The McGarvey's

Memorial Day

2010-06-01T13:27:00.001-07:00

We had a fun Memorial Day. The kids had a great time with their cousins and playing in the pool. I'll try to add more pictures later. . .crying baby and kids not sharing :) gotta go!

Date Night

2010-05-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

Date Nights. . .Gotta love them! Kevin and I had a whole day to enjoy together on Sunday. Our Friend Darren Leblanc got married and we were able to attend the wedding. It was a bit cold, but we had a wonderful time catching up with friends and having a day to ourselves.

The Wedding was in NJ and the reception was right at the beach.

The reception was on the second floor looking over the ocean. . .it was beautiful.

Here's Kev with his buddy's. Witmer 4th floor guys. Oh and Yes, Kevin brought a football along.

I started to pick at the salad and thought i should take a picture of this, it was pretty neat.

Finally an Entry!!! Family Fun!

2010-05-03T06:59:00.000-07:00

The kids went to their first senators game on Sunday. Thank you Aunt Kelly and Uncle Matt for giving us such a fun day!!
Here are the kids before going into the ball park. . .they love cows! :)

Here's one of my future baseball players

The kids got to run out on the field and stand by a player while they played the national anthem. Here they are waiting to go out on the field.

Here's the one player giving Leah a piece of gum!

There's Stephen Strasburg

There's Leah in the pink shirt and blue skirt. . .she ran so fast! She ran to second base!

Adam is in the yellow shirt beside his older cousin Eli, they ran to first base.

This is how Grant enjoyed his first game. . .actually it took me about four innings trying to get him to sleep, Daddy took over and he fell asleep in 5 seconds (doesn't seem fair does it :))

There's Mimi with her girls

We had such a fun time at the Senators game
The kids got little matchbox cars and I caught one of the shirts they throw to the crowd, now Kev's father's day shopping is done :)

Just a little update. . .Grant is now 8 1/2 months old. He is crawling everwhere and is pulling himself up on everything he can. Adam takes speech class once a week with the IU. He loves it. His talking is improving a lot. Leah is such a wonderful big sister. She helps me out alot. We have an interview next week to see about doing cyber pre-K with her next year. We are trying to see what God has planned for her.

Hopefully it won't be so long until I write again!

October-November update

2009-12-03T13:27:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,

Not really sure how many people check our blog, but i'm finally updating it! I'll try and update you quick:

October:

I was sick for part of the month- I had the flu

Kevin's brother and family came to visit

Grant had his two month check up- He's doing great!

The kids did a Halloween egg hunt

Went trick or treating. . .Leah was Dorthy and Adam went as a Home Depo worker :)

November:

The kids had colds almost all month

Went to a fall party with our college friends

Grammy and Poppy came and visited for Thanksgiving

I think that pretty much sums up what we have been up too. I can't believe it is December already! Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Leah's 4th Birthday Today!!

2009-09-25T05:38:00.000-07:00

The Day Leah was born Sept. 25, 2005 - Born at 9:42 a.m.

Leah's First Birthday. . .She had two parties!

Leah's 2nd birthday. . .it was a Curious George theme

Leah's 3rd birthday. . .we had a family party and we also took one of her friends, Kate, out to lunch!

Dear Leah,

We can't believe you are four today. We love you so much! We are so blessed to have you in our lives. We are so thankful God gave you to us. We pray you have a wonderful birthday today and that as you grow each year your love for the Lord will continue to grow too. We love you!!

love,

Daddy and Mommy

Grant Isaac McGarvey

2009-09-02T05:21:00.001-07:00

We would like to introduce little Grant Isaac. He arrived Aug. 17th at 9:18 in the morning. I can't believe he is 2 weeks old already. We have been so blessed with friends and family who have been helping us out in many ways. Here are some pictures from the last two weeks.

July. . .Where did you go!?!

2009-07-31T07:34:00.000-07:00

As you will see we have had a busy month. The pictures below are from when Grammy and Poppy came to visit (Kev's parents). We had a nice time with them. We spent a day in Lancaster and we went to Hershey Gardens (sorry no pictures of that) and chocolate world.

We also did some library activities this month. We went to a reptile show and a hip hop dancing show. We had a lot of fun. Sorry no pictures of those either. Our next post hopefully will be announcing the birth of our little one. We hope you all are doing well. Enjoy the pictures.

Fourth of July weekend we spent in New Jersey. We stayed with Kevin's Aunt and Uncle. We went to a parade on the fourth and spent time with his family at his Cousin's house for a picnic. We had a great time. It is always fun when we visit NJ.

We went one day to our friends VBS, their theme was Transformers. The kids had a great time!

Here are pictures from Leah's bible school. She had a fun week at her VBS. Most of these pictures were taken at her program and then the last few pictures were of her with her crazy hair for Crazy hair day!

Gomm Visit

2009-07-07T14:54:00.001-07:00

I'm a little behind on our summer fun. . .The Gomm's came to visit us in June for a day. We had a fun time. We went to the Library and listened to a story, it was called the Fairy Queen. I thought it was a play but it was not quite what i thought it was going to be like :). We then had a picnic lunch and played at the park. Oh and I can't forget our trip to Chocolate World!! We also took a little ride on the Tram around the parking lot of Hershey Park. It was free!

