Happy Thanksgiving!!

The first grade put on an amazing performance in honor of Alex Scott who taught us, "When life give you lemons, make lemonade."  I had heard of Alex's Lemonade stand, but didn't know we were moving to her neighborhood.  She was a girl who died of cancer but before held several lemonade stands to raise money for cancer research.  Her legacy lives on with this adorable musical and, of course, Alex's Lemonade stands all over the country that continue to raise money.

Then, with Thanksgiving break, we hung out, went to the zoo, watched football, ate lots of good food, watched movies, and just enjoyed each other.

 

Daddy carving the turkey and the boys watching intently

Bubba enjoyed catching every morsel we dropped

The boys enjoyed several toasts with their sparkling cider.

Reese & JoAnna visit AND Grace is baptised

 We had an awesome time with Reese & Aunt JoAnna.  They were troopers watching Paul & Luke's football games in the cold; we walked around downtown to see the Liberty Bell and eat in the Reading Terminal Market; we hung around the house and made lots of rainbow loom bracelets; and we ate an awesome Italian meal at Villa di Roma. We are so glad they could some see us and meet Grace!

 Sweet Grace is changing every day.

 On November 10, Grace was baptised at our church, St. Matthias.

Her godparents are Michael and Helena Tomko.  Poor Helena has shingles so she was obviously not there.

Someday when I wonder why there aren't more family pictures of all of us, I hope I'll remember that it is REALLY HARD and not much fun.  : )  JoAnna was a trooper getting these pics for us.

Paul sings his own song to Grace

Was there ever a sweeter brother?

Daddy sings U2 to Grace

Grace - week 3 & 4

Some random of Grace + A Foliage Day at Bushkill Falls

 Waiting at the doctor's for Grace to get checked out (12 days old).

 She loves the vibrating bouncy seat.

 She loves her new stroller.

 We had a fun time walking the trails of Bushkill Falls (2.5 hour drive).  It reminded us of Rivendell (from Lord of the Rings) with all the cool walkways and waterfalls.

Beautiful Grace

This was intended to be a photo but was a video instead.  Love that she was caught with eyes open and smile on!

Grace's first 2 weeks