Latest Projects...

First things first.
Doug recently finished the project I posted about a long time ago.
He was building bookshelves with pillars to divide the living room and dining room in this house.
He did a great job and the finished product looks AWESOME. :) Way to go honey!

And in even more recent news, Doug finally got a cap and ladder rack for his truck. It looks good and it will make carrying things with the truck a lot more practical. :) Both Danika and I are thrilled that we can get in the truck now without unloading 50 tons of tools. :)

Well...we are off to Thanksgiving!

Have a great day everyone!

As your cat, I must tell you I hate you.

We have a cat. His name is Martin.

Martin adores Doug, worships Doug, follows Doug around and begs to just be near him.

Martin hates me.

If he could talk, I have no doubt he would actually tell me he hates me. I work from home, and that cat is in the same house with me all day long. He does not even bother to pretend to be awake. But I know Doug is turning onto our street with his truck because I can hear the cat jump to the floor and race for the door so he can be waiting for Doug when he pulls in.

So, the other day, I got a new camera for work. I needed to practice and figure out the settings, but of course nobody was home with me...except Martin. So...I woke him up and prodded him to move and took pictures of him.

Let me say it again: he hates me. Lest you doubt me...please see the look of hatred he is giving me in all of these pictures..... :)


Martin sleeping....the camera had just arrived.

Martin now awake, annoyed, and irritated there is a flash going off in his face.

"I am warning you one last time....put the camera down and go back upstairs."

"I have been forced to climb on this table to be closer to your eye level so that once again I can deliver the death stare to you."

That weekend, Doug took a nap on Sunday and Martin immediately found a home tucked in Doug's arm. I just know he is thinking..."What part of I hate you don't you understand? Can't you see I'm with my real owner now? GO AWAY!"

:) My only consolation is that as much as Martin hates me, he hates Danika even more. :)

Just too much fun...

Our life has been filled with just too much fun lately and we haven't had any time to blog.

Kristen and her kids were here to visit for a week...this picture pretty much sums up how much Danika loves "Layna".

They were SO cute together!

Here are some more photos from the week.....

All four grandkids:

Julie

Alayna

Alayna "smiling"....

And the two partners in crime on a great adventure together.

"What should we do now?"

"Let's hold hands and run up and down the stairway about 30 times in a row!"

"Okay!"

"That was great! Let's do it again!"

We miss you, Julie and Alayna!

Love,

Andrea and Danika (and Uncle Doug, too!)

Trick Or Treat 2008

Danika was a fuzzy little chick for Trick or Treat this year. First we took her around to see family, then on Friday night we actually took her trick-or-treating with friends in Edinboro for the first time. She had a ball! Here are some pics!

Danika with Mimi and Papa. :)

Danika with Grandma.
Our little peep hoarding her peanut M&M's.

Danika with our good friends and neighbors Ted and Carol.

Danika kissing one of our pumpkins. :)

Danika got a GREAT hand-me-down from one of our good friends. Thanks Shawn and Diane! She LOVES it. (However, she does drive without any hands. :))

Danika trick-or-treating with Luke.

Danika, Mimi, and Mommy (Daddy was hunting) the night of trick-or-treat! It was a blast!

Oh- and she LOVES suckers. :) They are her favorite so far!

Love you all!

Andrea

All I do is drive....

Some days....it feels like all I do is drive. Just for the record...that isn't really fun anymore. :( I cover 15 counties for my job...so this time of year when I have lots of meetings, I get really sick of looking at this:

I was in the car from 6am-6pm last Friday with 2 meetings in the middle to break it up. Tomorrow, I will be in the car for around 9 hours. Those are always long days.

As of right now...

To catch up as quickly as possible, here is what is going on in our world:

• Danika is going through a major "Mommy" phase...it is cute and overwhelming at the same time. She wants me, but the reality is she can't have me all the time.
• Doug is in the process of getting an insulin pump. More about that another time, but he is in the trial phase right now. Pray that all goes well.
• I'm ridiculously busy with work right now.
• Danika is growing like crazy and finally shooting up a little. She actually might be wearing 18months clothes before she turns 2!
• Still love church...still love our amazing small group....and Doug and I are going to be in a drama in November.
• Doug is still working on the built-in bookshelf for that side job....he is almost done and I will post pictures when he is.
• Fall in Pennsylvania is GORGEOUS! (The only time I actually like all these trees.)
• My sister is going through rehab for her ankle...pray it finishes healing correctly.

So hey...now you are caught up.
:)

A few pics to make you smile.

So I'm a little behind....

So I'm a little behind on my blogging. okay...a LOT behind on my blogging. It was the trip to Liberty Center/Cedarville/Toledo that did it to me. I got to see so many wonderful people and had so many wonderful conversations and visits...and then with so much time in the car to contemplate and reflect I just had a lot on my heart and mind that I wanted to share here. My heart was so full after that week-long trip to see family and friends from all different places in my life. I started no less than 4 blog entries that are still unfinished. Since I don't know if/when I will get around to finishing them, I figured I better just move forward from here and start blogging again. But if you were one of those people I visited that week...thank you. It was so good for my heart to see you.

And with that, we are back into the world of blogging.