IU Bound!

Yesterday Kate got the news she has been waiting for - - - she has been accepted at Indiana University's School of Journalism. She and her great friend, Jamie, are going to try and room together. She was nervous about getting in - which she really had no reason to be. She is excited about following her Dad's footsteps to IU! I'm excited because she'll only be an hour away from home.

Fall Break

I can't believe it is Fall Break for us already! Between Megan's arm and Kate's work schedule, we decided to not go away as we usually do. Besides, the Turner Hotel in TN was booked for this week! The weather is finally starting to act like fall with those wonderful, crisp mornings. With the weird weather we've had, I'm afraid it may be too late to expect much color out of the trees this year. I'm afraid most of them will just turn brown and fall off. David has been in FL all week - and we look forward to seeing him tonight. We're hoping to get out this weekend and get some pumpkins. Just didn't feel right doing it while the temp was in the 90's the last few weekends! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Graceful

This weekend was not a very graceful one for our family. My mom broke her leg and Megan bruised the bones in her elbow. Mom was carrying a box downstairs and misjudged the last step - the weight of the box didn't help her balance - and she ended up breaking her leg. I don't think the jet-lag helped her any, either! Megan was goofing around with friends at the football game. One friend had her arm and somebody bashed into her. She lost her balance and fell on her elbow. She didn't tell us about it because she just figured she had pulled something (even though her friends heard popping/crunching sounds). She kept quiet about it Saturday - as she didn't want to miss going to the Lorena McKennitt concert with David & Kate Saturday night. But Sunday morning during church I saw her tie her hoodie strings together and make a sling for her arm. We went to Prompt Med and they said it looked like she had fractured the elbow. They put a half-cast on it and gave her a sling. We took the x-rays to the ortho yesterday and he said she had badly bruised the bones and badly sprained the muscles. They took off the cast - but she has to wear the sling at least until we see him again next week. She's one tough girl - - but I wish she would have told me about it sooner! On a lighter note, Emily, Sarah & I went to the Ethnic Expo Saturday and had lots of great food, listened to some interesting music and saw a great firework display. We missed not having David, Kate & Meg with us as usual - but they were having a great time at the concert. I was supposed to go with them - but Em & Sarah ended up with things they were doing that weekend - and we couldn't get a sitter for so long. The concert was three hours away and so they had to leave in the early afternoon and didn't get back until after 2am. Sarah had a "Communion Mass" (mandatory attendance) so I had to be sure to get her there. I would have been too wiped out getting home that late to get them up for class and then services. You'll notice that Megan (again, what a trooper) made it! Of course she was able to sleep on the ride home. I can't sleep in cars anymore! It's dreary and rainy today and I don't really want to run my errands. The rain is great though as I reseeded several large areas of the yard Saturday.

Great Day!

(L) Four beautiful girls - dreaming of their own weddings??? (R) One beautiful woman with her dream coming true!

(L) Megan, Lauran & Katie sharing a laugh

(R) Lauran & Laura




(L) Lauran & Papa (One of my favorite pictures!)

Lauran & Mark

(L) Lauran & Cory
All smiles!

(R) See, I really was there!

(L) Papa, Lauran, Cory & Gabi

(R) Cory & Lauran (Duh!)

(L) Kissing Cousins! Liberty & Megan

(R) The Hull Clan

Emily's 10!

Emily turns 10 today! She woke up and was thrilled to announce to the whole family that she is now a pre-teen! Double digits!! It doesn't get any better than that - - - at least until you're 13!

I think her favorite present will be that she can "officially" know that Maggie "Squash" Diehn will be moving not only back the the USA - but to Columbus next summer!!

Wedding details will follow hopefully tomorrow - it was a WONDERFUL DAY - but for now I have just a little shopping to do before tonight......okay, so I've been busy!

Today's The Day!

Today is Lauran and Cory's wedding! Can't believe it is here! The wedding is outdoors and the day is supposed to be almost 90 degrees and sunny! The reception will be indoors, though. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

More Birthdays!

Happy Birthday today to my poor husband, David, who now has that wicked head/chest cold I had last week. To add to his fun - - he is currently on a plane flying to California for the rest of the week! Poor Baby! Megan also has is - but has not missed school yet. Don't know where she gets THAT from??!! Emily didn't make it to school today - but I'm not sure she's got the same thing. She's complaining about her tummy. I should have known something was up with her. She went to bed on time and quietly last night. Not her usual routine! Megan was in bed by 9:30 which totally says "I'm sick" for her! Oh well - two more to go and it will have run through the entire house. It has to run it's course quickly, though, because we've got Lauran's wedding Saturday. Guess I'll stay home today and disinfect even more stuff! My hands already smell like bleach and cleaner. Such a lovely smell.

A big shout out of HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lisa Bennett!!!!