November- Catch up

EEEEK! My mom's super behind in documenting our life!

In an effort to do a little documenting, here's November in a nutshell.

November was kind of a blur; we were mostly excited with our upcoming surprise visit to the Barrons  (more on that later!)

To start out the month, we got our first snow!  Grandma Mac had just sent Graham a great new snow suit, and we battled to the death to put it on and go play. It should be mentioned that Graham WOULD like his snow suit if he liked any sort of clothing. I hope that the gift doesn't get the wrong idea :)

After the snow pants, boots and a coat weren't in the cards. Besides, it wasn't really that cold.

Enjoying some brownie batter

Graham and his friend Luke; they are 2 months apart exactly. 

We made our way to Lancaster (pronounced LAYncaster here:) to visit a little group of shops called Kitchen Kettle Village. We had gone with my parents when they were here, but we wanted to pick up some things for my Dad's b-day.

This is not an uncommon sight in PA- a group of Amish kids going home from school. I love seeing the Amish and Mennonites working out in their gardens, their dark clothes on the clothesline, and little kids carrying rakes and garden tools home from school. Their culture is fascinating to me!

Oh you know. Just a horse and buggy in the middle of the highway.

Graham at Kitchen Kettle Village, riding the wagons and petting the horses

We spend Thanksgiving with some great friends, the Isoms and the Jessens; it was so different to not be with family, but we really had a great day! As soon as everyone left we got to work on putting up our Christmas decor. It was so nice to enjoy Paul's break- even if it was only 2 days!