No Sun Scars For Us

Here are some pictures from our Beach Vacation at Rehoboth Beach, DE, with Dad and Deb. . .

Here's the whole family . . .




Here are some pictures from one fun day at the beach. A big thanks to my little cousin Kyla, for giving me her old swimming suit. I love it! I guess there are some perks to being the runt of the family.


Here's me and my little sis.


Look at the fabulous sand castle that our gorgeous men made . . .
Ok, just kidding. It was there when we got to the beach. But don't they look cute posing by it?!


Just as a side note: the beach just isn't the same when you're married to a dermatologist. I mentioned that I wanted to get a tan and he looked at me with disgust and said, "No way. No sun scars for us!"


Here's my nephew Aidan snuggling with the quilt that I made for Debbie for her birthday.
What a cute little thief!


When Lance and I looked up the closest LDS church, we found that it was over an hour and a half away and we didn't think that we could swing it. So we went instead to Faith Methodist Church where we were two of four caucasian people in the entire congregation. It was one of the most welcoming churches that we had ever been to and we were lucky to have found such wonderful Christian people. We will never forget the Pastor's lesson about nipping sin "in the bud" as he demonstrated with a flower from his wife's garden! What a fun experience!


Here is Lance with his new PING golf bag. It is his early birthday present from me. We had fun picking it out. He was able to use it both times that the boys went golfing this week. Watch out Tiger Woods. . . Lance Wood is coming!!



One day we realized that Kristie and I matched the twins. Here I am holding Sienna and Kris is holding Sofia. We couldn't have planned it more perfectly.

Sienna and I. . .
Lance and Sienna. . .
The big man. . . Aidan!

Here I am with Aidan. We were tight buddies this week. He kept saying my name which was so fun to hear!


Here is the cake that I made for Celena and Ryan's anniversary. You wouldn't believe what I gave for this special cake surprise. Details to follow. . .


So as I was decorating it in the basement, someone started coming downstairs. Fearing it would be Cena or Ryan, I grabbed it and ran. . . right into a bolt hanging from the ceiling!!! Who does that? Luckily, it was only Brent and I saved the cake as I fell to the ground. But check out my poor back.


We had a professional chef come to cook for us one night and he brought creme brulee for dessert. Here is Lance working on one.

Here I am enjoying it.
He did such a great job he deserved a kiss.


Here are some more beach pictures.




Gotta love the beach!

Amish Ice Cream-A Recipe for Disaster

Grandma and Grandpa Egbert came to visit the East and do some sight-seeing.
Lucky for us, Hershey was on the list of places to see. Yay!
So last Wednesday, we met Grandma and Grandpa and Lance's Aunt Jan and Uncle Alan at their hotel. Then they took us to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. We left them that night, excited to meet up with them the following night.
Well, I heard from Jan earlier than I expected, and when I talked to her she said that they were in PA Dutch country eating some Amish Ice Cream when Grandpa leaned on a fence (that was apparently a gate) and it swung open revealing 4 cement stairs and a stone wall. Grandpa fell down backwards and hit his head on the stone wall!
I called Lance right away and we met them in the hospital. Two X-ray's, a CAT-scan, and three hours later, we were told that Grandpa was in good shape. What a relief!!
Although our time in the ED wasn't all that pleasant, we were lucky enough to have a therapy dog, a Pekingese named Foo Man Chew, come to visit us. He sat like a human. It was definitely therapeutic for all of us.


Since Grandpa was feeling better, we went to The Hershey Pantry to celebrate! The food was fabulous and the company was even better!

So everyone remember that although Amish Ice Cream is some of the best stuff out there, it can be dangerous! :)
Thanks for coming to visit us Grandpa, Grandma and Jan and Alan. We love you!

My Valentine's Day Present

So for Valentine's Day this past year, Lance and I decided that since we show each other our love everyday of the year, we didn't need to buy each other any presents. We agreed that we would just get one another a card and go out to dinner. This was a little bit difficult for me because I love buying presents for people in general, but especially for my Lance. However, after looking for over an hour, I found the perfect card! I wrote down all my mushy feelings ( I love doing that) and tucked it in my purse for our date. So as we were waiting for our table at the Texas Roadhouse on Valentine's Day, we decided to give one another our cards-Lance said that he couldn't wait any longer, which made me a little confused. So I gave him his and he gave me mine.

This was what the "card" looked like that he gave me. . .

When I saw it I thought he had probably written me a poem and was so excited to read it,
but had no idea that when I opened it I would find this . . .

He had bought us tickets to go see Keith Urban and Taylor Swift in concert! I was taken aback that he had broken our deal, but how are you supposed to be upset with someone who just got you such an awesome present! Although it was only February, we were eager for August 1st!


So this Saturday we headed to Philly and went to dinner at Lonestar Steakhouse. It was very fitting because I was wearing my cowboy boots and Lance was wearing a cowboy shirt.

Taylor Swift was so fun. Her songs are so energetic.
She's actually from PA. How bout that?

And Keith Urban was fabulous!
I was bopping along in my seat and even Lance was busting a move from time to time.

He even came in the audience really close to where we were seated.

Although I've loved all of the concerts that I've been to, I think that this one was my all-time favorite.

Thank you Lancey. Happy Valentine's Day! :)