A New Chapter

My parents were invited to some friends place close to Erie, Pennsylvania and after completing all the cake orders I was able to go down for a bit.  Was so nice to just relax, chat, and play a few games! No schedule, no deadlines, unless you count going to bed:)   My beautiful mother and the baby, who is growing up TOO quickly!  Playing a competitive game of "Corn-hole"  Boccie ball   Kick-Ball  Just handing around  A purty thing:)  This adorable little one was running around for a few brief moments in his diaper and stole Faith's sunglasses - had to get a few shots:)  Chilling  Another adorable shot!  This is me - just fooling around on a camera - not a photographer by any means, but love pretending I can see things!  Lake Erie Some creatures by the lake    Another creature by the lake! No, this guy willingly drove down to Pittsburgh, PA for a weddin...

 I am becoming worse and worse at taking pictures at these family things... not quite sure why, just don't think of it anymore... until after the fact! So this is our family... was a wonderful thanksgiving - one to remember all the Lord's faithfulness over the past year and to remember all that He has done for us! Jenelle, Chris, and Aaron were all gone for thanksgiving this year and dearly missed. We did our thanksgiving dinner on Sunday as usual - so after church we came home, had some snacks, while we waited for everything to heat up! Nice relaxing time, chatting and sharing together! After dinner we went for a walk in the bush - was such a beautiful evening - thankful for such an amazing family God has blessed me with... and how they put up with me! Couldn't ask for more! Monday was thanksgiving with Marks family - hosted by Brad and Diane:) Had a lovely dinner then a walk on a beautiful afternoon, then back to the house for an evening of games! So thankful to be...

I was so determined to take pictures of this event - however went to get my phone out of my car and realized it was dead - so once again had to rely on others.  Waiting to get into the water - took a little longer than normal this year Finally:) The journey has begun - starting with lots of tipping My favorite canoeist - special memories on the river    Looks like trouble - I`m sure at least one of those boats ended up upside down - if not all three!  Loading up after - was the perfect day for canoeing - river was high - sun was shining and the temperature was pretty warm - got chilly at the end, but we turned the heat on in the truck and it was all good:) A neat couple I got to know a little bit! They have a really neat story - love meeting new people! BBQ and fellowship time afterwards Campfire started Mark took mostly everyone on a wagon ride - felt so much like autumn, was nice. Then everyone went to the soccer field for a...

Daniel had some friends down from Michigan... was a super nice evening so we all decided to go for a hike - Apps Mills is so pretty this time of year!  The younger ones found their way down to the river every chance they got - to skip a stone or two!  Lindsey & Clarke  Jonathan and Nick with his mustache!  Love this picture! See the sparkle in her eyes!?  Most of the group  Playing little natives  Jumping the tree  The four of us... thankful for each one of them!  Then we came to the road and they all started into this game of "leap-frog"  Came back home for a campfire... ...and fireworks