Friday, September 12th

hi guys! well it's the end of another week and only six more until "the big day" i can't believe it!! this isn't going to be a great big, long and informative post but just an opportunity to post some fun pictures.

the first one is of the Coast Guard helicopter-now this was a sight-we were on our way to work and drove by a small airport in edgewater, you know the type where there's never any activity, and there it was! so of course we stopped so i could snap a few shots!!

there's an amazing story of survival that goes along with this helicopter: i'm pretty sure it was saturday, a father and his son were fishing off of the jettys and it was nearing the end of the day when the 12 year old fell into the ocean-not just any 12 year old but a sweet boy with autism without any hesitation his dad jumped in after him and the two of them were at sea for a total of 14 hours! the Coast Guard searched throughout the night and this story was brought to a beautiful ending on sunday morning-both father and son survived and seemed to be doing fine.

thank you!

well, with every passing day the wedding is getting closer and closer!!! (i really can't believe it) on friday, august 29th my best friend through a luau themed shower and quite a few people showed up or sent gifts. i had a really great time and got some pretty useful things!! here are some pics of the "party people". thanks to all for everything!! (**not everybody is picutred, but i appreciate everything!!)

tropical storm fay and other updates

hey guys!! well the rain has subsided for the time being and although we weren't in the most severe flooded areas we had our fair share. andy and i went to the beach a few times to see the rough surf and also watch the beach slowly be taken away again. i wasn't able to get some of the best pictures but i tried...

tropical storm fay in new smyrna beach

rain off the coast

andy's "rain gear" to brave the winds and rain

some of the first fruits of the tomato plant

emery braved the storm too

hi!

Hi guys! just a quick update to let you know that I found my cameras battery charger!! yay!! I'm so thankful that I found it.

Now, mind you after I looked high and low and never found it I remembered that I had a small printer that prints 4x6's and that Andy got me a nice little carrying case for it-now if I were thinking I would have put two and two together knowing that I use the printer with my camera and I need the charger for my camera-I'm sure by this point even you figured it out!!

Yep-the charger was in the carrying case!! It is now plugged in, in the office at the house, and I will not unplug it!!

Hmmm, I guess that's all. Pictures will come soon!! Have a great day!

p.s. Andy has active duty Coast Guard drills all week

xoxoxo: lindsey

welcome to august!

Well, I'd like to start this post by wishing Andy's brother-Chris-a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! He's so lucky that he gets to share his day with the Coast Guard! Happy Coast Guard day, too!! Today the time has flown by-I don't know why but all day, even now, it has seemed to be earlier then it is.

We had a good, but busy weekend. Our kitchen is coming along, we've done the "touch up" painting and have picked out light switch/plate covers. We even had our friend Alex install under the cabinet lights! I LOVE them-thanks Alex!!

Saturday Andy played golf with some guys from church-they played in a benefit for Halifax Urban Ministries which is a local food pantry that helps those in need. They offer food services and also help in other ways with rent and utilities bills. Their team ended the day 4 under par. We (some people from church) thought that we were going to be helping out at a workday-however, that didn't work out-we were given the wrong date. I was still watching my friends dog though so I was able to go take care of him, and do some other errands. Saturday night our really good friends, Alex and Somer and their kids-Austin, Adem, and Bayleigh-came over for dinner! They brought Wii and we had a good time!!

Sunday was Sunday and service was great.

I can't believe that it's already August!! There's so much to do in terms of planning a wedding, however, things are coming together and October will be here in no time.

***notice I don't have any pictures to share of the past weeks events-it's due to my lack of locating my cameras battery charger. I'm deeply saddened and wish it would resurface. I love taking pictures and don't enjoy having a camera with a dead battery.

weekend update

This weekend was pretty typical of other weekends. Friday was exciting because we had a meeting to discuss the upcoming Green Fair at Riverside Park at which I'm in "charge" of the Kids Area-we're going to have a lot of fun!! and Andy is helping/leading the daily ramblings of the churches booth it's going to be a busy weekend in September but it'll be worth it!! Saturday we went to a baseball card show and I'm sure you can only imagine how fun that was!! Andy got some good cards for a good price and we even snagged a few Mike Lowell's-he's my favorite Red Sox player-formally on the Florida Marlins. I went to a friends baby shower and had great girl fun! Later that night I recieved a HUGE blessing in regards to my wedding flowers. I praise God for always meeting needs and providing the best of people in my life!! Sunday was good as well. We had a good church service and headed home to finish painting!! Needless to say the Red Sox didn't have their best run against the Yankee's but it was good that Big Papi was back-he even hit a home run in Sunday nights game!!

**Andy says he's glad we can watch baseball together! (I am too!)

emery likes the red sox too! she especially loves playing with the stuffed animal andy's mom sent from boston

the new color of our kitchen walls-i think the picture makes it a little brighter then what it really is-but we like it!

Red Sox vs. Yankees weekend

This weekend is sure to be a busy one again.

The most important thing will be watching the Red Sox and Yankees play or as I call them the Stinkies (ha ha get it!!!). Big Pappi will be playing again after being injured for a few weeks. The Yankees are catching up to the Red Sox and Rays in the standings. Anyway the Red Sox better win and you can guarantee I'll be watching every game this weekend

Me and Lindsey also finally bought some paint so we'll be painting the kitchen. Lindsey has a baby shower to attend on Saturday and I want to check out a baseball card show in Ormond Beach. Then Sunday we have church and we'll probably finish up painting the kitchen. We hope that you have a good weekend.