Friends Visit

Our friends visited from Houston.  Mrs. G's mom and dad live here.  We went over for a night of yummy pizza and fun conversation. Dear S, I miss you and your kiddos!

Welcome To The Catholic Family

Our friends in the G family had another baby a few months back.  Today was his glorious baptism.  Welcome to the Catholic family big guy.  

The small chapel was full of family and friends.  So many young kiddos running around.  It was a beautiful ceremony.  I just love our faith!

Advent Begins - Prepare Your Heart

 

This is the first flyer Mike shared about the upcoming Advent Mission at our parish.  The next one is equally silly.  All kidding aside Mike spent many hours preparing his talks so that he could help the parish members find Christ this advent.

 

We were able to make it the first night but not after that.  I was so excited when he posted links so that everyone could benefit.  I could not make it every nights but I can listen, and so can you!

I wanted to share the link to the parish page where our dear Mr. Gormley has kindly shared the recorded talks.  I hope that you all enjoy all that Mike shares in his talks, just click here. 

Thanks Mike!

Happy Birthday Noah

I got there a little late but the kids were there already in full blown party with Noah and his family! 

These are such cute kids.  My T family loves all three of the G kids.  They remind me of Pooker, Goobers, and Bear when they were little

I Love Apples and Apple Picking!

Bagel has always loved apples.  She would eat several a day if we had them around the house.  We have tried on another occasion to get her far enough north in the early fall so that she could pick apples.  When we realized that we would make it to St. Louis in time to visit Eckert's this year we had to plan a visit. We invited Miss Brenda to join all the Houston friends to pick apples.

 

Mrs.G with her kiddos, Mrs. W and C, Miss Brenda her mom and a few nieces with the T family.  We were ready for our apple adventure.

The tractor ride out to the trees was almost as exciting as the picking.

 The weather was beautiful!

I was surprised at the dwarf sized trees.  They did make the picking easy.  There were apples everywhere.  They were safe to eat right off the tree and they were delicious.  I had forgotten how yummy a tree ripened apple is freshly picked. 

This girl was in apple heaven!

It is so exciting to see where your food comes from.

It was great fun to be able to spend such a beautiful day with so many beautiful friends.  Don't worry be brought home several bags of apples to share with the rest of the family back home.

Park Time

Friends everywhere.  We are blessed to have each other!