Mmmm... Yummm...

Yesterday Jesse and Claire came for a little visit, and while here they enjoyed helping me make some Sugar Cookies. Jesse was given his little lump of dough, and Isaiah, Nathanael, and I had our big lump of dough, Claire was comfy and cozy in her own little chair and thus we started the cutting, cooking, and cooling process. It wasn't very long until I looked over and noticed that quite a bit of Jesse's dough was gone, he looked up at me and went, "Mmm...Mmmm...!" Being an Auntie I couldn't very well say in a very serious voice say, " Jesse don't eat the dough. " So I just let him enjoy himself. Later that day that I found out Jesse never fell asleep when his mommy laid him down for his afternoon nap, he just happily played in his crib. Sugar high. "Sorry, Trina!"

This is what happens when you give Jesse sugar and then ask him to smile for the camera! ;)

Claire slept the entire time in a kitchen chair.

Nathanael (being the photographer) was not able to be in the photo, but here is the rest of us. We had a lot of fun as you can tell.

Honeymoon Part 5...

... and also the final one (are you cheering or sighing?)

And our last stop is (drum roll please)

NIAGARA FALLS, NY

We actually stayed about half an hour from Niagara Falls in this cute little cabin at a campground that my Mom and Dad are members of. We had such a nice time touring the area going to see the falls and other stuff, one of our favorite places was,

The Anchor Bar home of the Buffalo chicken wing in down town Buffalo. How could it not have been one of our favorite places when you eat (excellent) chicken wings for supper and then go out and see a movie?

Another place we really enjoyed (and would encourage anyone to go) is Fort Niagara. The fort itself was built in the seventeen hundreds and it is really cool to walk around in.

There were a few reenactors there and this one was very entertaining and informative to listen too. Behind him you can see the flags of the countries that have occupied the fort over the years.
The French, British and the U.S.A.

as you can see we had a great time there:)

There were so many pictures to choose from that it was very hard to pick which ones to show you so you will all just have to come over and see the rest for yourselves:)

A Work Widow?

That is what someone asked me if I was yesterday in church, "So your a work widow now?"
laughingly I said yes since Curtiss has now started working at Holiday Valley Ski Resort about half an hour from our house. The resort opened the week before Thanksgiving thanks to a big snow storm we had and we have been waiting ever since for "the call" saying "be here on..."
"The call" finally came last week, normally he won't work weekends but his boss called and said "we need someone for Friday, Saturday and Sunday and since I knew you needed the work I thought I'd call and offer it to you" Curtiss said yes because if he hadn't then we wouldn't know when he would be called in and if he said yes then he would (most likely) have steady work for the rest of the winter. So this is my fourth day as a "work widow" How am I coping you may ask???
Very well I'd say since I have managed to stay busy with, organizing and getting out wedding gifts (something I saved for just this purpose:) decorating for Christmas, shopping with Susan and going over and spending the afternoon at her house along with Aunt Margie baking cookies, writing thank you notes (something I have almost finished WHOOHOO!!!) and of course cleaning the house and cooking meals since I am sole care taker now, no sister or mother to help carry the load.
So you might say I have managed to stay busy and I still have more to do which is exciting since I have to stay busy tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that and... well you get the idea:)
One of the biggest things on the list is getting ready for Christmas celebrations since my family is coming over and staying for a while (Elise, Isaiah and Nathanael for a whole week! Exciting I know:) Getting ready mostly means figuring out what food I am going to make and baking Christmas cookies, some how that isn't going to be as big a thing for me this year since you just don't need as many cookies for two people as you do for seven or more.

The Hunt...

For the "Perfect" Christmas Tree

Nathanael cut down his all by himself

Isaiah holding up his kill...

Jesse proud as can be helping his daddy carry out their Christmas tree.

Last Saturday we headed out to our favorite tree farm. On Saturdays they have free hot dogs, hot chocolate, and chili. Now you know why it is a favorite! ;) They also have face paintings and Santa is there, So, it is just a fun stop. Our house is now looking very much like Christmas thanks to Hunt's Tree Farm.

Honeymoon Part 4

Welcome to

Toronto Canada

Home of the CN Tower. Standing at 1,815 feet,
it really is a cool sight to behold.

Over looking the city of Toronto and lake Ontario you really get a fantastic view.
On a clear day you can see as far as Rochester, NY.

It has three different levels, the observation deck, the restaurant level
and the Sky Pod, which is the highest at 1,465 feet above ground.

The glass floor.
Here is Curtiss and my feet on the glass floor only 1,122 feet high
This is definitely not for those who have problems with heights
but Curtiss and I thought it was cool:)

Our hotel was actually in Mississauga which is an adjoining city,
the two run into each other so that you don't really know where one stops and the other begins.
So the day we went sightseeing in Toronto it would've taken quite a while to drive there and them you have the problem of finding a parking place where you don't have to pay an arm and a leg, so we took the subway.
It is actually the first time I had ever ridden in a subway so it was fun to do new things.

In the evening we had planned on going to Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament.
A restaurant that gives a medieval show while you eat a chicken dinner with your fingers because they didn't have silverware in medieval times.
But after finding out how much it would cost we decided to go out for mexican instead and rent a movie to watch in our hotel room.

Our next (and final) stop will be Niagara Falls, NY