I NOW KNOW THE ANSWER

IF A TREE FALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

AND ONLY THE HUSBAND HEARS IT...

DID IT ACTUALLY FALL???

NOPE!!!

(at least until the wife finds it)

START OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

The '2010 Yoder Christmas Tree'

was cut down and brought home this afternoon.

The girls were SO excited to get all the ornaments ready...

and on the tree.

Brooklyn focused on getting the tree decorated...

Alex and Riggs mostly wrestled.

OUR THREE

BATTLE FOR THE REMOTE

How does it go???

Possession is 90% of the law.

Its a good thing Riggs seems to enjoy watching football & basketball

as much as his Daddy...because he sure is wanting control of the remote!

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

IT HAS STARTED....OH NO!

Riggs is on the move. He has been kind of scooting around...mostly pivoting in the same spot. But, last night I put him down on his blanket next to his box of toys and walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water. What do I see on my way back?

Riggs heading to the kitchen.

Looking very proud of himself!

WALKING, TALKING, EATING, DRINKING

I can't say that I have ever been accused of being a 'deep thinking' person. Don't get me wrong...I am not a dumb person. I'm just not what one might call a typically 'deep' person. I am emotional. I am light-hearted (most of the time). I am fun-loving. I can take things very seriously OR not so seriously depending on the 'thing'. I love to search for information and learn new things. I have walls that can keep people (and God, at times) at a distance. However, there are times when I can get myself out of the way enough to allow God to have the 'deep' things sink in...and most of the time that ends with me in tears. Not because my head hurts (I know what some of you were thinking)...because most of the time the 'deep' things come back to the most basic thing. God loves me and is always with me!

This morning while reading from "My Utmost For His Highest", Oswald Chambers focuses on
I Corinthians 10:31, "Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."
And then he says a couple things that are going to stick with me...
~ Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow aspects of life are not ordained by God; they are ordained by Him equally as much as the profound.
~To be shallow is not a sign of being sinful, nor is shallowness an indication that there is no depth to your life at all - the ocean has a shore. Even the shallow things of life, such as eating and drinking, walking and talking, are ordained by God. These are all things our Lord did. He did them as the Son of God, and He said, "A disciple is not above his teacher..." (Matthew10:24)

So, today I challenge you...when you are doing the 'shallow' things in life (walking, talking, eating and drinking)....do it all for the glory of God. See if from the shallow things God reveals the deep things.
Be Salt and Light!

IT'S HAPPENED...

After 3 weeks of fighting it...

I'm finally ready to admit that I am sick!

Once I got through the 90 minute wait at the doctor's office...found out that I have tonsillitis, sinusitis and my lungs are inflamed causing my asthma to act up. After being yelled at and told "you're killing me" 72 times by my doctor (because I have not been treating my asthma), I was sent home with a 'Medication List' of all my prescriptions to pick up at the pharmacy, told to get a Sinus Rinse (basically a bottle to shoot saline up my nose...oh, joy!?!?), given an "asthma check" to monitor my air flow for the next two weeks and another appointment to come back for asthma testing once I have finished all my meds.

Soooo, that was fun!

A LITTLE HELP, PLEASE!?!

Alex was going to find "the perfect hiding place"

while I finished feeding Riggs.

After a little while I hear.....

"Ummmm, Mommy....a little help, please!?!"

The poor girl was stuck. By the way, Alex...

probably NOT the best hiding place :)

VETERAN'S DAY

It takes a special person to give of themselves to protect others.And, I am a very fortunate lady to have so many of these people in my family.

My "Pop" A., US Marine Corps

Grandma A., Pop's support from home.

She raised 5 sons...3 served in the military.

My Dad (Mom) & (Aunt Karen) Uncle Rob,
US Marine Corps
Both Dad and Robert will tell you...

they could not have done it without the support from home.

My "Pop" K., US Navy

Dad showing Pop his name on the

Enlisted Naval Aviation Pilots Wall

Grandma K., US Navy

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE

DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY!

WE LOVE YOU!

MORE FROM DELAWARE

Feeding the Quoi fish in Mrs. T's backyard

(my parent's neighbor)

"PopCakes" being made by Pop and the girls

(My dad has is own 'portable kitchen' that he takes to school with him.

He does "Math for Breakfast" with his students on SATURDAYS. He makes them pancakes and sausages and they study math with a full stomach. My teachers never did that!

I should also add...

his soccer teams and cross country teams are in on it too.)

At the playground

Football with Uncle Andrew

IT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER

Christmas.....that is!

We have prepped the Sunday School "Jingle Bells"

the girls picked out the Christmas tree...

oh, wait....this is the Christmas Tree.

It has been tagged and awaits our return in 2 weeks and 1 day.

(we were all happy...the sun was just REALLY bright!)

Christmas is only 6 weeks and 2 days away!

Told ya...it's just around the corner!

A LITTLE BOY & HIS DADDY

melts a mama's heart!

ONLY BECAUSE HE LOVES ME...

While the kids and I were on the east coast...before Aric's wedding, Scott was home by himself. In an attempt to surprise me, he was going to paint the garage...something that has needed to get done for a while now. He got the whole thing scrapped but wasn't able to get it painted before he left for Delaware.

So, he got the job completed this weekend.

When I was thanking him for painting the garage,

he looked at me and simply said...

"only because I love you"

I have a painted garage and my husband loves me...

how lucky am I?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDPA!

Last weekend,

Grandpa & Grandma came over to celebrate Grandpa's birthday.

We had tacos, pumpkin spice cake and lots of UNO games.

SICK BABY

Aren't little 7 month olds that only got a couple hours of sleep at a time last night, has had no nap yet today (at 2:55pm...still no nap at 4pm), can barely drink his bottle because he can't breathe and is constantly blowing snot bubbles supposed to act just miserable?

Not my poor sick baby....still as happy as can be.

What a blessed mama I am!

ARIC AND CINDY'S WEDDING

Ok. The wedding was actually October 17th. I'm a little behind.

There were so many pictures that it was hard to narrow it down.

Really, there is a lot that was left out.

But, you will get the idea...

family and friends got together to celebrate

THE MARRIAGE

OF

CINDY & ARIC

the rehearsal...practicing to be 'a bride and groom'

MY ABBLITT FAMILY

mom & dad, me, my 3 brothers and the brave 'in-loves' as Aric says.
mom & dad

scott & me

andrew & jessica

The Newest Mr & Mrs Abblitt

cindy & aric

archer & maigan

The Site

A DuPont Mansion in Wilmington, DE

Alex is always a goof-ball...she can't help it!

Maigan & Ben
Archer's girlfriend and Aric's friend


Brooklyn & Alex

Grandma & her girls

Us

Looking for the groom...

Here come the flower girls and ring bearer

The beautiful bride

Wedding Party

Congratulations, Aric & Cindy.

Thank you for sharing your special day with us.

Welcome to the family, Cindy!