It's been awhile.

Avah back to dance class.

I am not so good at this updating the blog right now. I feel like we have been so busy this past month that I can't even remember all we did.

It's coming up to my favorite time of year so I hope that it slows down enough for me to really enjoy it! I love the fall events, the crisp cool air and all the anticipation for the upcoming holiday's! This coming weekend we are going to Merrymead's Great Pumpkin Lighting and I am more excited than the little kids.

Bridget on her 2nd birthday.

Since I last posted, we celebrated many birthday's! Happy birthday to my two younger sisters B - August 16 and Megan - August 21. My SIL, Kim, celebrated her birthday August 21 too and my BIL, Loucky, on August 20. Our niece, Bridget turned two on September 13 and "the other Jen Horgan", my SIL, just had a birthday yesterday - September 24. Lots more to come before the end of the year. A calendar is a must in our house.

No, I did not eat a basketball.

The family at Tony's wedding - Labor Day weekend

September came and we the first weekends of the month we had weddings! My cousin Tony married Erin Labor Day weekend in Pittsburgh. We spent the weekend at Dad's house hanging out on the new deck. Jack's buddy, Rock , got married the next weekend in Philadelphia. Jack had a great time catching up with all his LaSalle buddies and I enjoyed eating all the food I could find.

Mom-mom and Pop-pop moved all their belongings to a new house in Ocean City, NJ just down the street from their old place. We finally got down to visit last weekend and it was BEAUTIFUL! It was a very relaxing and fun weekend at the shore. When is it ever a bad weekend at the shore?

Poker night

Jack kissing a crab

Matt and Christopher playing at the shore.

That brings us to the present. I have a girls night tonight that I am looking forward to and this weekend is filled with nieces and nephews and the Great Pumpkin Lighting. I can't wait!

August!

August is halfway over already! I feel like this summer has just flown by, which is always the case. Our weekends are filled with trips, showers, parties, and lots of chores to get done outside and around the house.

We took the dogs and our niece, Avah, up to the Lake Wallenpaupack for the first weekend in August. We haven't had a chance to get there in months so we booked a weekend and got to relax and enjoy the nice weather on the lake. The dogs LOVE the mountains and so do we. I just like getting out of the house and Jack likes to fish off the dock. Avah is the swimmer. She jumps in the lake and floats around and swims to the steps.

Danny and Talia

The same weekend (it's exhausting, try and keep up) we had Lorelei's baby shower. So cute was the nature theme. All the details and snacks were so adorable that you almost didn't want to eat them. She is due in October so we are all very excited to meet the little guy or gal - it's a surprise!!


When I got home from the shower Dad, Ann and Megan were at the house for the night! They stopped in on their way to OCMD for the week. They haven't seen my big belly yet. It is growing so fast. Jack made us all a fantastic dinner and we ate ourselves full and then went to cold stone creamery to stuff ourselves some more.

Last night was our 4th anniversary! I can't believe it has been four years! We went to Maggiano's for dinner and ate so much I could barely get in the car. I couldn't ask for a better husband.

Oh my gosh and I can't forget all the babies that have been born!! Dianne and Chris had their twins on July 29th - Cecilia and Olivia Esbensen. They are tiny little peanuts and absolutely adorable. David and Katie had their little girl on August 7th - Baylor Rhoads. She has a full head of dark hair and I can't wait to meet her. The Rhoads' have been triple blessed this summer with another on the way in September!!

Cecilia

Olivia

And that takes us up to now. We are so lucky to have all that we have in our lives and to be so busy. I have to pinch myself everyday.

It's a BOY!!!!

We had our sonogram today and found out that we are to expect a boy in December! We are very excited. I am a wee bit nervous because I never grew up with any little boys so this will be all new for me but we'll be fine and get used it in no time.

At first the baby had his legs closed and they said it might be a girl but they'd look back to see when the baby moved a little bit and uncrossed his legs. So for about 15 minutes we thought we were having a girl and then they scanned over the area and we saw "the boy part"!!!! It was pretty clear and funny. The tech said "it's not a girl" and you could see that he was right.

Congrats to cousin Dianne and Chris for having twin girls today too!!! Welcome to the world Olivia and Cecilia!!!

Welcome Home Sherm!!!

Thanks to good people in the neighborhood, Sherm is home! He has been gone a week and is a little thin but goes to the vet tomorrow for a check up. We're all hoping he never pulls this stunt again! He nearly bit my finger off when I gave him treats and he gobbled up his food. My sister left for Ohio for the weekend so she hasn't even seen him yet! B and Avah will be glad to see him when they return.

Welcome home!!!

Come Home Sherm!!!

Your mother is worried sick about you! My sister, B, has had a cat named Sherman "Sherm" for about 8 years now and he all the sudden decided to disappear. We are hoping he is just on rumspringa and will see how sweet he has it at home and return soon. In all seriousness, we all want him home and hope he is safe.

**** Update on Sherm - he is not home yet but my sister said she thinks she has seen him a couple of times. We still have hope that he is out there and just running around enjoying the wild life. For peace of mind, we all want him safe and sound in the house so we all keep looking and hoping. ****

Happy Anniversary Annie and Doug!!

July 10th was my sister and brother-in-law's 5th wedding anniversary. They had Annie's great friend Joelle come out for the weekend and take photos. I happen to think that Joelle is one of the most gifted photographers around with her creativity and sense of style. All her photos, no matter who her subjects are, come out gorgeous. This just so happened to be one of her easier photo shoots because Annie and Doug were picture perfect. If you want to check out more of their album just click this link and be sure to check out Joelle's blog for more great pictures.

Happy Anniversary A & D.

A, I see you got your ring.

