Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Our Trip to the East Coast Jan 29 to Feb 7, 2008

We had so much fun. This was probably one of our favorite trips ever! It was so good to see all of our friends and family!

We took tons of pictures... here's a few of them!


On our way to Atlanta to see Jason, Kim, & Katie we stopped by to see Scott Luman, one of Josh's friends from Burlington. We ate lunch at a really cute Mennonite Cafe.

Then we stopped off in Lilburn, Georgia and met up with our friends Nathan & Jen Taitt. We had so much fun reconnecting with them and hanging out. We went to downtown Atlanta and saw the sights with them and then went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.

Here's an artsy picture that I took of Nathan & Jen Taitt walking downtown in Atlanta.


Here is us with our beautiful niece Katie (Katherine) Elizabeth Hamilton. She is only about 2 weeks when we saw her!

Isn't she adorable?? =)


Celebrating Josh's birthday at La Fiesta.

Josh, Jennifer, David, & Andy.


Jennifer & Andy toasting to Josh's birthday!

We found our dream home on Lake Mackintosh in Burlington, North Carolina!!


This is Jennifer's favorite part of the house... the screened in porch with the view of the trees and lake!


The future owners??? =)



The guys hanging out at the Rickman's house. All of the Cedar (their old band) members but Nathan.



Having dinner with Danny & David.


We got to go to Washington D.C!! It was such a fun and quick trip - we were only there for a day! It was a great excuse to make the trip to D.C. and celebrate Andy's 30th birthday!! We went with Andy, David, and Allyson! Here is all of us standing in front of the White House.


Standing in front of the Reflection Pool with the Washington Memorial in the background.


Walking through Washington D.C. looking at all of the national monuments.



Standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial.



Andy, Josh, Jennifer, Allyson, & David.

David near his grandfather's gravesite at the Arlington National Cemetery.



The Arlington National Cemetery.




Standing in front of the White House.


Standing in front of the Supreme Court building.

While in D.C. we visited the JHOP (Justice International House of Prayer)- this was special because Allyson & David are on full time staff with the IHOP-AC in Burlington.

Eating dinner at Buca Di Bepo before our drive back to North Carolina.


I love my new brother!!! Jared & Jennifer.

I love my new brother!!! Jennifer & Grant.

The rest of these are some artsy pictures that I took... enjoy!










Monday, December 17, 2007

Orton's Tacky Christmas Sweater Party

Here's some pictures from the Orton's Tacky Christmas Sweater Party!!

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Saturday, December 1, 2007

Our first Christmas Tree!!


We got our Christmas Tree the day after Thanksgiving! Jennifer wanted the biggest tree we could find!! Our tree almost touches our 9 ft ceilings!!


Josh held up a couple of trees to find "the perfect one"- until we decided that this one was it!




We had them take a picture for us at the Christmas Tree Lot--- our 1st Christmas Tree!




We took it home in Josh's car!!! =)


Jennifer working on setting-up the Nativity Scene.


Our yummy hot chocolate we had while we decorated the house.


Our decorated Christmas Tree!


Up close on our Christmas Tree.





Our new Nativity Scene by Willow Tree (a wedding gift from Jennifer's sister)






Our other decorated tree/sticks!! We're just missing our stockings above the fireplace!!

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Halloween Birthday Bash for Jennifer & Vicki

On October 27th we had a Halloween/Birthday party at our house. Jennifer has the same birthday as our friend Vicki (she was a bridesmaid in the wedding)- so we decided to have a joint bday party! It was really fun decorating our house and Josh had fun preparing all the food.
Here's some pictures from the night.

Jennifer was a fun pink witch & Josh was "Dr. O"




The girls





The guys



Christina & Jennifer




Our Small Group

Nick & Lori, Josh & Jennifer, Garrett & Vicki, JP & Steph, Jeff & Sarah