Christmas is Coming

Christmas is one of our favorite times of year. We celebrate the birth of our Lord and the sacrifice He made by coming to earth. We also love the transformation the house makes as it puts on its holiday apparel. For all of you out there who love decorating, baking, and organizing it all, I have found a great website to help keep you on track. It is calledhttp://www.organizedchristmas.com and has fabulous trackers, planners, printouts, recipes, and ideas to count you down to Christmas. Just thought I would share this, hope it helps you have a more organized Christmas.

Trip to Hershey

We had a great time in Hershey this past weekend. We had some friends follow us up and hang out with us, at our annual haunts. We started with the usual meal at Cracker Barrell, always exciting to get a chance to look in the gift shop! After full bellies, we headed into York, and went on the Wolfgang Chocolate Tour, hence the hairnets. The good thing is everyone looked dorky together. We got to watch chocolate covered pretzels being made, and sample at the end. We always enjoy watching the process. Due to rain on Friday, we spent Saturday at the park. Our girls have all decided that roller coasters are fun ( it has taken a while to get to this belief), and so we had a blast riding the various ones. We left the park around 11pm and by the time we got home it was 2:30am. Let's just say Tim ate a lot of sunflower seeds and drank a lot of Coke to keep him going. All inAll in was a fun time.

Annual Halloween Party

Halloween Party 2007

Each year we let the girls have an annual Halloween Party. They each get to choose 3 friends to come and sleepover. We do have friends that we know don't celebrate Halloween-so please know we respect your views, and we try to choose from friends who are okay with a Halloween Party. We just love dressing up and having a fun time with it. This year Carlie is the "White Witch from Narnia", Bethany is "Elizabeth Swan-Pirates of the Carribean", and Ashley is a fairy. We made some fun crafts, had some fun games, and ate lots of yummy treats. For breakfast we had pancakes in the shape of pumpkins and bats. It was a lot of fun.

Grand Opening-"Bethy & Becca's Salon"

Okay, all you men out there, who never can find a great hairstylist...your worries are over! Announcing the GRAND OPENING of "BETHY & BECCA'S SALON". Two new hairstylist are bursting out in the Lexington Park area, as the HOTTEST place in town to get a do. As you can tell by the look on the man getting his hair done, he is so overcome by emotion, that he can't contain himself. You also can experience this type of elation. Call up the salon to set up an appointment for your one of a kind hairdo. Appointments taken daily, after school.

Fall-Our Favorite Time of Year

Our family loves the fall season of the East Coast! Coming from California, we never experienced the splendor of the colors and the crisp air. Since we have moved here we take an annual trip to the chocolate mecca of the world HERSHEY PARK-to experience "Hershey Park in the Dark". Sometimes we take this trip by ourselves, sometimes with friends and family, but it is definately a trip to take. This is how our annual fall pilgrimage goes: We head up to PA. Stop for lunch at one of the several local Cracker Barrels, with full bellies we then meander through York County.....stopping at fun places like Wolfgang Candy shop(free tour and chocolate), Harley Davision Factory ( your kids need to be a little older to get in here), up to Litiz for Wilburs Chocolate, Sturgis Pretzel Tour( oldest working pretzel factory in the country, where you can roll your own pretzel, and receive a certificate), through Intercourse(this is a name of a town) to sample relishes, veggies, jams at The Intercourse Canning Co., also a quick stop at the Intercourse Pretzel shop(you can roll your own pretzel there too), there is also a Longaberger accesories shop next door, and finally up to Hershey. We sometime do the theme park, sometimes we just do the free trick or treating, but it is always fun. The next day we spend wandering through the Amish country side, stopping at local farms for pumpkins, squash, baked goods, etc.... and then take our yearly pictures in the beautiful fall glory of the Pennsylvania countryside. If you are into covered bridges, you can stop at the Lancaster Visitor Center to get a guided map of the covered bridges in the area. They are wonderful backdrops for pictures. We are looking forward to our annual trip in a few weeks. We hope we have inspired some of you to want to take a trip of your own. Happy Fall! Here are some past pics of our trips.

Had a Great Trip

T got back from Germany with lots of stories, beautiful pictures, and a cold. Guess it can't all be perfect. The highlight of his trip was visiting "The fairytale castle" in Germany. I would masacare the name Neuschwanstien..something like that. He could spell it, but he is not around. They modeled the Disneyworld castle after it. Here are some pictures. KY Transplants-I have lots of chocolate for you...and even a Dark Chocolate Toblerone Bar. Let me know when you have a few minutes to drop by!!

The Collection So Far......

KY Transplants, in this picture is lots of chocolate. T has been collecting it so I can bribe you to come over and show me the advanced features of using the blog. Do we have any takers? T says he thinks he has enough to have a Chocolate feast with you.....I don't know. I told him to collect some more just in case.