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Eating… Older… Bread

Last week, my brother had off a couple of days from work, so Micah decided to head down to Lancaster and hang out with him.

Bro's eating out

Our baby is getting older! This saturday, Jan. 23 Violet will be turning one year old!!

cutie pie

From this distance she is still our little baby

Now she looks like such a big girl, trying to reach the door knob!

lots of toys!

Every once in a while, I get the inclination to make bread! I used to be afraid of the whole process… making sure the water is the right temperature so you don’t kill the yeast, kneading the bread, letting it rise, punching it down, letting it rise again… but the end result is sooooo good I couldn’t let it hold me back any longer. So every couple weeks I’ve been making homemade bread, its actually fun and delicious!

Kneading = if I did this every day, my arms would be so toned!

Stay tuned for pictures from Violet’s 1st Birthday Party!!

January 21, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | Comments Off on Eating… Older… Bread

Does anyone want some chocolate?

During the Christmas break I had the chance to play in my high school’s basketball alumni game. It was really fun and we had a better turnout that I thought. There were about 5 real alumni girls and 5 other girls connected with the school that played too. It was a small christian school so it doesn’t have to just be people who graduated. It gives the high school players a good workout during the Christmas break. We were neck and neck the whole game and then in the end, one of their forward’s took a 3-pointer… and made it! Unbelievable!

warming up... it had been a while since I played basketball

free throw - I made them both, oh yeah!

We took a day trip down to Hershey with Micah’s mom and brother, and then met up with my brother later on.

Getting in a snooze before we get there

Hershey's Chocolate World

singing cows on our tour... milk is a main ingredient!

kisses hats

Soo much chocolate... this is only the Reese's section!

group pic

keeping Violet warm or showing his weight loss... not sure

the real Hershey factory

On New Years Eve, Micah took his mom and brother down to Shady Maple (a huge buffet with awesome food) in Lancaster to see the Couriers, one of her favorite singing groups.

The Couriers

Here is one last picture of Darlene playing with Violet before they left to go back home.

playing with Grammy

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January 7, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | Comments Off on Does anyone want some chocolate?

Tea and a Tree

Micah’s mom loves going out to tea and since my sister-in-law was here at my parents house and she had never gone to a tea, well we just had to take her out to one! The last time Darlene (Micah’s mom) was here in PA we went to a great tea place in Reading, but that was a little too far to go this time. We went to teamap.com and found a place, Sarah’s Tea Cup in Selinsgrove. How convenient! It was a cute little place right in the center of town. Here we are at our table. Darlene, Sheri (my sister-in-law), Rachel (my sister), me and my mom, Sharon.

Tea time

Here we are in front of their Christmas tree.

say tea!

On Christmas Eve, Micah and I decided it might be fun for us to take his mom and brother to walk around downtown Danville a little bit. It was so nice to hear Christmas music playing as we got out of the car. We had a bite to eat at the sub shop and then walked around to a few stores. But before too long, they started closing! We thought we would get to a few more places than we did, but the timing worked out with Violet’s schedule anyway.