lia sophia

We had a lia sophia party this weekend! My cousin Brittany is an advisor, and she was able to do a party for us while she was in Illinois for Thanksgiving week. Britt and her husband, Mark, drove straight to our house from Massachusetts and the party was great! Enjoy a few pics!

The reindeer car from Massachusetts!

(notice the antlers and red nose!!!)

Which Way You Went

I received this as part of a chain email about funny tombstone inscriptions, and I doubt that there is any truth to it, but it still made me stop and think...

In a cemetery in England :

Remember man, as you walk by,
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, so shall you be.
Remember this and follow me.

To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone:

To follow you I'll not consent.
Until I know which way you went.

Follow Jesus, people! We know which way He went!!!

A Vision of College Students Today

Happy Birthday Granny!

We celebrated my Granny's birthday this weekend! Happy Birthday Granny! We drove four hours round-trip to spend two and a half hours with family at Bishop's. Enjoy the pics!

Cousins!!! (forever at the kids' table!)
Mark W., Dan, me, Britta, Leslie, Mitch, Eric, and Mark B.

Granny's Gals
Aunt Debby. Granny, me, Leslie, Britta, Aunt Amy (mom)

Granny's Guys
Mark B., Mitch, Mark W., Uncle Rob, Granny, Uncle Dave (dad), Eric, Dan

So why Bishop's? It's all about the pie!!!

Cleaning and More

So in the middle of my super-busy semester, I had some time to finally clean and re-arrange my room! Enjoy the before and after pics!

Before:
After:
Before:
After (still a little more to do!):

I also temporarily hung my new curtains to see what they will look like... There's still work to do, but I have so much more room now! And I'm getting a jump start for when we host Thanksgiving, in less than three weeks!!! Time flies...

Horray for Democracy!

I was proud to exercise what I consider one of the biggest privileges of being an American citizen for the first time in a major election earlier this week - I voted!!! : )