Has it really been a whole week since I've blogged? Oh my. Well, I guess I have a good excuse. Last time I wrote I was preparing for company. Paul's brother and his family were here for the week. They arrived around 10:30 Monday night. Tuesday morning we got up and went to
Prophetstown State Park in Lafayette. They have a real neat "working" pioneer farm there. We had a picnic lunch, and then visited the farm. Below is a picture of some of the horses that they use to work the farm with. They were beautiful, and really gentle.
They had a couple of antique cars there, and this antique pick-up truck the kids were able to get in. As you can see, they had a great time. From L-R: Jeffrey (eyes and nose only :), my nephew Zach (again, eyes and nose only :),
DaNae, and in the driver's seat...Jonathan. It was a lot of fun. I took more pics there, but I just didn't want to bore everyone with them. We came home, had dinner on the deck, and were up late setting off our fireworks display here at the house.
Wednesday morning we were up, had a big breakfast, played some
badminton and games in the back yard, then we headed about 20
mins. away for a 4
th of July parade. I couldn't resist taking the kids picture sitting on the curb waiting for the candy (by the way, they got tons of candy...just what they needed).
Jonathan took this picture of an antique car that was passing by. The parade lasted quite a while. Thankfully we had a great spot IN THE SHADE, and it was very enjoyable.
We made a quick trip home, loaded up our goodies and headed to Wilhelm's for a church picnic. I got to play three games of volleyball, and had a great time. It was real nice to feel like playing again (last year I was pregnant). The games were really competitive, and the whole evening was very enjoyable. After the picnic, we headed home again to re-group, then head to the city park for the annual fireworks display. They were really good, and we dragged our weary bodies home, and got the children landed to end another very busy day.
Paul was able to get Thursday off of work as well, so once again we headed north. We went to Fair Oaks Dairy Farm. I don't have any pics to post of that, but it was a great time, and enjoyed by all. We got back home around 6:30 or so. By around 7:30 I believe all of the children were in bed. It was so nice to just be able to sit and relax and visit for a while. Since Paul has to get up so early, he said his "good-byes" on Thursday night. Nothing like a brother.
Friday morning around 11:00 Tim, Erin, Zachary and Sammy left to head back to NY. We had a wonderful visit, and hope that they come back to visit us again soon.
Friday evening we got a babysitter for the children and around 5:30 Paul and I headed to
Noblesville to witness Michelle
Stetler and Daniel
Hilty's wedding. It was very nice, and very "Michelle". Got to see and meet some fellow
bloggers and catch up with old friends. It was nice to see many of you. She carried the "nautical" theme throughout the wedding and reception. Here is a picture of the front of the church.
Here is a picture of the cake. The frosting was a real pale blue, and with icing piped all over it to look like net. The border on the cake was sea shells made out of white chocolate. The top of the table was covered with light brown sugar to resemble sand, and in it was lots of white chocolate sea shells. It was very unique. Really neat to see.
She had a background set up in the corner and wanted to get all of the guests pictures taken there to give to the bride and groom. It was really neat.
The reception was a dessert reception, so mainly it was lots of really neat candy and chocolates, etc. Here is Jenny Gardner "enjoying" her chocolate covered pretzel. I told her to look for this picture on my next blog so she shouldn't be surprised by this.
A picture of the happily married couple. Soon to embark on their
Caribbean Cruise.
The rest of the weekend was busy too. Saturday we did sleep in though. Had company Saturday evening, and Sunday was the usual. Anyway, today the children helped me this morning work up two buckets of beans to can. They are such a big help, and they sure help make the work load lighter.
And by the end of this day this is exactly how I feel...just like
Makayla did yesterday at the Sunday lunch table. We've been trying to hold off putting her down right after lunch, hoping that she'll sleep a little longer so that we can all get naps. Well, as you can see, we just couldn't hold her off any longer. She was tuckered out after such a busy week, and basically no nap yesterday morning. The week ahead looks to be busy as well, but hopefully I'll get to blog a little more often. Hope to hear from all of you out there. Thanks for stopping by.
They had a couple of antique cars there, and this antique pick-up truck the kids were able to get in. As you can see, they had a great time. From L-R: Jeffrey (eyes and nose only :), my nephew Zach (again, eyes and nose only :), DaNae, and in the driver's seat...Jonathan. It was a lot of fun. I took more pics there, but I just didn't want to bore everyone with them. We came home, had dinner on the deck, and were up late setting off our fireworks display here at the house.
