Update!

Well, I am officially a blogging slacker...in case you all were wondering.  I haven't blogged in months, but they have been some crazy months indeed.  Most of you know by now that we ended up miscarrying in November.  A super sad time for us, but God is faithful as always and is bringing us through day by day.  

We have jumped into leading a link group at our apartment

 on Wed. nights and we are absolutely loving it.  Our group is fantastic and so far, we have had a lot of great discussions and are learning and growing together. 

 

Ben is getting more into his music these days...he's written some new songs and plans on doing some recording in the next few months.  We're excited about that little adventure.  :)

I am teaching a life skills class at a high school and most days I really like my job!  I have a pretty good group of students and  fabulous assistant and every day we get to go to different work sites where the kids learn different skills so that one day they might be able to get a job and be somewhat independent.  It's challenging and fun and fits me well.  :)

So that is my somewhat brief and general update on what's going on with us.  I am not even really sure that anyone reads this anymore since I haven't been keeping up with it!  Hopefully I will no longer be a blogging slacker!  

Us in Sebring this past February

 Ben on our balcony

This is how we ate our meals before 

we got a table!  

Us at a Super Bowl party! 

Hodgepodge

We stayed at a sweet Bed & Breakfast for our 3 yr. anniversary.










Us at the B & B










Just us!










Our small group hangin at the Pour House!











Me and Ben in the Smoky Mountains.










Me and Bethany!










Ben swingin Avery @ the Ogden family reunion in Tennessee!

Update

Just a quick update to let everyone know....I haven't meant to be a complete slacker with our blog....we are computerless for the time being...and might be for awhile! Big bummer...but I will try to figure out a way to get on here and post some recent pictures! We are loving life and doing well. Hope all is well in your worlds! :)

Ben's Birthday Weekend...

Ben's 29th birthday was great fun! Since his birthday fell on a Friday, according to our made up rules, he gets the whole weekend to celebrate! Friday morning, I got up and cooked him breakfast before he left for work. If he looks sleepy, it's because it was something like 5:30am. Friday night, we went to dinner at a quirky little restaurant downtown called the Grill Art Cafe. Forgot to take any pictures there which is unfortunate because it's such a cool looking place, but the second picture at the top is of us right before we left! Saturday we went to an Oriole's game which, sadly, they lost... but our seats were great and we loved every minute of it. Sunday, we went to my parents' and my mom cooked up a yummy meal of steaks and fresh corn on the cob.....also forgot to take pictures. ( I think eating distracts us! ) Thanks to everybody who called/e-mailed/texted Ben for his birthday!

Summer Days....

For our three year engagement anniversary, Ben replicated our engagement dinner as a surprise!

I married the best one!

ArtScape in Baltimore...the country's largest free art festival! How I love the city life!

Us at a Rusted Root Concert at ArtScape!

Concerts wear him out...

Ben seems to attract animals...I'll turn him into an animal lover yet!

Elijah and Ren came to visit us while we were house sitting at my Aunt and Uncle's! Much fun!

Playing corn hole in the back yard!

Elijah's turn! (Ben and I won in case you were wondering....twice!)

A beautiful sky!

A group pic! Ben is pretty good with that automatic timer...

Italian Film Festival

On Friday night we went with a bunch of friends to this year's first Italian Film Festival in Little Italy (a free outdoor movie!)....one of my FAVORITE things to do in the summer! We had a blast...they were showing the movie Moonstruck.....some of us liked it, others...not so much. They even have FREE popcorn which of course....has me hooked. :)

The evening wouldn't be complete without a cannoli from Vaccarro's!

This is how Jenn and I look when Ben takes too long to snap the picture! How unfortunate....

This is us with normal faces.

Those are our friends Brandon and Erin...and he's also the guy that Ben works for...they are super fun!

Ogden Update!

Well, we are obviously quite delinquent with our blog postings, but wanted to get some recent pics up to let everyone know how the recent move went and what we've been up to! We are enjoying MD life and are keeping busy catching up with all of our friends and family! I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story...




Ben trying to teach my aunt and uncle's dog how to play frisbee.
It didn't work out too well... Us at a free concert in Baltimore....me and Jenn (my room mate of 6 years...LOVE her!)....Ben baking a dessert for a contest (thanks Papa O!)...which he WON! Us playing with our neice and nephews....and Doug, Lige and Bethany sleeping over at our house one last time....