Abby's 3rd Birthday!

Abby is three! It doesn't seem right that my baby is three already--she tells me I am not a baby I am big girl now--she is so right. We celebrated on Saturday night with everyone at our house. We opened all the gifts and she loved everyone of them and couldn't wait to play with them or try them on. We then grilled brats and hot dogs and enjoyed just hanging out and being outside or watching the end of some football games. We also had some Strawberry Cake Cake as Abby calls it that Grandma Bleyenburg made for her. We had a great party! One little funny from Abby--when her dad prayed before we ate he prayed for her and that she was turning three and she made a little gasp and her eyes flew opened and then realized that she better closed them again as everyone else had their eyes closed(except for her mom, who had a little smile on her face along with the Grandmas). We love you, Abby--you big girl!

County Line Orchard

On Saturday we went to the Apple Orchard with Grandpa and Grandma Zylstra. It was a beautiful day. We picked some apples, mostly Honey Crisps--they were so good. We tried to find our way through a corn maze. We went in as two groups, but didn't last too long--Blake and Abby were tired of walking so I took them back out and went to the children's maze play area. We went thru the petting farm and feed some goats and rode the Moo-Choo ride! We sampled some good pumkin donuts and apple cider. We had a great day!

Blog Pressure

Since I was the one to tell Tanya, my sister-in-law, that I would set up a blog for our family and then she beat me to it with her own blog -- I have followed with setting up our own family blog. It is a nice way to stay connected with family and friends as well as a space to keep track of what our family is up to and the memories we are making along the way.