We Are Here, We Are Here!

The hardest part of this little blog post everyday is keeping it little!! I have so much to say!!  And those who know me are not surprised I am sure!

We arrived safe and sound at wedding central today.  Last night we stayed in Gettysburg and we all slept great last.  I fell asleep and woke up with a few seconds left of the Packer game.  We were winning so I turned the TV off only to find out this AM we actually lost and I watched all the controversy around the horrible ref call.  But I guess I will save all that for another day!

Everyone was up around 8ish and ready for breakfast by 9ish.  It was a fabulous free breakfast with eggs, and sausage and make your own waffles.  We all ate great.  And then we were on our way. To the Outlet Store across the street!  Hubby had left his khakis at home so we were in search of a new pair.  We were successful along with a few new shirts and shorts for the kids.  (Did I mention on Sunday when we left on Sunday we had to go back to the house twice to get things we forgot?)  We also stopped in to a Civil War shop and ended up buying the movie Gettysburg.

Then on to our next shopping expedition, Cabela's.  Our family vacations are not family vacations without a trip to a BassPro Shop or Cabela's.  It is just how we roll.  The stores our really cool and this one was particularly cool because it was situated right in the valley of a couple of smaller mountains.  The view was breathtaking!  The leaves are just beginning to turn so we would see splotches of color.

The stores and houses and towns are built into the sides of smaller mountains and cozily situated in the valleys that we would see whipping down the interstate.  The roads are so high up that when you look down into the valleys and you just see treetops.  Pretty cool!!

We arrived late afternoon at Aunt Reenie's, the mom of the groom.  It was great to see everyone, all the family that we don't hardly every get to see.  We haven't seen them since Thanksgiving, 4 years ago, 10 days after EG was born.  But it seems like yesterday.

When you look out of their front door and it is a big huge mountain in the distance that will turn brilliant colors in just a few weeks.  All the houses in her neighborhood are two story and they just look different then what we have in Florida.  Some of the houses we passed were made out of stone and you could just tell they had been there for a hundred years.  Speaking of things that are different, we did see some Amish people shopping at Cabela's.  You just can't help but notice them.

Anyway, one of our niece's is the same age as the girls.  So they loved hanging out.  And we hope to have her hang out with us tomorrow when we do a little site seeing.

We are now safely ensconced in our adorable lake house.  We got here at dusk and we are somewhere on a lake that we took a bunch of back roads to get to. I don't think we will leave until after sunrise tomorrow!

Over the next couple days, the rest of hubby's family will arrive.  I am sure we will have a great time the next few days enjoying the weather, the family and the festivities . . .