It has been so long since my last post that I don't even know where to begin!  Life is as crazy as usual and we are enjoying the granddaughters.  They are so fun and make us realize how precious time is.  I'll have to add photos later as I haven't downloaded any for a while.  Plus, I finally moved into the 21st century and got an iPhone.  Love it, but still need to retrieve the photos from the phone.

We went to PA for my friend Jane's son's wedding over Labor Day weekend.  Had a great time with college friends and helping to decorate for the wedding.  It was beautiful and I had fun making them a photo book for their gift.

Every fall we go to Buck Creek State Park and stay in a cabin.  Usually we like to sail and hike.  So...this year I thought that if we went in September it would be warm.  Right?  Wrong!!  It was very cold, windy, and we didn't even take the boat.  What a bummer!  We still had fun, even though the OSU game wasn't on TV.  Ted, Tara, Jeremy, Joey and Kelsie went to BW3's to watch the game and they even had Jeremy leading the OH-IO!!  The cabins are starting to get a little small, however.  I think next year 2 cabins are in order!

October brought more fun with college friends Carol and Bill.  We just met for dinner but always have such a good time with them.  Needs to happen more often!

Ted and I went to Florida just for relaxation the end of the month.  Stayed in Daytona Beach and had fun relaxing and walking the beach.  When we got there hurricane Sandy had just gone through and the surf was huge!!  The weather was beautiful all week.

November flew by...of course the fun times are the Thanksgiving Sale at church and having family dinners.  We were at Ted's dad's for Thanksgiving, and then the next day we had 36 here at our house.  Love family get togethers!!

Madalyn is really growing but is still such a peanut.  She is staring to sit up for short periods and getting a personality.  She has a high pitched squeal like I've never heard before!! So cute!  And Grace loves her cousin...Tara has been putting Gracisms on Facebook and I've been copying them to a computer document.  She makes us laugh!!!  Her hair is still bright red and curly--she loves to watch "Annie" when she's here.  Probably b/c she's never seen anyone that looks like her before!!

Looking forward to Christmas with all 3 girls being home and grandchildren to watch and laugh with.  Can't wait to see how Grace reacts this year that she realizes what presents are.  I have to watch myself and not buy everything that I see!!

But hopefully we all will remember why we celebrate Christmas...Gods most awesome gift to us.. all of us!