Sunday, November 14, 2010

Ocotber Field Trip Ramseyer Farm (out of order!)

The challenge was to find which way to go in the corn maze and the boys didn't always agree!

John, Thomas, Matthew and Thomas Starrs had a fun day at Ramseyer Farms in Wooster lauching potatoes, trying homemade potato chips, seeing a million pounds of potatoes, picking pumpkins, (the boys all picked these little pumpkins because they knew they had to carry them LOL), and then trying to find their way around the state of Ohio in the corn maze. Good times!

Discovery @ Night

I'd have to say the highlight of the trip for me was a tie between lazing on the beach with my 3 favorite guys and seeing the Discovery Shuttle all lit up at night. Both are etched in my memory.

November @ Cocoa Beach

We were blessed to take a little trip down south this month...don't think I ever took a trip in November but I must say I really enjoyed it! We went to see the Discovery Shuttle Launch with VIP passes courtesey of Bill Wrobel. We had an amazing week playing at the beach and touring the Kennedy Space Center. The launch kept being postponed and we eventually had to leave w/o experiencing it. As of now it is scheduled for Nov 30. We cannot complain though we had a wonderful week and made lots of memories with the boys.

Sept Field Trip Sorrowful Mother Shrine/Trains

The plan is to do a monthly field trip with some other families for John's 8th grade year. The September field trip was the Sorrowful Mother Shrine for Mass, lunch, and a treasure hunt for the teens. John, Thomas S, Clare and Gemma took off and seemed to have a great time searching for the Saints to match the clues I had made up. It did end up to be a bit of a girl vs. boy thing. LOL The rest of us did our own little treasure hunt and had a great time. We also wanted to tour the Mad River Train Museum but it was closed so we just spent time looking at and climbing on the trains.

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Ahhhhhhh.....tumn

Watching the leaves dance down from the trees
Pumpkin spice latte...decaf of course
Cuddling in a blanket on the furnace
Following a compass through the corn maze
Leaf piles
Leaf jumping smiles
Blue skies and Gray skies
Orange, yellow, red, brown, green!
Carving Jack o' lanterns
Outdoor rosary in the candlelight
Pumpkin pie baking
Smell of burning leaves in the air
Flip flops one day boots the next

Saturday, September 25, 2010