Gardner Wedding

Our good friend, Mike, married another friend, Jessica, while we were in NC. Matt was in the wedding party and because of this we got to stay at a huge beach house right on the beach. We had a wonderful time catching up with friends and enjoying the amazing weather for late September. It made it that much harder to leave NC...Matt said i couldn't use the beach excuse because we live 45 minutes from an island. it confirmed for both of us though that we would prefer to go somewhere opposite of southern Texas for fellowship when Matt finishes residency.
Here are some fun pics from the wedding weekend:
These first two pictures are of one of Matt's proudest moments. He caught a shark off of the beach one night with Harrison (a friend from SMI). He was so excited--i am sure some of you can imagine!

These next pictures are from the wedding day:
these are matt's friends from philadelphia. Mike and Jessica got married in a garden. Eric thought it would be a good ides to stop and take some pictures of Isabella in one of the gardens (it was a great idea). She had never been sat in grass before.

Catch up continued

This is my favorite recent picture.


SEPTEMBER:
September was a very full month; Isabella and I went to North Carolina on the 18th and spent a week there with my parents and then Matt came up and we went to Wilmington for Mike Gardner's wedding. We got to stay at a beach house for a couple of nights and see a lot of friends from Philadelphia. We had a wonderful time and Isabella decided that she was going to start doing all new things while we were away--she started clapping with her hands open, playing peck-a-boo, holding her own sippy cup (and drinking), and she is sitting up so well.
Gran, Pops, uncle Brian and aunt Jenn, Palmer and Brantley had such a great time with her. It was so nice for all of us to have some time together. It was a bit difficult for me to leave as fall was on its way --the leaves were starting to change and the air was a little crisp at night. I miss fall. Anyways, here are some pictures and video of our time:
This is my great friend, Sarah, who came up from Atlanta to meet Isabella and spend some time with me. We were so happy to have her and loved that she drove up to see us.
We also celebrated my mom's 60th birthday wish a surprise lunch with our family and some friends...we also surprised my dad and included him on the cake because he turned 60 in Aug.

Catch up

Okay here is what you all have been waiting for all summer. Be warned there are going to be a lot of pictures to see. So, pace yourself.
JULY:

This is a picture of when Heidi was visiting. We are so thankful that she was there when she was..Isabella had some fun with her too. This is when we were staying with friends after the break in; they have a pool--it was really nice!



AUGUST:

This is just so cute! These next couple of pictures are from our trip to Pittsburgh to see Matt's family. Isabella met everyone except Tim (hopefully at Christmas). We had a really nice time. We also got to see our friends, the Nash's. Luke is Isabella's long-distance boyfriend (aren't they cute?).
This is Matt's sister Martha; we can't wait to meet our new cousin soon!!










okay, that is enough for today..more to come.

~Katie~

Coming Back!!

HELLO ALL!!
WE HAVE FINALLY GOT OUR COMPUTER AT OUR NEW PLACE!!!
I will post some (actually it will probably be a lot) of pictures next week. we will be away at the island this weekend. Thank you all for your patience as we have been going through this tough tranisition. We are very thankful for all of the support and prayers that you have given us.
I hope that you are all doing well and we are excited about getting back into the Blog scene.

~Katie~

Moved, but still here

hi all,
this is the first post i have done in a while... we haved moved into our friends home. we are happy there and doing well. we have not changed our address yet. we will probably be doing that in the next few weeks.
matt and i will be going over to the house soon to be able to post some pictures..i know you are all dying to see what Isabella looks like. She is changing and getting so big. she will be 7 months in a couple of days..she is a joy and she makes us laugh daily.
i am doing okay lately..i am still having flash-backs of the break-in and having some fear.
on a whole though i am doing better each day that pases. please continue to pray for us as we still are trying to settle.
we hope you are all well..come back after the weekend and there will probably be some pictures.
-Katie-

Interesting story

A 59 year-old man has made his college football team. Apparently, he was kicked off the team some 30-plus years ago. He will be the oldest college football player in NCAA history.....

here is the story

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2986313

Trying to be normal

Wow...... it has been a long time since we have written- a lot has happened obviously and we are trying to get back to normal. So it is good to be writing this. Most of you know our house was broken into in a bad way with katie, Isabella and our friend at home. We have moved and will be selling our house. Pray for us - selling a house is very difficult right now in harlingen. We look forward to writing more in the next week.....