Fun Fall Festivities

October has been a great month for us (barring the recent illness that the last post highlighted). My mom and Dave came to visit for an extended weekend in the beginning of the month. Alahna loves having Grammy and Papa around. We got to go to the Children's museum, Morris Arboretum, a nice Italian resteraunt that actually had gluten free pasta/pizza, and best of all just spend good quality family time together.








We celebrated Alahna's birthday early, since my parents won't be here for the real deal. She was quite excited for the pumpkin ice cream and lots of wonderful presents. An Ariel barbie doll, Curious George Movie and Elmo movie have provided hours of entertainment =)




The following weekend we went to a pumpkin patch with Alahna. This was no ordinary pumpkin patch. It had a play place, train, hay rides, entertainment for the kids and of course a TON of pumpkins. We had a great family day enjoying the beautiful fall weather.








Last weekend we went to a Boo at the Zoo, where there was trick or treating at the zoo. We decided to take our friend's daughter with us too. It was very fun. We are definitely getting the itch to have more kids around. =) Although 2 two year olds was quite the handful! The girls were really good and had a great time. Alahna was a monkey (if you can't tell-she didn't like the hat) and we surprised our friends at church, so we pretended Kayleigh was a zebra (black and white, it works...).



More fall fun to come with pumpkin carving, Halloween and family dinner this weekend!

Even Doctors Get Sick

Well, it's the truth, even doctors get sick.

Unfortunately I've been battling what I thought was allergies but was actually a sinus infection and it has dropped down into my chest to cause me not to have a voice and cough like crazy. This is definietly the worst I've ever felt! Luckily my family doctor is a friend and former resident last year and she got me on some good antibiotics. I'm not normally very good about taking care of myself. I don't know if its the doctor or mother in me, but I hate to just stop and rest. I decided that I should face that fact that everyone gets sick days for a reason and I should take advantage by taking the day off to REST! I wanted to share how sweet my family has been to me.

Alahna's way: "sick...(pointing to me)...Sorry Mama (hug)"

Eric's way: picking up my slack on the dishes, homemade pumpkin pancakes for breakfast and taking Alahna to storytime, so I can take a nap!

I love my family!! I am so blessed to be surrounded by so much love. Noone likes being sick, but atleast I can be thankful for my family, warm food, lots of fluids and nap, nap, nap =)

Fun, Family, Friends

August and September were fun and busy months for us. Eric and Alahna went to Colorado for 2 1/2 weeks to visit all our families out there. Unfortunately I had to work, so I wasn't able to go. They had a great time with all the grandmas and grandpas playing, hiking, going to the children's museum, balloon festival and many other fun things. Alahna loves spending time with all her grandparents (and I'm sure they had fun too).





It was hard for me to be home a lone, but I made the most of it and had some fun myself. One of my best (and longest)friend came out to visit me for a girls weekend. We did lots of girly things that we don't get to do with our husbands and kids...chick flicks with ice cream, shopping, wine bar, a spontaneous trip to the beach! It was a really great time! Unfortunately as many of you know, Pennsylvania has a large population of ticks that harbor Lyme Disease. Jennifer unknowingly got bite on our walk in the woods and came down with a bad case of Lyme Disease!! She is going better now that she is on the proper treatment. Boo!!




Once Eric and Alahna got back, September was filled with lots of family fun. We went to our first Philly's game! Alahna LOVED it! She was dancing and swinging the towel, yelling yay and giving "knuckles" to everyone around us! It was quite the event =)



We also got to enjoy the Ephrata town fair with my family. Grandma and Grandpa spoiled all the grandkids and we got to go on a lot of rides and eat good food. It was really fun.




The church we go to turned 2 today. It is so good to be a part of a growing and lively church. God is good and has been very good to us! We got to celebrate the church's aniversary today out at Bud's farm. We had a blast. There were tractors, jeeps, a jumping castle with a slide and lots of great friends. We are excited to see what God has in store for us in the this coming year!