Falling behind already...
Published by Unknown under on 4:44 PM
Wow. I've been at this for, what, 3 posts and I'm already behind? Great. Oh well, I'm just going to gloss over the stuff I skipped and move on.
We went to a 4th of July cook-out at our neighbor's (Mark and Evie's) cottage. It was a lot of fun and I was proud of myself for remembering that the socially acceptable response to a dinner invitation is to ask "What can I bring?". OK, so I'm a little socially awkward.
Last week we got to meet Trent's dad, stepmom, and little brother as well as his Uncle Paul (my youth pastor during high school) and his family in Gatlinburg. It's only a two hour trip for us, so it was really great to get to meet up with them for part of their vacation. We mostly hung out at the pool and walked the strip, but the boys had fun driving at the Nascar Speed Park (Nancy and I went shopping instead!) We bought a giant box of taffy..but it's almost gone already. Guess we'll just have to go back!
We've gone riding a few more times. Last time we went out, Peggy gave me a lesson on her 3-year old quarterhorse gelding, King, while Trent went and took pictures. Here's one he took of the shelter in the pasture:
We've been doing a lot of just hanging out still looking for jobs. We rent movies out of the Red Box often. We rented Slumdog Millionaire a while back (good movie) and got Bolt last night. Also a very good movie. It's actually a children's movie, not an adult movie thinly veiled as a children's movie (ahem, Shrek and every other Dreamworks flick I can think of). Beyond that, there are some good themes about love and loyalty, and it actually uses a relatively advanced vocabulary. Kids may actually learn a few words from this movie! And not 4-letter words, either!
I like to make fancy desserts to eat while we watch movies. During Slumdog we ate chocolate-covered cheesecake-filled strawberries. Sadly, there is no photo of those because we ate them all before we thought of it. Here are some tasty brownies I made one time:
And that pretty much brings us up to this week - which is a reasonable amount of time to cover in one blog post. Despite the fact that I've already ruined this one with lots of rambling and disjointed ideas.
Wednesday, we went hiking again, hooray! It was beautiful weather for a hike, too. This time, we drove out the the North Carolina border to Roan Mountain state park, where we took the Fred Behrend trail - 2.7 miles round trip. An enjoyable little hike, but a little disappointing in that it didn't lead to anything really. Just a big circle. Anyway, here are the pictures from the day:
In other news, we cleaned the house today and it looks fantastic! Alright, my belly is growling so it's time for some dinner.
I should really have some cool way of signing off...that might make this whole ending thing less awkward. Hm.
We went to a 4th of July cook-out at our neighbor's (Mark and Evie's) cottage. It was a lot of fun and I was proud of myself for remembering that the socially acceptable response to a dinner invitation is to ask "What can I bring?". OK, so I'm a little socially awkward.
Last week we got to meet Trent's dad, stepmom, and little brother as well as his Uncle Paul (my youth pastor during high school) and his family in Gatlinburg. It's only a two hour trip for us, so it was really great to get to meet up with them for part of their vacation. We mostly hung out at the pool and walked the strip, but the boys had fun driving at the Nascar Speed Park (Nancy and I went shopping instead!) We bought a giant box of taffy..but it's almost gone already. Guess we'll just have to go back!
We've gone riding a few more times. Last time we went out, Peggy gave me a lesson on her 3-year old quarterhorse gelding, King, while Trent went and took pictures. Here's one he took of the shelter in the pasture:
We've been doing a lot of just hanging out still looking for jobs. We rent movies out of the Red Box often. We rented Slumdog Millionaire a while back (good movie) and got Bolt last night. Also a very good movie. It's actually a children's movie, not an adult movie thinly veiled as a children's movie (ahem, Shrek and every other Dreamworks flick I can think of). Beyond that, there are some good themes about love and loyalty, and it actually uses a relatively advanced vocabulary. Kids may actually learn a few words from this movie! And not 4-letter words, either!I like to make fancy desserts to eat while we watch movies. During Slumdog we ate chocolate-covered cheesecake-filled strawberries. Sadly, there is no photo of those because we ate them all before we thought of it. Here are some tasty brownies I made one time:
And that pretty much brings us up to this week - which is a reasonable amount of time to cover in one blog post. Despite the fact that I've already ruined this one with lots of rambling and disjointed ideas.Wednesday, we went hiking again, hooray! It was beautiful weather for a hike, too. This time, we drove out the the North Carolina border to Roan Mountain state park, where we took the Fred Behrend trail - 2.7 miles round trip. An enjoyable little hike, but a little disappointing in that it didn't lead to anything really. Just a big circle. Anyway, here are the pictures from the day:
In other news, we cleaned the house today and it looks fantastic! Alright, my belly is growling so it's time for some dinner.
I should really have some cool way of signing off...that might make this whole ending thing less awkward. Hm.
2 comments:
I love hearing what's going on with you guys, so keep writing!
And good luck with the job hunting!
Not rambling or disjointed. I love it! Plus those look delicious. Mmm...I want some of those cheesecake strawberry chocolate delectablenesses!
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