A Saturday with the Family

2009-06-24T18:05:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we had a family fun day with my side of the family. We were supposed to go to the DC Zoo, however, because of the rain we had to go to plan b which was bowling. Our kids have never been bowling so it was pretty fun. I think Leah enjoyed wearing the shoes more than anything. Adam got really into it. He would sit down, put the ball between his legs and push the ball down. He would then watch the ball go all the way to the pins, which seemed like forever, and then would clap when he was done. If you don't count me getting my foot stuck in the bumper rail we had a great time!! :) Enjoy the pictures!

Fun Day in Lancaster

2009-06-13T13:54:00.000-07:00

We decided to do a daytrip to good ol' Lancaster, PA. We started out our trip just down the road in Intercourse to see the Pretzel Factory.

They let us make our own pretzel

Here's what the finished product looked like. I was a little surprised that they didn't bake them, but instead just threw them away.

Then, we headed over to the Rockvale outlets for the main event. This was probably the biggest of the many cows that we saw today.

It was a fun-filled day for us Eagles fans. Here's Air Swoop out in front of the Eagles End Zone.

The news crews were there. I think it was Fox 43 and WGAL 8.

This couple got married in a parking lot surrounded by a bunch of eagles fans. How romantic!

Leah had fun in this store, Noah's Landing. It's filled with a ton of stuffed animals.

Here's the real Swoop

Todd Herremans

Leah with Quentin Demps. When Daddy asked Quentin how many Kickoff return for TD's he'd have this year, he casually replied, "16".

Stewart Bradley was the main attraction. (His line was the longest). Daddy asked him if he would make the Pro Bowl this year, and he said, " That's the plan."

Juqua Parker

Here's proof that we got his authograph. We actually got all four on an Eagles Helmet Banner.

Memorial Day

2009-05-27T16:56:00.000-07:00

We had a quiet Memorial Day but we did get out the pool for a little. Here are some pictures of the kids having some fun!!

College Friends

2009-05-26T12:51:00.000-07:00

Our friends Steve and Colleen Forry and their three boys left yesterday for Nicaragua. They are missionaries there and come home for a short time to have the birth of their third son. If you guys are reading this we are praying for you!! Let us know how your trip went.
A little over a week ago we got together with them and some other of our college friends. It was so nice to get together with them all. Here are some pictures:

Little Buffalo Fun!!

2009-05-23T12:51:00.000-07:00

We had a fun morning today! We went to Little Buffalo and met my parents to go boating and fishing. Today was a free fishing day in PA. You can also fish for free on June 7th. The kids had a great time!! Too bad we didn't catch any fish though :).

Adam wasn't always thrilled about being on the boat

Here is Leah fishing for the first time!

Our cute boat guide :)

Grandad and Adam

Mimi with the kids

Daddy resting with the kids

Song of the Week

2009-05-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

ALL I HAVE IS CHRIST

VERSE 1
I once was lost in darkest night
Yet thought I knew the way
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave
I had no hope that You would own
A rebel to Your will
And if You had not loved me first
I would refuse You still

VERSE 2
But as I ran my hell-bound race
Indifferent to the cost
You looked upon my helpless state
And led me to the cross
And I beheld God’s love displayed
You suffered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace

CHORUS
Hallelujah! All I have is Christ
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life

VERSE 3
Now, Lord, I would be Yours alone
And live so all might see
The strength to follow Your commands
Could never come from me
Oh Father, use my ransomed life
In any way You choose
And let my song forever be
My only boast is You

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Having Fun Outside!!

2009-05-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

The kids had a great time yesterday playing outside! It was a perfect day for a pregnant lady to be outside too. . .not too hot and not too cold. . .it was perfect!! I wanted to show some pictures of the kids having fun!

How it all got Started

2009-05-07T09:28:00.000-07:00

Well. . .I thought it was about time to start a blog about our family, however, i thought it would be fun to tell you how it all got started!! Kevin and I both went to Messiah College. Back then they used to have three summer sessions where the "to be students" would go and pick their classes and spend the night in a dorm and meet others in their majors. It was a June weekend in 1998 and it was a long day of seminars and meeting people. That evening they had a time for the students to go to the gym and play games. Kevin and I both ended up being there and both decided to play basketball that night. I remember when i first saw him, i thought a guy like him would never like me, I even tried to make sure we would be put on the same team. It worked. We were put on the same team. The funny thing about that night is that when i left that weekend i thought his name was Steve! I talked about him all summer saying how i met this really great guy named Steve! Well. . .to make the long story short. . .we ended up running into each other the first weekend at Messiah. I had to get over the embarrassment that i had his name wrong and that my mother walked up to him and hugged him, asking him to take care of me. . .i thought for sure i would never see him again after that! :) But, thankfully God had other plans. Our relationship had ups and downs. . .but our God is bigger. If I would had only knew then what i know now. Well. . .Kevin and i got engaged in August of 2002 and we were married July 5, 2003. We will be celebrating 6 wonderful years this coming July! I am so blessed to have a wonderful Husband. I am so thankful that God brought us together.

First Entry

2009-05-06T18:19:00.000-07:00

We decided we would start a blog . . .

Here's the kids in their jammies.