Birthday's

A couple weekends ago we helped celebrate some birthday's.

On Friday night it was Jenna's 21st birthday! We went out for Mexican, and she was even sung to with guitars and the whole bit by the Mexicans. :) Talk about embarrassing, and I know exactly where NOT to go for my birthday now! :)

Jenna and her friends...we all surprised her, she didn't know we were coming to help her celebrate! :)

The group of "kids" that were there all helping Jenna celebrate.
I know, Daniel isn't in the picture...that's because he was working, but he came over afterwards!

We went back to Jenna's house and hung out and had skillet cookies and ice cream.

Opening all of her presents like a Queen. :)

Love ya Jenna! So glad I was able to help celebrate and actually hang out with you!

Sunday we had all of Daniel's family over to the apartment for his mom's birthday. We were going to hang out on Grandview and just eat out there, but it was pretty rainy/stormy that day so we were forced inside. To say it was interesting and quite crowded is an understatement. :) Our kitchen table extends pretty well, but our kitchen doesn't exactly have the room for the big table. But we made it work. Robert & Mary weren't able to come... if they would have, I think we would've had to change locations. :)

We ate dinner in the crowded kitchen, and while we were just finishing up, the electricity went out. Hah. We decided to go to Grandview since we couldn't do much else in our apartment anyway. It was pretty chilly and windy, but it was still a gorgeous walk with the leaves.

We literally live 3 minutes away from Grandview. We go running/walking up there all the time. Pretty much anytime we do something like that.

Mom and a few of her boys

Elisabeth--she is the best! :)

Fred & Jodi & baby Letty

Mom and the kids that were able to be there to help celebrate.

I thought the electricity would be back on once we got back...but it wasn't. So we had ice cream and sat around in the dark and talked. And I lit my one candle I have. :) They all left by 7(although they came right after church) because we couldn't see anything. I felt really bad, but there wasn't much I could do.

(this picture was taken in the pitch black)

The electricity went back on about 10pm. I learned the next morning that it went off all because of a squirrel. Nice work squirrel. Thanks for ruining our birthday celebration. :)

Oh, and a side note... yes that is our kitchen walls, that mustard yellow. And I didn't paint it that color... it was that way when we came and we didn't repaint. :) Just wanted to clarify that! :)

Bridget's 2!

Last Friday night we celebrated Bridget's 2nd birthday! I've decided that it's the most fun birthday to celebrate with a little kid, because it's all so exciting and new to them, they get the whole birthday and present thing, and they're still at that sweet and innocent stage! :) Bridget was hilarious... She kept saying "presents for ME!" Oh my, this girl just makes me smile and laugh. I have way too much fun with her.

Reading books with Uncle Daniel

Hyde & Carter... this little boy is almost ONE!



Posing in front of her presents,
slightly excited!





I gave her a little bed for her dollies :)



The Grandparents and Heidi & Luke gave Bridget a play kitchen. By far the favorite present of the night. SO cute!

Singing to the birthday girl... I just love her blue eyes!

The Nemo cake Heidi made... pretty impressive I think!

Heidi let Carter practice getting a mess for his birthday!

Me & Bridget. Oh how this girl brings so much JOY to me and my family! There is never a dull moment with her!

That Saturday, Daniel had to work. So I cleaned the house, and then went out to lunch with Hannah, Kendra, and Darcy. Kendra & Darcy came over afterwards and we sat around and talked forever. It was so much fun. I haven't had much "girl time" since I've been married. :)

Sunday Kendra came and visited me in Roanoke. I was so glad, because no family was there, Daniel was working, and I was a little lonely...especially since I'm still so new to that church!

Sunday afternoon was Uncle Tom & Aunt Carol's annual wiener roast! It was Daniel's weekend to work, but he got off early for it, which I was SO thrilled about! :)

Never too old for a hay rack ride!

Man that rack was full of people!

Jenna & Jamie

So there was our weekend. It was lovely, especially since we still got to do alot of stuff, even though Daniel had to work. So thankful for all the family we have to do things with.

Enjoyable Weekend

Last weekend was so so enjoyable. Robert & Mary(Daniel's sister) had their baby on Thursday, so all day Friday at work I knew we were going to the hospital that night! :)  

Asher William. So so precious. I got to hold him for a whole half an hour to myself. :) Until he decided to pee all over me! Through the diaper and the blanket, and even running down my skirt!

