Grate-FULL

THINGS WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER........

1. for each other
2. for our amazing families {we couldn't do it without your love and support}
3. for our great friends {out here and back home}
4. the joy of the ocean
5. the opportunity to be out in Philly
6. our healthy bodies
7. the gospel
8. the great outdoors
9. our cute little house
10. grandparents
11. the feeling of the holidays
12. freedom

p.s. more to come of our fun filled week with the camerons........

THE PLACES WE GO.......

I WORK IN THIS BEAUTIFUL PART OF TOWN ABOUT 20 min FROM OUR HOUSE, SO LIKE 45 min OUT OF THE CITY. IT HELPS ME SUSTAIN MY "BIG DREAMER"... TREE LINED STREETS, QUAINT NEIGHBORHOODS, HUGE STONE HOUSES, DARLING LITTLE SHOPS, YUMMY RESTAURANTS, ITS QUITE DELIGHTFUL!!!

{to bad i don't really like my job huh}

AND THIS IS WHAT LANDON GETS TO SEE EVERYDAY. HIS SCHOOL IS RIGHT DOWN TOWN, LUCKY BOY GETS TO PASS THROUGH THE GHETTO, SEE LOTS OF METAL, LOTS OF TRASH, ENTERTAINING CRAZIES, BUT LUCKILY HIS SCHOOL IS IN THE NICE PART OF THE CITY.

{p.s. he is doing so great with school and adjusting to everything. he makes me so proud xoxo}

Sleepy Hollow

We spent Halloween weekend up in Sleepy Hollow NY. It was a Halloween dream come true for Landon. The village is very quaint and can be quite spooky as well. It was an awesome weekend and we even saw the HEADLESS HORSEMAN ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!


We stayed on an old manor in a neighboring village called Tarrytown. {http://www.tarrytownhouseestate.com/}


Sleepy Hollow Graveyard

"rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head"





This is patriot park in Sleepy Hollow

HALLOWEEN

WE HAD OUR OWN CRAFT NIGHT JUST ME AND LANDON..... WE CARVED PUMPKINS, ROASTED SEEDS, AND LAND MADE SOME FABULOUS DINNER.

{he is so good!!}

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!! LANDON IS ALWAYS WAY SPEEDY.... AT EVERYTHING. I STARTED WAY BEFORE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS COOKING DINNER, AND HE FINISHED WAY BEFORE ME

{so he had to help me finish mine}

WHY I LOVE ST. GEORGE

SO I MADE A QUICK TRIP HOME FOR THE LONG WEEKEND.......REALLY HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE GOOD OLE SG.....

1. DID LOTS OF HAIR...MADE LOTS OF $$$$

2. LAID-OUT, I REPEAT LAID-OUT IN OCTOBER

3. MADE YUMMY/REALLY CUTE holloween SUGAR COOKIES

4. GOT TO DO PILATES {THE LOVE OF MY LIFE} 3 TIMES

5. GOT TO SPEND LOTS OF TIME WITH MY FAMILY....LOVE THEM!!

6. WENT TO THRILLER.... THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE NIGHTMARES

7. ENJOYED THE BEAUTIFUL FALL SKY

8. ATE CAFE RIO... 2 TIMES

9. GOT TO MEET CHLOE JOY MORRIS.....{ASH + ANTHS BEAUTIFUL NEW BABY}

10. STAYED UP TILL 3:30 IN THE MORNING SEWING

11. GOT TO SEE GOOD FRIENDS AND THEIR CUTE KIDS

12. GOT A NEW KITCHEN TABLE {THANKS MOM!!! FOR SPOILING US}

13. ATE THE YUMMIEST POMEGRANATE CAKE AND POMEGRANATE MANGO GUACAMOLE

14. FREQUENTED BUBBLE TEA aka ORANGE PEEL

15. IT TURNS OUT.....I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME!!!!

HUNTER RAIN BOOTS

THESE AMAZING BEAUTIES HAVE SAVED MY LIFE!!! (THANKS MOM)

SO IT HAS RAINED HERE IN PHILLY MORE THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE SUN. EVERYONE SAYS, "THE SUMMERS HERE ARE BRUTAL....." THE SUMMER WAS NOTHING, IT RAINED 3-4 DAYS, SUNNY 1-2 DAYS, RAIN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE WEEK , THEN ONE SUNNY DAY... AND THE SUNNY DAY IS NEVER ON THE WEEKEND WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY GO DO ANYTHING.... SO LAME!! AND WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS BABY, THE RAIN COMES FROM EVERY ANGLE, UP, DOWN, FROM THE SIDE, FROM THE DIAGONAL, BUT THANKS TO THESE BOOTS ITS BEEN ALRIGHT.

