We have been very busy around these parts! We are mostly settled now, it took some time since Matt was busy with work! We all got the sickness that Matt brought home with him, worked through it in a few weeks and hopefully that will be it for the season! We can hope!
October brought Trunk or Treat at our church, we had the Princess and the Bee this year! They had a great time collecting all the candy from the folks in the decorated cars! Hannah especially loved the inflated slide, and the bouce house! It was held indoors this year because it was supposed to be raining. Turned out to be really nice, the parents could visit and let the kids run around in the Family Life Center! It was awesome! A few weekends after that, I threw Brittannie a SURPRISE Bridal Shower! She was really shocked! She had no idea it was coming! Manny and the other bridesmaids helped out so much, it was a great success! Britt enjoyed spending the day with her dearest friends and family!
November was a whirlwind... every weekend it seemed like we had something going on or I was helping Britt with wedding details! We had Hannah's 4th birthday party the first weekend! She asked for a pink teddy bear in a pink tutu on her cake. That would have been a reasonable request, except I was planning to make her cake this year! I did manage to get it to come out and it was recognizable! She was excited! We had my parents, Britt and Manny, and my 2 sets of Grandparents over for dinner and cake! Hannah was excited to have "guests" for her birthday! On her actual birthday, Daddy brought home an ice cream cake for her with TinkerBell on it! She was super excited about that! She opened her packages from the Richmonds and the Roots that night! She was glad to have gifts to open on her birthday, as I forgot to hold something back...
The following weekend, Matt planned a getaway for our 7th Wedding Anniversary! He surprised me with 2 days at Kalahari in Sandusky! It is the largest indoor waterpark in the US! We had an absolute blast! We haven't had that much fun in a long time! We really felt like teenagers again... even though we didn't know each other when we were that age! Each slide we rode had a 4 story climb to it! So we would climb as many as we could bear... then we would take a loop around the lazy river. Then go up the steps to the slides until we couldn't stand it any longer... then we would do the lazy river again! It was awesome, but my legs and arms hurt for several days afterward! We had a great time! Thanks Honey for working it all out for us to get away!
Then the wedding stuff was underway! We had the practice up-do, then we put together place setting stuff! We enjoyed Thanksgiving by having my Parents and Grandparents over to our house! Everyone brought things and it made light work for all of us, boy was it delicious! Last weekend, I went to Columbus for Britt's Bachelorette Party! It was a great time! Brenna made reservations at The Melting Pot! It was wonderful! We went back to her condo and she opened her gifts, then Brenna and I spent the night! We played Wii all night, and my arms killed the next day! I think I spent a little too much energy boxing! haha! Sunday, Britt and I did some last minute wedding shopping, and enjoyed the day together! We ended it up meeting Manny for a nice lunch at Skyline! Thanks Britt for sharing your day with me, it was a great time!
This weekend the gals have Grandma's Sorority Luncheon, then we are going to pick up Britt's wedding dress! End it up with the Chapel in Akron's Christmas concert with Jimmy and Marilyn! Next weekend, we have an ABF Christmas party! Then Aultman bookfair week will be upon us, and after that is THE WEDDING!!! We can't wait to witness the marriage of Brittannie and Manny! They are such a cute couple, great people, and they will have a beautiful wedding! We love you both so much!
We'll be ending the year with Christmas at home, hopefully a trip to New England, Mason's 2nd Birthday, and New Years! I can't believe how fast things are going! It is all so exciting, but it will be great when it is all past and we can just relax as a family again! Until next time, Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful start to the New Year! With Love, from our family to yours!
