A Foot of Snow in OCTOBER...that's just wrong!

Well... Mike left first thing Tuesday morning for Toronto... we knew there were flurries in the forecast.. but, it's OCTOBER... so why bother getting the shovels out... or even putting the plow on the front of the tractor... We hadn't even taken the rototiller off! By 8pm, we had 10 inches on the ground and it was blowing into drifts of almost 2 feet... that's just wrong... the good thing is that Krissy was able to make are really cool snowman... enjoy the pics:

This was the beautiful sunrise we saw this morning after Kasey and I plowed and shoveled for an hour or so...

Krissy's funky snow-guy...

Mid-Coast Maine 2008

The girls and I had the distinct privilege of spending the weekend with Phil and Faith Nicewonger in Mid-Coast Maine. We had an amazing time...treasured friends, treasured fellowship, great weather, fabulous hikes, and the food was amazing...(Faith is the best cook on the planet...)...Boothbay Harbor, Pemequid Lighthouse, New Harbor, Camden Harbor... Mt. Megunticook, Mt. Battie....just amazing fall foliage...we even went to the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest! I brought home an almost 8 foot piece of drift wood (lets just say it's taller than Phil!) I couldn't help myself! The kids went non-stop and came home exhausted (well, so did I) but we even got breakfast on Monday morning with my cousin Don (Kristin's favorite Cousin's Weekend guy!) All in all, we feel very blessed to have gone on such an adventure. Enjoy the pictures!

The kids even performed a play!

A Picture Update of Sept. '08

Most of our month has been preoccupied with the new family sport: VOLLEYBALL! Kasey is playing Modified Volleyball for LCS and LOVING IT! Kris and I have been helping out as we can but Kasey has really taken to the game. We've been so proud of how she has been doing. Their current record is 3-1 and they have two more matches this week! Kasey has become an LCS EAGLE and is "soaring". She chose #14 for her jersey as it was her Dad's number in college baseball, her grandfather's number in college soccer and her Aunt Cindy's Hockey number. She's as sappy as I am. Enjoy some of the pics I've taken recently:

First Day of School!

The deck is FINALLY finished! We're lovin' it!

Labor Day First Anual Hannay Putt-Putt championship!

Grammie Bea turned 102 on Sept 19th... Go Gram!

Cheri came up for a weekend and we took her to an L.L. Bean Kayaking class. We all had a really great time together. Thanks for spending the weekend with us, Cher!

We had a day off from v-ball this past week and was able to catch one of Greg's Varsity soccer games. He rocked as he usually does. Go Greg!

FIREPROOF, the movie... A MUST SEE!

Just saw this tonight. It's a MUST SEE for the world. What a FRESH, BIBLICALLY SOUND movie that we all can learn from. See this soon as it won't be supported in the mainstream theaters very long! And, by the way, the DARE book is already on EBAY... Just turn off my "gayle's favorite tunes" while you watch the video so you can hear it.

In God We Still Trust...

A friend forwarded me this . It's an wonderful song but it will probably never be released to the public because it's no longer America's story to some. Let us never loose sight of our heritage or our responsibility to uphold it.

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Candlewood Pictures 2008!

Here's a few of my favorite pictures from Candlewood this year... we're at the lake as I type so I might add more as we go... Candlewood is, for me, my childhood... one I am so blessed to share with my own children...the wonderful thing is they are actually enjoying it as much as I did. I'm especially blessed as Michael has come to love "the lake" as much as I do. We're all VERY fortunate and clearly thank the LORD for such a blessing. Enjoy the pics...



Tube Wars!

The anual picture on "the rock" with the Coughlin's...


Our sweet girls....


Kasey's First Attempt at Slolom!

Kasey's getting to be a solid wakeboarder!

Picking blueberries and blueberry bushes with Aunt Cindy!

...a peaceful morning at the lake...

Jumping between the tubes...

Nothin' beats tubing with Daddy!

My HOT husband trying to cool off!

Mass Tubin' with the Lepore's!

Double Skiing with Kasey!

Out of our 7 days at Candlewood we had THREE mornings of absolute GLASS for skiing. It was incredible! On Friday morning Jen and I hiked to the view rock for our morning devotions and prayer time. We had a wonderful time with eachother and the LORD. When we returned God gave me a wonderful blessing: I got the first ski of the morning and finished up down by Candlewood Pines where I threw the road and glided until I sank. As I was slowing down, I looked up and a BALD EAGLE was flying directly in front of me! It was amazing. I've never seen a bald eagle at the lake and Mike and the girls were able to see it as well. It was an amazing morning and a gift I will not soon forget.