Gettysburg and DC

These pictures are from our trips to Gettysburg and Washington DC Temple. Although there was a wonderfull Sheppard family reunion inbetween, I didn't bring the pictures so I will do a seperate post about our wonderfull trip to Salt Lake. The first pictures are from when we went down to Gettysburg. They have all sorts of memorials set up and we took a really neat tour of the battlefields. Lachlynn really loved the cannons.

Here is one of the Gettysburg address that we really liked.



Here are the rest of the pics...






This past weekend we went to the DC Temple with our friends that we met here, Adam and Erin. We rented a van so we could drive downn there togethere and we had a great time. The Temple was so beautifull and we watched their kids while they went through a session then we swapped so we could go through. It was a fun time had all around. Then we had some Duncan Doughnuts or were they Tommys I don't remember. Anyways, Thanks Adam and Erin for a great time.

2nd cake!

Well here is my second cake! I had so much fun making it. It's so relaxing. I just thought I would post a picture of it. I have to make two more cakes this week, Iam up to my ears in cake with no family around to eat it, NOT good! We are coming down this next week, can't wait to see you guys!

Lachlynn

I was driving for a while the other day and Lachlynn started to cry. She hates the car because we took her on a cross country trip for 32 hours. I thought that was why she was crying, but when we got home and I went to get her out of the car this is what I found! I was laughing so hard, poor girl.

I love this little picture of Lachlynn. I just thought I would post this one.

Here is my first cake!I only had 5 minutes at the end of class to decorate it, so it's not my best work. I had a lot of fun.

J.D.was showing lachlynn the cake, he held it up close to her face and she moved her head quick right into the frosting!! I was cleaning frosting out of her nose all nigt!


Iam posting this picture because my Mom told me the day that she wanted to see a picture of her camie cookie.

I just love this picture! I love how big and brown Lachlynn's eyes are. J.D. always says that her eyes sparkle, they are beautiful.I just thought I would do a little update on Lachlynn. 1. She flashes a smile at anyone who talks to her, 2. she is starting to talk and make all sorts of different sounds,3. she just loves that baby who smiles back at her in the mirror,she will spend a good 15 minutes just smiling and talking to herself, 4. My new favorite thing she does is laugh, I can get her to crack up! Anyways, we are doing good out here and can't believe how fast the time is going! We have already been here for a whole month, Wow! I started a cake decorating class and I have to make my very first cake. I will take a picture for you. Iam kinda afraid of taking this class, because I learned how to make four different types of yummy butter cream frosting's, and anyone who knows me knows that I LOOOOOVE butter cream frosting.
Here are just a few of my favorite things out here in good old PA
1. Lachlynn and I get to have lunch with J.D. since he works so close to home.
2. They have beautiful running trails
3. Once it is dark, if you go out side you can see a bunch of twinkling fire flys
4. My cake class
5. we have such a welcoming ward.
we miss and love you all, can't wait to see you!!!

Weeknd in upstate New York

This past weekend we went to Palmyra and the Sacred Grove. It was so neat to be completely alone in the grove as there was not very many people there during this time of year. It was so fun to see the actual places where the church started, and so many wonderful things happened. We got to see the actual bricks that Joseph Smith touched and the fireplace where he hid the plates from a mob. We had a good time and definitely recharged our spiritual batteries. Here are some pictures.

Lachlynn's first Movie

Here is a movie I made of Lachlynn. She is growing so fast, just want to keep her little forever. Camie and I love her so much, and we know she has alot of relatives who love her to. So here is the precious princess.