13.1

Joe, our friend Jackie, and brother in law Dave all ran together in the Columbus 1/2 Marathon this past weekend. They all did so well! There was about 15,000 people there, a record attendance! And just as the sun was rising, the race began and they were off!
I headed over to mile 8 and waited until they ran by. Here they are, doing great!
Joe finished the race in 2 hours 1 minute and 40 seconds! Just over his goal time. Way to go!!! He had a great time, and agreed that he would do it again! So our goal is to train together after the baby is born, and we hope to run one sometime next year! My man, the runner!

26 weeks!

Here's another shot of me, growing belly and all! The baby is really moving around alot now, which is an amazing feeling! (except when I am trying to fall asleep!) We are getting the nursery ready, registering for showers, trying to find names (hard!) and just asking the Lord to prepare our hearts for parenthood one day at at time. :)

Apples to Apple cider...

Last weekend we went over our friend Gabe's house and picked 11 bushes of apples from his trees. We then took them over to an amish neighbor who runs a cider mill on saturdays. Dumped the apples into the mill, and out came 42 gallons of fresh cider! We couldn't believe it! What a fun and quintessential fall day. And needless to say, friends, family and we ourselves will be enjoying cider for quite a while this fall. That is o.k. by me!

Here they are, all 11 bushels. It only took us about 2.5 hours to pick 'em all. Not bad!

Girls day!

Mom, Dad and Libby came out to Ohio a few weekends ago to visit, and so that us girls could have a bit-o-fun at the Country Living Fair in Columbus. (Dad and Joe hung out at the house, working on siding, visiting an auction, and watching football while we perused the fair!). It was held at the Ohio Historical Village, a perfect venue for the artsy/crafty/"antiquie" event! We had so much fun together, the weather was beautiful, too! And the whole atmosphere just emitted the feeling of all. Mums, pumpkins, apples, and straw bales. We even got to meet a few famous people :) Well, famous to us, I guess. David T. Smith, the woodworker (dad has his book, and has made several pieces of furniture after his design, including a shelf in our house!) and then we saw Will Moses, signing paintings and such. And finally, the editor of Country living herself! We even got inspired for a bit of decorating in the babies room....pictures of that project to come. All in all, it was a great weekend, and we are so thankful they came out to visit!!!!!

The BEST cobbler in the world...worth waiting a 1/2 hour for ;) haha. We enjoyed every bite!
Sisters!!! Love it...