Wednesday morning we were up, had a big breakfast, played some badminton and games in the back yard, then we headed about 20 mins. away for a 4th of July parade. I couldn't resist taking the kids picture sitting on the curb waiting for the candy (by the way, they got tons of candy...just what they needed).
Jonathan took this picture of an antique car that was passing by. The parade lasted quite a while. Thankfully we had a great spot IN THE SHADE, and it was very enjoyable. 
We made a quick trip home, loaded up our goodies and headed to Wilhelm's for a church picnic. I got to play three games of volleyball, and had a great time. It was real nice to feel like playing again (last year I was pregnant). The games were really competitive, and the whole evening was very enjoyable. After the picnic, we headed home again to re-group, then head to the city park for the annual fireworks display. They were really good, and we dragged our weary bodies home, and got the children landed to end another very busy day. 
Paul was able to get Thursday off of work as well, so once again we headed north. We went to Fair Oaks Dairy Farm. I don't have any pics to post of that, but it was a great time, and enjoyed by all. We got back home around 6:30 or so. By around 7:30 I believe all of the children were in bed. It was so nice to just be able to sit and relax and visit for a while. Since Paul has to get up so early, he said his "good-byes" on Thursday night. Nothing like a brother.
Friday morning around 11:00 Tim, Erin, Zachary and Sammy left to head back to NY. We had a wonderful visit, and hope that they come back to visit us again soon.
Friday evening we got a babysitter for the children and around 5:30 Paul and I headed to Noblesville to witness Michelle Stetler and Daniel Hilty's wedding. It was very nice, and very "Michelle". Got to see and meet some fellow bloggers and catch up with old friends. It was nice to see many of you. She carried the "nautical" theme throughout the wedding and reception. Here is a picture of the front of the church.
Here is a picture of the cake. The frosting was a real pale blue, and with icing piped all over it to look like net. The border on the cake was sea shells made out of white chocolate. The top of the table was covered with light brown sugar to resemble sand, and in it was lots of white chocolate sea shells. It was very unique. Really neat to see.
She had a background set up in the corner and wanted to get all of the guests pictures taken there to give to the bride and groom. It was really neat.
The reception was a dessert reception, so mainly it was lots of really neat candy and chocolates, etc. Here is Jenny Gardner "enjoying" her chocolate covered pretzel. I told her to look for this picture on my next blog so she shouldn't be surprised by this.
A picture of the happily married couple. Soon to embark on their Caribbean Cruise.
The rest of the weekend was busy too. Saturday we did sleep in though. Had company Saturday evening, and Sunday was the usual. Anyway, today the children helped me this morning work up two buckets of beans to can. They are such a big help, and they sure help make the work load lighter.
And by the end of this day this is exactly how I feel...just like Makayla did yesterday at the Sunday lunch table. We've been trying to hold off putting her down right after lunch, hoping that she'll sleep a little longer so that we can all get naps. Well, as you can see, we just couldn't hold her off any longer. She was tuckered out after such a busy week, and basically no nap yesterday morning. The week ahead looks to be busy as well, but hopefully I'll get to blog a little more often. Hope to hear from all of you out there. Thanks for stopping by.
6 comments:
Wow...sounds like a fun week. Glad it went so well for you!
Lisa
Sounds like a busy time. Would LOVE to see the rest of Michelle's wedding pictures. I am sooo happy for her!!
It was fun to see the wedding pictures - a beach theme for a wedding in the North is probably a first! Wonder where she found all the stuff for it? Thanks for sharing them with us. Looks like you had a great week!
It was good to see you blogging again!!! And good to see the photos of Michelle's wedding. Sounds like a neat theme. And seems like you had a fun time with Paul's brother. How about the house hunting? Any prospects?
Yay! New pictures to look at. The green beans were making me tired thinking about all the work that went into them :) Enjoyed the newsy update too.
We had agreat time can't wait to do it again. Those are great pictures, I can't wait to see more and to get ours developed. We really need a digital camara.
Wow... A beach theme what a differant idea I have naver seen that before it looks really neat.
Sam has done better than Zach the last time he didn't even cry I used a pacifier and made sure he was not looking when she did the shots, but he also has a lot more meat on his bones than Zachary and Makayla.
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