Fall is here!

I love all of the fall colors that we've had this year. Check it out!

Found this beautiful tree on the Temple grounds.

This is my favorite tree in the neighborhood because of it's vibrant orange color. Picture's don't give it justice.

These last two pictures aren't the best quality, but I still like them.

10 for Saturday

Patuxent State Park

Absolutely Beautiful!

Black-eyed susans

1) A little while ago Gary and I and his family took a day trip to the Patuxent state park to do some hiking. It was a beautiful day.

Brandon Sanderson

2) Gary and I went to another signing for Brandon Sanderson who has a new book out called "Way of Kings".

Future Missionary

3) Gary and I took a Friday off a couple of weeks ago so that we could go to the Temple with Jen who took out her endowments. She will be serving her mission in Billings, MT. Jen had a farewell party this past Sunday and we spent one more day with her last night. She left early this morning and will report to the MTC tomorrow! I know she will be a great missionary.
4) I continue to get allergy shots every week. I pray that I will show some improvement in the next few months.
5) Still getting use to our new ward. We had a linger longer this Sunday to get to know each other, but a lot of the time I just talked to me I knew. I did meet a couple of sister's who introduced themselves to me.
6) A little out of order, but on Saturday we had a service project for the youth at the Temple. The youth love this activity so we had a big turn-out. The youth started to put up Christmas lights around the visitor center. Literally millions of lights are put up every year so you have to start early. Youth and adults help out every year.
7) Gary and I haven't done any projects lately which is fine with me, but we still have lots of things we want to do before winter comes along.
8) I threw a baby shower for my friend at my house a week ago. She's having a baby boy and will be her first baby. We all had a great time.

Baby-shower for my best friend Juila

9) Enjoyed conference this year.
10) That's all for this week!

Cute picture of Zoe

Fort Washington

Fort Washington
September 2010

Fort Washington has stood as silent sentry defending the Nation's Capital, for over 180 years. As technologies advanced so did Fort Washington. Fort Washington is one of the few remaining Seacoast Forts in its original designs.

Gary and I along with a couple of our friends went down to see the fort. It was a beautiful day and it was very interesting to explore and learn more about. We went on National park day so we didn't have to pay a fee to get in which was awesome!

Front Entrance

Reminds me of a hobbit hole :)

There were tons of butterfly's all over the place. It was beautiful! I could of stayed there all day and watched them. It was very peaceful.

Home Sweet Home

Friday October 1st marked our 1st year of being a happy home owner. Coincidentally, it was also Zoe's birthday so we had two things to celebrate. We talked about how it was coming up and was getting excited about it, but when the day came we almost forgot. What I won't forgot is all the hard work and sacrifices that were made to make it possible for us to have this beautiful home. We looked at so many homes that looked beautiful on the outside, but were total disasters inside. We put a bid of at least 5 homes and were rejected every time. When we had almost given up hope we found this jewel among all the garbage we had looked at. It was a little bit higher price then we wanted to pay, but we are glad that we did. We were amazed that this house was in such good condition and that almost everything in it was new. We were surprised to find that no one had put a bid on it yet, because we were sure that there would be other people wanting this beautiful home. Yet, the Lord was mindful of us and guided us with his hand to this place where we would call our home sweet home. How blessed we've have been this past year has been truly amazing. Soon after we had bought this home we welcome Zoe our little Yorkie-poo into our little family. She has been a lot of fun and a true joy to us. If we ever have a bad day she is always there full of energy and ready to cheer us up. She is extremely playful and very lovable. I can't believe she is a year old now it doesn't seem like it was that long ago that we got her.

1) I decided to get allergy shots since they have worked for my sister Amy so for the last couple of weeks I have been going to the doctor's to get my shot.
2) Gary just got over being sick from a sinus infection which lasted for about a week. I'm glad he is feeling better.
3) About 2 weeks ago Jen survive a head on collision as she was going to our house for our Writer's group. It wasn't her fault, but both cars were totaled. Both of her airbags went off, but she didn't break any bones she just had lots of bruises on her knees and had a sprain wrist. She had a hard time walking, but she is doing a lot better now.
4) Last week we had a special sacrament meeting that consisted of 4 wards in our stake. Everyone had suspicions that it was going to be boundary changes and normally when rumors fly around it is usually wrong, but this time everyone was correct. Our ward was affected the most since they dissolved our ward so Beltsville no longer exists. Gary and I both knew that it was going to happen, but when they actually confirmed that it was true I felt kind of sad. I have been in that ward since we were married so it was bittersweet for me. Some families who live up north will now be a part of another ward and "Beltsville" will now be a part of the College Park ward. College Park and Beltsville have always been small wards so I think it's smart to combine them. Everyone in the ward was released, except for me since I have a stake calling. Since this weekend has been General Conference our first meeting together will be next week. We saw see how it goes.
5) Enjoyed General Conference and I look forward to reading them all in the Ensign when it comes out next month.

That's it for now!