We saw Brian Regan over the weekend, and it might have been the high light of the summer! We had a great time, and we're still laughing at some of his new stuff! Other than that, there's not too much else to report. Luke has his first vacation in two weeks, and we are looking forward to a week of relaxing on Lake Martin in AL...and squeezing in as much family time as possible! Hope you are all doing well.
ps - Normans...we might be in town to see you guys for a Wed night service @ Auburn on the 10th! We'd love to catch up over dinner or ice cream...keep you posted!
HAHA!! Love your shirts!!! That's awesome. We're so jealous. Of course, even if he came to Avon, IN I don't think we'd be able to go :-P. Maybe one day we'll quit having babies and start to live a little =). Love you guys.
Shannon and Luke!!! You're alive. I might see you on Wed night in Auburn too. I just moved to Columbus, GA about 45mi away. Hope you make it there it would be so great to see you again.
No Chili's is kind of by the Mall. It is on Opelika Highway, just past the mall, coming into Auburn. Right after you pass the mall, you will go through a stop light at University Drive, then there will be a bank, then IHOP, and then Chili's. Unless you are going to be in Opelika to see your family, there would be more direct ways to get to Chili's coming from Lake Martin! Let me know if you need other directions.
Ugh. I guess I haven't told you the news... and I think I was voted to tell you... we're not coming. After my mom fell, everything just kinda shifted, and we didn't get to go to TN in Sept like we were hoping, and we decided with the three girls, this really wouldn't be the best time to make a trip somewhere that has tons of stuff to do and see. We thought if we waited at least a year, until Maggie was a little older, and Kate could appreciate a little bit more, we might all enjoy it more. Sorry to be party poopers =(. We really miss you guys so much.
idk if i will or not...it depends on what kinda mood i'm in. if i'm like this tomorrow, i doubt i'll go because i can't stop crying...and thats why i wanted to stay at your place tonight. i need to be w/ people...i need someone to hold me and reasure me that i'm goin to be ok...
Hi! It took me a few tries to remember what your name was on here :-) It was good to spend some time with you and Luke, getting to know you better. Thank you for having us over. We enjoyed the gumbo--it was delicious :-)
Wow, so let's catch up to speed on what's been going on in our lives. Ready, go...
ChocolateFest at Hershey with the women at church. Mom and her sister, Ann, also came up for the event!
Skiing at Liberty Mtn. with Dad (outside of Gettysburg)
Vacation in the Dominican
Said goodbye to friends at church. We're still upset that you left us! :-) And, yes, he is feeding an 11 month old a drumstick!
Bought and renovated a townhome outside of Hershey. Robert (my bro) came with his g/f to help us out!! We took a day trip to the inner harbor in Baltimore while they were here.
And, last but not least, The Sweets visited us for a week and we did lots fun things.
Whew! Thanks for bearing through all of that! We are finally settled into our new home, and Luke starts at Hershey on Monday! We look forward to hearing from you and what's going on in your neck of the woods! Come visit us!!
Great pictures. So, that second Dominican picture looks just like a postcard! pretty cool! anyway, so what is luke officially doing now? are people actually putting their lives into his hands? scary!! just kidding!
y'all dont care which one you get? 'cause i can get y'all any of them. =] uhm, we tied for third. it was so funny. we lost all our games saturday, and then sunday none of the parents packed anything for the day, and we just kept winning. so everyone had to go buy drinks because none of the parents expected to be there all stinkin' day. it was annoying. i wanted to go home. i was sick. ='[
hello!! =) Nice pictures. I have two things to say.. 1. there might just be such a thing as too much chocolate ;) and 2. I miss Layla!! (and Dan & Tabitha) Much love Lukeduke & Shannon. [x]
Saw I was now a "friend"---good to hear from you ;>) I'd seen Jessica's pics she posted of their visit up there and hear that Micah & Brad's family will be visiting in the fall (I'm sure it's gorgeous in the fall)---that should be a lot of fun! Love all your pics; congrats on your townhouse.
...in more ways than one! That's how we felt after our whirl-wind trip home for Christmas. AND, that's what we'll be calling PA...at least for 3+ more years! Yep, that's right, we're sticking around for a little while longer! The Anesthesia residency program @ Penn State called Luke and offered him a position to begin this July! It may not be the South, but we are excited! It is something that we (as well as many of you!) have been praying about for quite some time now, and we know that God has a plan for us up here in PA. It has been a long, humbling experience but well worth the wait. We truly are thankful for the opportunity...Luke will be doing what he enjoys, we can actually buy a house and get "settled", we will be able to continue worshiping with the brethren in Marietta, perhaps we'll start a family, and we'll be living in/near the chocolate capitol of the world...Hershey! "Can life get better...I submit that it cannot!" - for all you Brian Regan fans :-)
Other than that great news, we did get home to TN for the holiays...48hrs in Memphis and 48hrs in Springfield! We had our "battle of the sexes bowling" in Memphis...guess who won by seeing the pics below! We also got to see our long-lost cousins , the Pettes Family, at a McDonalds off the interstate between Memphis and Springfield! Totally worth it! The whole trip was fast, but it was great to be home...our first time since moving in June! Also, Luke and I had a quick trip to Charleston, SC a week or so ago. Luke was supposed to have an interview there, but since he was offered the position at Hershey we canceled the interview and just went for fun! It was a great, relaxing weekend...one Luke really needed.
