Vacation Day #2

We made it to the beach around 4pm on Friday, October 29th. We unpacked the van, and headed straight to the beach!

I saw some of the most gorgeous sunsets during our stay here at Ft. Myers Beach, FL.

The tidal pools were fun to wade across and play in. It was fun to look for little fish and watch the beautiful birds eat.

Vacation Day #1

On Thursday, October 28th, we left at 3a.m. and Savannah, GA was our destination. We crossed over this BIG bridge (I am scared of bridges).

We made it to Paula Deen's restaurant, "The Lady and Sons" at 2:30 in the afternoon, and were able to enjoy a late lunch (which was technically our dinner since we ate breakfast and lunch so early since we woke up at 2:3o a.m.).

After dinner, we walked to the riverfront and explored the area. It was nice to walk around after so many hours in the minivan.

This is my favorite picture from Savannah! These oak trees with Spanish moss are beautiful!

I'll post tomorrow about our second day of vacation.

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

Last Friday, we packed a picnic lunch and our kites and headed to one of our favorite PA state parks! This was T, K, and L's first kite flying experience, and we had so much fun! I don't have any memories of flying a kite as a child, and Heath said he hasn't flown a kite since he lived in Germany. He only lived in Germany for preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st grade - so it has been a while since he's flown a kite. K just asked me today if we were going to fly our kites again this weekend. She can't wait to go again!

Apple Pickin' 2010

This is our third year apple pickin' in PA! This is a picture of the children in 2008

2009

2010

The children and I went apple picking on Saturday, and this week we've been busy making dumplings, apple butter, and jelly!

More Football

Last Sunday, T had his first game, and I took a lot of pictures. This week, I plan on just watching because you miss a lot of the action when you have a camera in front of your face.

Playing quarterback!

Check out that pass!

Flag Football

T's first football season has begun! He is very excited! I am sure we'll be posting more pictures throughout the season!

Feed the Hungry

This past weekend our family participated in a local missions project with our church. On Friday night, all three of us girls went and helped pack sack lunches.

The little girls helped fold up socks and put them in Ziploc bags.

They were rewarded with some extra cookies we had.

On Saturday evening, Dad, T, and K went to three different sites to pass out hot meals, sack lunches, socks, hats, and mittens. Dad had lots of opportunities to tell people about Jesus and pray with and for them. This is our family's third year helping with this ministry and the children, especially, look forward to it every year!