2 year anniversary

Here I am on my 2nd anniversary...alone. Every other year Jake, his brothers, dad, grandpa, friends, etc... go to Canada fishing for a week. I'm not sure why i didn't give this any thought when we were picking our wedding date, because every other year i will be home without Jacob on our anniversary. I suppose there are worse situations, but i am missing him :) He left on Friday- 5 days down, 4 more days to go.
I talked to him this morning, which is actually a treat. They only have an "air phone" up there, because there are no land lines or cellphone towers. There is a huge delay when you talk, but it was still nice to hear his voice. And then, this afternoon i heard a knock on the door and there was a delivery man with a dozen roses.
At least i still get "presents" even though i'm alone :)

"When daddy is away....the puppy will play!"

Jake left this past Friday to go fishing in Canada for the week. Since he has left, Macie has slept with my every night :) She seems to love it, all sprawled out in a big bed; as opposed to sleeping in a little cage! My intention was not to let her sleep with me every night, but it has been working out pretty good. Jake usually gets up for work around 5:30, lets the dog out, feeds her, and then she snuggles up with me for a few more hours in bed. I knew that she would be awake and barking early if i put her in her cage...so i just let her sleep with me! :) She sleeps like a little baby, and doesn't wake up until 7:30-8:00.

Boy is it going to be a hard day when her daddy gets back from vacation and she is back to sleeping in her cage :)

Golfing....

This past weekend i babysat Rach and Aaron (Abby got to go to Boston with her mom and dad). We were looking for some fun things to do with the kids, so Jake and I took them golfing and then to the pool for the afternoon on Sunday. Here are some photos from our game of golf!

Rachel LOVED the
ball washer! :) She
always wanted her
golf ball squeaky clean!

Aaron in
Action




































Rachel Enjoyed
putting with us
on the greens






























Rachel was telling me the story about the little princess who lives in the flower, and the white part is her dress. I had never heard that before, but she was right! Each white flower has a tiny red flower in the middle (the princess). What a little smarty pants! :)

Boring....

Well, I have been told to update, but unfortunately I live a rather uneventful life :)
This past week I've been working at school alot, getting my classroom ready for the school year. Besides working on school stuff, babysitting, working at the Club House, and hanging out at home with Jake and Macie not much has been going on.

Camping Pictures

We are back from Virgina, and we had a GREAT time! The weather was perfect, it was great to spend time with Jay, and we had so much fun biking, hiking, hangin out by the fire, and being with friends. Here are some pictures...I didn't take my big camera on the hikes, so when i get some of those pictures for our friends, i will post those as well.















This is our truck and trailer with all our crap! Stopping for breakfast on our way down!















Our Camping Site.... Our first drink after everything was set up















Hangin' with Jason...time for burgers! Campfire time....



MORE PICTURES TO COME....

OH....A CAMPING WE WILL GO....

Here I sit, 12:23am just waiting for the time to tick past. It has been a LONG day, and I'm ready for some sleep...but it hardly seemed worth laying down in bed for 40 minutes. We are leaving at 1:00am to go visit our friend Jason out in Virgina! We are really looking forward to getting there, hanging out with him, and enjoying God' s beautiful creation! I had a full day of...(a) finishing yard work (b) getting groceries for our trip (c) getting cash... a must :) (d)doing laundry and packing clothes (e) packing all our CRAP for tenting for 4 days.

Well, it was 7:00 at night and our friends/cousins Sarah and Aaron dropped off all these stuff, and Jake and I started to put it in the truck. We finally realized we wouldn't have enough room. We call Aaron, he goes and get a trailer from his mom, and by now it's dark out. We repack, and this time, we just fit everything. YEAH!! By now it is 11:00. I still need to empty the dishwasher, run another load, pick up the house, shower, and make sure everything is ready.

So...here i am at 12:28 showered, house is picked up, dishes are cleaned and put away, and I'm waiting for Sarah and Aaron to show up so we can hit to road! I'm sure we will have a great time...but it will be an adventure. We are camping in tents (not really my thing), plus there is no water or electrical hook up....oooo goooood! haha. I guess this is what you really call camping. Oh well, it will be wonderful to see Jay, and we are looking forward to hiking, biking, tubing down the river and hanging out! I'll post pictures next week when we get back!

No golfers...and I LOVE it!

I guess the saying, "when it rains, it pours"...is true over here at Winding Creek. After the storms Saturday night and Sunday the course has been closed (probably will be opened tomorrow?? I dunno...) Anywho, almost the whole gold 9 was/is under water, and we had/have many new "ponds" behind out house! I have to say, i do not miss the golfers one bit...is that bad?!
Yesterday and today i have been able to take a few walks on the course and not be afraid that i will be hit by a ball, and i could let Macie run free! I love how quiet it is, and there aren't people always behind my house! If we ever move, it will be to a house with land and no people to bug us :) hehe.