Jim Thorpe!

 Mike made Jim Thorpe reservations last fall but we ended up postponing the reservation until this year.  We just felt too busy last October to scoot away but we did it this past week!  And it was marvelous!  We cleaned up the house from the youth group activity the night before and took the kids to school Monday morning! From there we drove off to Jim Thorpe like two little love birds ready for a date!!!!

We arrived with pretty views into this small, cute town!

Lunch was eaten at a small pizza shop then we grabbed tickets for the train and took a ride through gorgeous views!

There was an ice cream shop beside the train station and I had to try this Pickle Peanut Butter Sundae.  And it was tasty!  Mike was not sure about it at first but he kept bringing his spoon back for more!

The streets were full of little shops and we grabbed a hot apple cider to sip on as we strolled the town.

Then we hopped on board the trolly tour and was told all about the town!

On Monday the weather was drizzly, so after the two tours, we checked into our beautiful Inn and took a nap.  We had dinner reservations at a local Italian restaurant and the food was so good!  The streets were pretty at night too!

This was the view on the way to dinner!

We woke up to the sun shining brightly and it was gonna be a fun day to go biking, walk around and enjoy each other!

Breakfast first ....

... then biking.  The leaves were so pretty as we peddled up and down the paths!

We got back to town and had a second serving of ice cream!

It was time to check out of the Inn and head back home to the kids!  Something we said for the past years about visiting this little town is now a memory!  Loved it!

So many cute little shops along the way!

I count the orange cars.  Mike counts the green ones.  I won!

This little Christmas shop had the cutest tree ornaments!  Look what he paired together!

This town called Jim Thorpe was exactly what we thought it would be!  A getaway for just the two of us!  Beautiful views of Gods creation!  Good food!  And now we are ready to be back with the kids!

Jim Thorpe you are a beautiful place to go in the fall!

Baby Dedication for Gunnar!

We celebrated baby dedication on Sunday at church and what a blessing it was to pray over Gunnar and the Petersheim family!!!!!

 

Gunnar is such an incredible gift to our family!!!!  We love him so, so much!!!!  And with Jeremiah's dad being our lead pastor at church, it was great to see this blessing!

After church, Ashlyn had PA Elite tryouts!  She made the team!  This means lots more volleyball games coming up!

And then we rested and watched Andy Reed lead his team to a shutout game!  This is his first shut out and the Chiefs won!!!!

We spruced up the back porch for Sunday night as Mike cooked a huge pot of chili over the campfire for the youth group!  Over thirty people crowded in this space and inside our home!  I just laughed when he tied his apron because I remember learning how to do this when I was a teenager.  He needs some practice yet but the chili he made was awesome and the cast iron pot got scrapped out!

We had a busy weekend.  I need rest.  Good night.

Lots of volleyball games and champions!!!!!

 The girls varsity volleyball team is on a run!  Still undefeated and going strong!  We cheered at they played in the new gym at PV and look who was right beside us!!!!  This baby continues to steal my heart!

All the peppers in the garden were picked and sliced and dumped all in one huge bowl.  I boiled sugar and spices and water and canned the peppers with the sweet juice!  It's a blend of heat and sweet and so good!

Jody asked me the other day if I want to go to some of our local stores nearby that we haven't been at in a while!  Yes!!!!  We both had a long list of things to do at home with both hosting youth on Sunday night for supper but we shopped and and bought some goodies and loved seeing all the Christmas things coming to the stores in town!!!!  Dahlia's are coming to an end with the frost coming so I grabbed yet another bouquet from the lady in town that grows the prettiest flowers!

Soups are the best lunch when the weather turns cool!  Austin gets so tired of all the volleyball games we go to even though he has friends there.  This was a treat for the two of us before another game!  He loves Agapes waffles and just by looking at it, you can see why!  So yummy!

We ate and headed to another big game for the volleyball team.  Ashlyn played on the JV team and is finished but was honored to be asked to sit on the Varsity bench through the playoffs and finals!

Hadassah continues to coach this team!

And I made a yummy fall drink ... apple cider, ginger beer, cinnamon, nutmeg and apple slices.  Delicious!

The mailings are looking festive these days!!!!!

The volleyball team made it to finals!!!!!  We watched baby dear!  We cheered for the girls!  AND THEY WON IT ALL!!!!!

The freshman girls have great volleyball players and it's gonna be so fun watching them grow in talent and strength!!!!  I'm so happy for this team!

And now they move on to Districts!!!!!!  Go Warriors!