 Daniel & little Asher

 Robert & Mary. Their house is now full with 4 little boys. But they're all so precious even though they're all boys. :)

Saturday morning was a baby shower for Ellie. Is one of my best friends really having a baby in 5 weeks? Weird. I know I'm married, but having a baby is completely different and harder to get used to!

The hostesses and the pregnant girl. :)

The "Core 4" back together again. It's amazing how fast we all went into different life stages.

 Katelyn and little Jade were there. So precious!

After the shower, the Core 4 plus Larissa and Kristin came over to see our apartment. Some of them had already been over, but it was fun to have everyone. I was sad Daniel & I had to leave so soon, so we kind of had to kick them out.

We went over to Daniel's parents and helped his mom out in the yard. Later in the afternoon, we went to the Lughinbul's who had invited us out for a cookout. We went earlier in the afternoon though to fish. They live on a beautiful lake. Especially in the fall, when the leaves are starting to change colors. 

Fishing in the boat
with Fred, Jodi, & Timothy

Sweet little Letty

 Their modern looking cabin. So beautiful!

We caught fish, but some may have been small!

Having a little trouble with your line there, Fred? :)

Grandma Leman feeding sweet little Letty.

 It was a great night. I love sitting around the campfires and talking. Especially with people like Les & Judy(and Seth!). They're so sweet! Sad I didn't get a picture of our host's.

Sunday night we went to my parents. We were going to go hiking, but I didn't feel good. We ended up leaving about 7 because I was miserable. And, I was. I got sick with the stomach flu that night. It's taking me awhile to completely get over it. Daniel took great care of me, even though he had to go to work on Monday morning. We offically made it through our first "in sickness and health" test. ;)

Thankful for such a beautiful fall. My favorite time of the year!

Married Life

I'm still here. Crazy busy as ever though!

I feel like I have officially became an old married woman already. I go to bed very early and all I ever want to do is sleep! I pretty much come home from work, make dinner, and then either go for a run with Daniel, or clean up the kitchen and move onto the forever long thank you note list. And then head to bed super early. 

Sometimes I get up early with Daniel at 5am, make him breakfast, and then move onto the cleaning.

Working 8-5 has been hard with trying to get the house organized. But I feel like I finally got it pretty much where I want it to be for now. Now it's just keeping up with the house which takes so much time, and I've sort of been particular about it. :)

Here are a few photos from the first month we were married. It has now been 7 weeks I believe! :) 

On a Saturday night, Jenna, Jamie, and Adam came over and we went out to eat at Chili's. We then and ate dessert at Sweet Cece's...even though we were all stuffed. But Jaim & Adam wanted to! :)

Then they all came over to our apartment and Brad joined us. We played Quelf until almost 11:30. Way past our bedtime! ;) It was a fun night, full of laughter and giggles! I laughed so hard my stomach hurt the most it ever has! Never a dull night with this group!

For those who don't know, Daniel has pet deer. He has two of them, and they're both bucks. They were starting to get a little rambunctious, so their antlers needed cutting off. One evening we went out to Mom & Dad Leman's and a guy came out and helped Daniel cut them off.

Daniel has been a super good motivator for me for running. We both went and got new running shoes and have really been on a kick....when we have time that is! It's been a little hard lately, but we did really good for a while, especially when we knew we had a run coming up!

Daniel & I did the Morton Pumpkin Festival run. We only did the 2 miler, because I didn't have time to train for 6 miles. And Daniel was kind enough to run the shorter one WITH me. I got my best time ever though which I was happy about! :) This was our first race together, and we hope to do a whole lot more!

Some of my co-workers actually got a team together. So we had Gorenz t-shirts made, and even though we didn't run together, we all met up at the end.

We went to Heidi's afterwards for a bit, and stayed for the Pumpkin Parade. I remember only ever missing one. My mom said she brought me to my first one when I was just 6 weeks old. :) I'm not sure Daniel was such a huge fan though! So we might not get to go again until we have kids that would enjoy it. :)

It was so much fun to go with Bridget though, who is at the perfect age for a parade with candy!

She got quite the basket full, that's for sure!

I can't believe this little girl is almost 2! I just LOVE her to pieces!!

In other news... we got our car broken into just a couple weeks after living in our apartment. That's what you get for living in the city I guess! They didn't really get too much, except we still had to replace the side window which they shattered with a brick.

Anyway, I will try and keep you all posted with our lives. I think it will finally start to slow down a little bit...I hope! All I can say is it's FALL, which is our favorite season for both of us! Can't get enough of it, and I don't want it to end!!