butt!

it was so much fun just cheering her and the other 43,000-something people that walked and ran with her. there were people running, walking and cheering from tons of [...]

BarlowGirl!!!!

this weekend i went home to raleigh for a very special treat! Barlowgirl is an awesome christian girl band, made up of 3 rock-and-roll sisters. my parents chose to sponsor their tour this year through one of their businesses Live The Dream . it’s a tee-shirt company and one of the shirts proceeds go to [...]

amish country videos…

here are a few videos from our trip to amish country. they are all really really short, and some are quite humorous….(the last one seriously cracks me up ) enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kx4i-breaE ….roxie meets a chicken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfKIFglgiBE ….amish buggy alert!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC_fNJ6Bk4g ….beautiful amish country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c46BPszJpM8 ….really, really fast amish people

the amish, gettsyburg, and whoopie pies

so im really behind on my blog updates. i cant believe i let it go a couple of weeks! back in september we took a little weekend trip to amish country in lancaster county, pa. the landscape was so beautiful, and the weather was perfect, it was just starting to be jacket weather. we had [...]

my “me weekend”.

matt went to Kansas City this weekend for business, so for once, he was gone and i was here. i decided to use the time for ME. i did nothing but things that make me happy. and it was seriously one of the best times i’ve ever had in NYC. there are some days i [...]

hidden treasures…

look at what i found out on the ledge by our trashcans….

isn’t it pretty!? i am so glad this person chose not to actually throw this away, but left it for someone like me to find thats one great thing about nyc, there are little hidden treasures everywhere!

topsail island, take 2!

so much to update this week! my parents rented a beach house in topsail last week and i wasnt planning on going, but my mom apparently needed a buddy to hang out with and booked me a flight to come play it was a nice getaway and i got some much needed quiet [...]

“fiesta stir fry” recipe. yum!

i got this Fiesta Fry Pan Dinner recipe off of allrecipes.com
SUBMITTED BY: Taste of Home’s Fast Family Favorites
1 pound ground turkey or beef *
1/2 cup chopped onion *
1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning *
1 1/2 cups water*
1 1/2 cups sliced zucchini [...]