Grammy Ellen & Pumpkin Picking

Sorry it's been a little while since the last post. We've been pretty busy lately with the passing of Grammy Ellen. Between the services and the company in town for them we have had a lot going on. It was good to see everyone again, even under the circumstances, and while Grammy is probably in a better place now we're going to miss her. This is one of the few pictures I have of her and Brooke from about a year and a half ago because she hadn't been well enough to attend family gatherings for a while but it's a good one of her smiling so I thought I'd put it up. If you'd like to read the obituary or sign the online guest book you can do that here.

Saturday afternoon after spending the morning in the ER with Brooke's first big boo-boo, from diving off the couch head first into the coffee table while trying to feed the cat, we went pumpkin picking to take her mind off of it. Well, more like picking out, but we got pumpkins all the same. We liked Cider Hill so much we went back this time to get pumpkins and of course some cider and hot cider donuts while we were there. Brooke got to visit with the animals again as well as go through the hay and grass maze they have there and ride around in a wagon. The maze was a dollar a person, even for Brooke, but it was fun and worth the three bucks. The donuts were even better than last time and the cider was still great. Anyhow to see the pictures from the trip and a few other recent ones click here or on the picture above. Enjoy!

Family Weekend

This past weekend my parents rented a place up in the mountains for them, us and my brother and his family to all get together for a weekend. The plan had been to meet up there for the weekend and all go to Story Land or take a ride on the scenic rail road but the weather had other plans for us. It was nice on the ride up Friday and we ate a great restaurant that night that everyone liked a lot but Saturday we awoke to rain and clouds that lasted all day. Fortunately for us the place they rented had 4200 square feet of space including 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, a couple game rooms with foosball, air hickey and a pool table as well as a great room that included the kitchen, dining and living areas all in one big room so everyone could hang out. It was quite a place and it worked out really well to have all that to do on a rainy weekend.

Of course on Sunday the clouds cleared and the sun came out so we all went for a short hike to a waterfall before going our own ways. I also stopped a few times on the ride home to take a few pictures of the foliage. Brooke had fun playing with her cousins and we had a great time getting together with everyone for the weekend. You can see all of this by clicking here or on the pictures above. Thanks for stopping by.