That's all the excitement that's been going on here. We did have snow this past week, but I didn't get out to snap any pics. It was 13 degrees when we left for church this morning, and it's supposed to be 7 tomorrow morning. Yikes!! If it's gonna be this cold, I need to see white stuff! Anyway, that's all for now. Hope you are all doing great. Let us know what's going on in your lives. Have a great week!
Congratulations on the job offer! I am sure that is a huge load off your minds. It looks like everything is working out nicely for you guys. Love all the matching sweaters =)
i was just telling mom this weekend that i wished you and luke lived closer. we've just got to get together. i'm glad that things are working out and that you'll be able to get settled. i know that's an answered prayer. love the pics...everyone has changed so much!
Nice seeing all the pictures.trips home are so nice, even when they are for just a couple of days!...hey, we're going to charleston towards the end of february...any ideas of what to do??
So glad you're putting down some roots. I'm still in a bit of a drifting pattern (on where to live that is) for now. I enjoy a lot of things about Tampa but would gladly jump at an opportunity elsewhere. Bethesda, MD is where our headquarters are for Clark Construction. I visited several times but haven't ever stayed for longer than a few days.
Hey guys. Sorry I haven't emailed ... work's been keeping me busy. Hopefully Saturday I'll be able to send an update of some sort. But just a preliminary update, I'm doing well and things are really looking up. I have a plan of some sort for the future, but I'll get more into that once I email. So I'll talk to y'all soon!
thanks. i pretty much figured you'd comment that update. i thought about you today and it made me smile! haha. I was taking a quiz and it asked who the last person i hugged was and I said "shannon, because she's just amazing!" chyea man.
hey ... did you get my message? i'm going to try and call again sometime in the near future ... probably friday night since i don't work saturday. is that cool?
How are things in PA? Are you ready for spring? Shannon - do you have a cousin named Chad Scott? THere have been commercials running for a land clearing company , based in Opelika, owned by a Chad Scott. Everytime I see it I think of you! We miss you guys!
Hey - do you know Daniel Moseley and his family? we worshipped with his family in Tampa (before we got married) and then in Gainesville the first year we were married. Daniel was of course just a kid - middle school maybe?
i guess i'll wear what you want me to wear on monday. but idk which shoes to wear...hmm. i guess flip-flops. lol. you really need to pick a weekend for the whole hershey park thing because i need to be able to 1. ask off, and 2. make sure i have $$ to go. I blew my last paycheck christmas shopping, so i have to break into my saving money for monday. i already tried to get my parents to give me some, and my mom says she would if she had some...and my dad said the same thing, but he's just a money hog. that's all that is. oh yea, and am i the only one stayin' @ your place sunday evening?
Sorry that the AL thing didn't work out this time, I know you guys were hoping for that one. We will pray about the decision you have to make. Remember, God's plans for us can be SO MUCH better than what we can come up with! Keep us updated please.
hey. uhm, idk if we'll need a ride home tomorrow evening or not. dad has off all this week, but idk if he'll go tomorrow evening or not. i'm givin' rebecca the necklace tomorrow night just in case we don't have church sunday. mom says it's supposed to be snowy/rainy again. so i'm goin to give it to her tomorrow. how was skiing?
we got your christmas letter in the mail! it was nice hearing about where your lives have taken you so far this year! isn't it amazing how things change in just a year?!?
Ooh! I love these photographs. Beautiful creation. Beautiful job capturing it, too :)
Got our mail today - THANK YOU! Our 2nd mail from the States, so exciting!
Well, it's been a little while since we've posted. There's not much news on our end here. Luke continues to work about 90 hrs a week. We are thankful for a holiday week...at least he gets Thursday off! But, we won't get "home" (aka the south!) until Christmas and we're definitely looking forward to that. Anyway, we have been able to enjoy the beautiful fall weather and colorful leaves. Here are some pics to share with you. These are two separate weekends: 1) camping with fellow residents, Mike and Noelle Lee, up in central PA and 2) a local trail near the church building overlooking the Susquehanna River with Nikki and Kevin from church. How are the leaves in your neck of the woods?? Enjoy!
