welcome home seth!

last friday one of our best friends from high school came home from the navy. seth is only here for 11 days so we are trying to soak up time with him as much as we can. as you can see they were way happy to see each other. he will be leaving and being stationed in san diego so hopefully that will give us an excuse to go visit.

danger run

last night we went on a halloween haunted house scavenger hunt with our good friends hannah and alex. they give you riddles that you have to solve to find your way to two different haunted houses. we tried to use the riddles but halfway through we used the cheat sheets and went straight to the haunted houses. 

we had so much fun and the haunted houses were actually really scary and really good!

3 weeks

today marks 3 weeks since we lost our molly. we decided to go visit her grave and nathan wanted to leave 3 flowers to represent the 3 week mark. while we were there it seemed like it was yesterday we were at the cemetery for her funeral. but at the same time it feels forever ago. such a surreal feeling.

we were so blessed to have everything paid for. a man we go to church with (and he knows my family from way back. he knew my mom and grandma when they got baptized) owns a funeral home. we didn't have to pay for one thing. he took care of everything; they picked her up from the hospital, dressed her, paid for the casket, set up a whole viewing room for her, and set up the whole funeral. it was such a blessing because being college students there is no way we could afford it.

we have been coping pretty well i would say. i look at pictures of her A LOT. i can't get over how cute she was. we definitely have our moments of sadness but i think those will come for the rest of our lives. i also feel so much joy thinking about her. i'm still so proud to call her my daughter and to talk about her.

we still don't have a stone for her. we are saving up for one. this is my grandpa's stone who she is buried with.

hubers farm

yesterday was so pretty outside i really wanted to do something fun outdoors. we went to a place called hubers farm. there are so many fun things to do there. we went and picked a pumpkin, they have tons of farm-grown fruits and veggies, homemade bread and jam (we stocked up), carmel apples, homemade ice cream and so many other fun things. 

cold & rainy

rummikub, oranges, and hot chocolate. perfect wednesday for a cold and rainy night.

saturday night date

with everything going on we have been laying low and not doing much. tonight we wanted to go out and do something fun for a date. there is a street next to our house where all the houses decorate for halloween.   tons of people come to look at them. the weather was perfect outside; i love kentucky in the fall.

after we walked around the neighborhood we walked to Heine Brothers Coffee and got some hot chocolate. nathan of course got a smoothie. 

it was so nice to get out and do something fun to get our minds off things.

being strong

"you never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have."


this quote is just so true. you always go through life saying "wow i could never go through that." and you think you never will have to. when it does happen, your mind and body just adapt to the situation to cope with it. i have come to realize no matter how much time passes there will always be a hole in my heart. 

can't wait to hang this ornament on our christmas tree