HUNTER...ITS THE ONLY WAY TO GO!!!

Weather for Philadelphia, PA

39°F | °C Current: Cloudy Wind: NE at 13 mph Humidity: 93% Fri 43°F | 40°F Sat 45°F | 42°F Sun 46°F | 38°F

AND THERE YOU HAVE IT....... NOT ONLY IS IT RAINING, ITS FREEZING!!! AND TO TOP IT OFF, I HAVE HEARD 3 TIMES FORM "OFFICIALS" (WHATEVER THAT MEANS) THAT IT IS PROJECTED TO BE THE COLDEST WINTER HERE, IN 10 DECADES!!!

OUR NEW LOVE

THE LEAVES ARE JUST STARTING TO TURN HERE ......... ITS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!



LANDO TOOK A DAY OFF SCHOOL AND WE WENT UP TO VALLEY FORGE TO GO BIKING



THERE IS AN 8 OR SO MILE BIKE LOOP THAT GOES AROUND VALLEY FORGE. THE LEAVES ARE JUST STARTING TO TURN ITS JUST SPECTACULAR!! AND ON THE TRAIL WE HAD A FEW FRIENDS...OKAY THEY WERE EVERYWHERE, WE ALMOST RAN RIGHT INTO THEM, ITS CRAZY HOW THEY JUST STAND THERE AND LOOK AT YOU.....

WE DECIDED THAT WE WANT TO COME UP HERE AND RIDE EVERY WEEK, WATCH THE LEAVES TURN, AND ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS ...... WHAT A GREAT RELEASE!!!

PROJECTS........

ALSO MORE TO COME OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF OUR HOUSE.................

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A LONG LIST OF "TO DO'S"

1- GET OUR INTERNET WORKING
(3 VISITS FROM COMCAST TECHS, 4 PHONE CALLS, AND 3 1/2 WEEKS LATER)

2- GIRLS TRIP OUT TO PAINT PAINT PAINT......
(THANK YOU SO MUCH MOM AND LEIGH FOR COMING OUT AND DOING NOTHING BUT HOUSE PROJECTS......OKAY AND SOME SHOPPING :) SO SO FUN!!!!)

3- BABE YOU DID SUCH AN AWESOME JOB HANGING THE BLINDS & CURTAIN RODS...
BOOM BANG BAM BASH CLANK CRASH!!!!!!!
SO I WALK DOWN THE STAIRS TO SEE A HUGE HOLE IN OUR KITCHEN WALL
"I JUST HAD TO SEE WHAT I WAS WORKING WITH"
-LANDON


KITCHEN REMODELING... BRING IT ON!!!!!!

4- I CUT BANGS....... LIKE I HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH CHANGE


5- PROJECT UN-PACK
ARE THE BOXES EVER GOING TO END...WE COULD PROBABLY GET RID OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVEN'T OPENED YET....AND NEVER MISS ANY OF IT

WE ARE LONG PAST DUE FOR AN UPDATE.............



WE HAVE BEEN CRAZY BUSY DOING ALL SORTS OF FUN THINGS, I GOT TO GO HOME AND GO TO MY GRANDMAS FUNERAL AND SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY...SO NICE!!
That same weekend Jord and Em came out to see us..... I was so bummed that I was in Utah and missed them but they had a good time anyway....

We finally made it to the East Coast Shore !!

We made it to the shore. This is Amee and I on the beach in Cape May New Jersey

Brothers Reunite
Scott Cusworth & Landon

Cape May Lighthouse

Ocean City board walk

Down Town Philly

We Spent an afternoon walking around Down Town Philly..... it was so stinking hot and really humid but very entertaining. So here is a little history background.......
Landon is standing in the room that the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 and also the Constitution was signed a few years later.....unbelievable

This was once the home of the Liberty Bell, which rang in; celebration, news of any kind really, of wars, deaths, birthdays, and public meetings, gathering of people, for church and school, and the very famous ringing of the Liberty Bell from the tower of Independence Hall summoning the citizens of Philadelphia to hear the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8th 1776.

Now the Liberty Bell is inside on display, its crazy that you can be inches from it!!!

It was said, that the Bell got its infamous crack in 1835 honoring George Washington's Birthday

This is Elfreth's Alley, the oldest residential street in america built in 1702 .... and people still live here. It is the cutest little street I have ever seen and I would love to live here, it reminds me of Italy.