Photos taken by Joelle Watt

Bathing Cuties

I thought these pictures were too cute not to share. This is over at "mom-mom and pop-pop's" pool. All five of the Horgan nieces and nephews cooling off on a hot summer day.

Loucky, Bridget, Christopher, Matthew and Margaret "Maggie" Horgan

Kissing cousins

Scuba Steve??

Photos courtesy of Kim Horgan ;-)

Happy 4th America!

The 4th of July was here and gone already. It doesn't feel like the middle of the summer should be here with all the rain and crummy June weather we have had. But here we are in July and I think, hopefully, the weather is starting to be more like summer.

We did not make any plans for this weekend and decided to stay home, golf (Jack), get some "things" done around the house and relax. Jack got some small repairs done, almost finished the new sidewalk out back he is putting in and still had time to play 18 holes. I planted flowers and did some much needed cleaning around the house, which means I must be getting some energy back! The tomato plant that Stoli ate is coming back to us too. I am so glad because I don't have a green thumb and I was so excited to see that I got a plant to grow from a seed! I hope to have large and yummy tomatoes by the end of the summer. I'll even be happy with just one. She has moved on to my pinks now.

The Hangey's were having a cookout for the 4th so we headed over there for some food and fun. There were plenty of fireworks to watch and good food to eat. My already tight jeans were bursting at the seams. I don't like this in between stage of not really fitting into your normal clothes but not ready for maternity either. I just want to live in sweatpants.

We went to see The Hangover this morning ($5.00 morning show!) and it was hilarious. Funniest movie I have seen is a LONG time. When we got home, I planted more flowers and now we are going to get ready to have a nice little cookout of our own. Just the two of us, the three dogs and our Christmas baby Horgan.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend whether they got to get away or just stayed at home!

Pittsburgh or bust!

This picture is of Lux, Annie and Doug's cat, with her fat belly hanging over her feet. This is her favorite lounging position but not the most flattering. I thought her facial expression was great.

Last weekend we went to Pittsburgh (Sewickley) to visit my older (hee hee) sister, Annie and Doug. Doug had a "gig" at Club Cafe in the southside Saturday and we wanted to go and support him. We haven't been able to visit them often because I was in school and busy all the time so it was nice to get out to western, PA and spend some time with them.

The weather was beautiful and I seem to be feeling better so a nice Mexican dinner and long walk Friday night was perfect. We even walked passed Lemieux's house but no one invited us in. Saturday mom and our cousin Alison came in from Ohio and we went to watch Doug's show. Very nice job by the brother-in-law I must say.

Sunday, we had a long drive ahead of us back home, so we packed up the Tahoe and away we went. About an hour, if that, into the trip we got a flat tire! That was my 2nd of the week. Monday night coming home from work I had a flat tire but made it home. So were were surprised to have another one in that week. We pulled over and put the spare on and were on our way when about 30 minutes later we got ANOTHER flat tire. All different tires mind you. So what were we to do now? The spare was in use and we were on the turnpike in Somerset, PA. We had to call for a tow and were towed to a wal-mart where it took 2 hours to fix the tires. $300.00 and 4.5 hours later we made it home. What a day that was. Lesson learned - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AAA!!!


Here are just a couple pictures of Doug singing. It was so dark in there and I didn't want to be flashing the camera all over the place so I tried to play around with the camera and most of the shots got blurry (shutter speed ;-() so this is the best I have. He still looks like a rockstar though.

Where does the time go?

So it's been two months since my last post. A lot went on in the two months for me not to post so I will try to sum it all up without making this a ten pager.

First, I passed all my dental hygiene exams and graduated from Harcum on May 16th. That was a huge relief for me and I am sure for Jack and my family. I can finally work and earn a paycheck and contribute to our savings and bills.


























I went home to visit, FINALLY, and got to spend some good quality time with the family over Memorial Day weekend. We had some graduation parties, ate chicken salads at Legends (with fries on top), played corn hole, went to Bilger's Rocks (scarier than I remember) and just got to hang out with family.




Next, we flew to Ohio to visit mom and go to the PGA Memorial Tournament. What a great time Jack and I had. Gram and Pap Harper came out too and it was a beautiful weekend. Friday, while Jack was at the golf tournament, we went to the Columbus Zoo and had fun listening to grandma's comments and looking at the animals. I got some yum-o dippin dots, my first of the summer. Saturday mom and I joined the guys at the tournament and watch Tiger play some golf. It was AWESOME! I never thought I would say that about golf but I loved sitting in the grass watching the players and seeing the beautiful golf course. Annie came out for dinner on Saturday night and we all got to just relax and gossip.

After Ohio I started working! I only work two days a week right now but it's a start. I am trying to get back into a schedule of getting up and going to work but two days a week right now is good for me. They are long days. I will add a couple more days to my week soon.
















It has been raining cats and dogs in eastern, PA for the whole month of June. I am tired of wet weather and want summer to arrive. We actually had a hail storm this last week. It was nuts.

Oh, and during all of the travels and goings on, we found out we are expecting a baby!! Mmm hmmm, a real baby Horgan is on it's way December 27th. Avah calls the baby her "Christmas Cousin". She is so excited and so are we. It was quite a surprise and I haven't been feeling good for the past two months with morning, afternoon and night sickness. But, I am finally starting to have more energy and not feeling so horrible in the mornings. Now we just need to find out whether we are having a boy or girl and we can start planning the nursery. Poor Rose has to endure testing out most of the new baby products. I didn't think she would mind.














I will try to post more frequently now that I can look at a computer without getting dizzy. Hopefully I have some interesting items to post, like our trip to Pittsburgh this weekend!