Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!! 

We hope everyone one is having a wonderful Christmas weekend with family and  friends.

Our Christmas tree!

 The reason for the season!

And does anyone know how long it takes for lemons to ripen?!

(I posted this back in August!)

Lemons as of December 24!

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving! There is much to be thankful for in life. I'm thankful for my hubby, he is awesome. Period.  I'm thankful for my family, they are my best friends. I'm thankful for my home that keeps me warm and comfortable. I'm thankful for a car that runs. I'm thankful for our freedoms. I'm most thankful for our Savior and for the great sacrifice He has given us.

Now time for some pictures!

Carving!

The Spread

My cute turkey bowl :)

A little timer action!

A Walk on the Beach

After Ronnie ran his marathon last week, we decided to take Ronnie's parents to see Virginia Beach area.  We walked along the beach and Ronnie's parents collected shells. It was one of the more chillier days lately but it was still beautiful.

Love the beach.

Richmond Marathon 2011

Ronnie ran the Richmond marathon on Saturday! This was his second time running the Richmond marathon. He was awesome! He is already planning on running it next year. 

At the starting line!

Looking good at mile 7!

Cheering him on!

Crossing the finish line!! (Video by Nikki Slaven)

Ronnie trained with some people from church. 

They were only 3 people left out of the group that ended up running the marathon.

Pictured: Heather, Ronnie, Ben (fellow marathoner) and his wife!

Congrats Ronnie!

11/11/11

Ronnie's parents are in town this weekend and we thought seeing the navy ships would be a good way to celebrate Veteran's Day. We visited Nauticus (a naval/maritime museum), toured the U.S.S. Wisconsin and took a boat tour on the Elizabeth River and harbour to see the naval ships and some local history.

How did you celebrate Veteran's Day?

A Post

Well I can't believe its November!! Time is flying! Here are some fall updates....

I bought a bag of apples that looked like fall... :)

Our garden is still producing some vegis..I'm happy about that.

We made fajitas with these!

Our first radishes.

Yep...those are my marigolds!

I also made some Halloween cupcakes last week. 

We were pretty lame this year and didn't even carve a pumpkin.

Nothing really that exciting going on lately..just work stuff, home stuff and church stuff. 

Happy Fall!

Taste the Rainbow

After a long day of thunderstorms, it's nice to get a little taste of the rainbow.

A little bit of news...well actually BIG news...Ronnie is starting his own firm starting in October. 

Pray for us! haha

Check out his website!

www.slaven-law.com

Surviving the Week of Natural Disasters

Nature is throwing a party here in Virginia. We've had the dismal swamp fire going on. Then on Wednesday, Nature threw us for a loop by rattling the ground with an earthquake. And yesterday, we were in the midst of tornadoes and a hurricane! Luckily, things weren't really that bad. It's more unusual than anything else. We never lost power for more than a few seconds and we're very greatful.

Our backyard during the storm....Nothing much

to look at...just the pepper plants have seen

better days!

Well, I just wanted to put a little update here to say, we survived!! :) Ronnie will be going out today with some other members of our church to help where he can. Today looks like a beautiful day! Hopefully all the rain put out that fire! Happy Sunday!

A Wedding in Nebraska

Ronnie's youngest brother was married this weekend in Omaha, Nebraska at the Winter Quarters Temple. It was a really quick trip for us. We flew out Thursday to Kansas, Friday we drove 6 hours to Omaha, Saturday we went to the wedding and drove the 6 hours back to Kansas, Sunday we flew back home. Like I said quick trip.



The Wedding

 Jonathan & Jenna: The Newlyweds

 Spending time with the Slavens

 Our cute little neice, Emma

 Our smiley little nephew, Calvin

 Taking a walk

Well that's our trip in pictures!

LEMONS!!

Are you seeing this?!

My lemon tree is actually growing lemons!!!!

Wahoo!

Hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Ronnie and I drove the scouts up to scout camp this past Saturday. We decided to camp that night and take a hike the next day. 

The hike started in a cow pasture. I didn't know it was a current cow pasture. Luckily, the stint in the cow pasture was short so I didn't have another cow chasing episode...remember this?

It was really a beautiful hike...a little strenuous too!

On the way back we saw some cows but luckily they weren't interested in us.

The mountains were a bit cooler than it is here. It was nice to get away from the 100 degree heat (118 heat index...) for a bit! Although, not everything during the trip went according to plan, it's always nice to enjoy nature and the outdoors.