Busy Weekend

What a busy four days we have had!!

Jon's parents arrived on Thursday morning and we wasted no time hanging around. Once they had a chance to be amazed at how much Julianna has grown since they last saw her, we hit the road and headed to Phipps Conservatory. For those of you who don't live in Pittsburgh, Phipps is similar to Frederick Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. I carried Julianna in what Jon has dubbed "the gut sack" and she slept soundly through the entire thing. The rest of us enjoyed all the flowers and all the interesting glass sculptures made by this guy named Hans Godo Frabel. You were able to purchase some of his glass work in the gift shop, but the cheapest thing we found was a set of 6 glass napkin rings for $150!! I think the most expensive thing we saw was over $6,000!! A little extravagant if you ask me.

On Friday we took Julianna to visit the zoo. Julianna, however, was not interested and fell soundly asleep in her stroller. We enjoyed the trip though. Jon and I had wanted to go and see the new shark exhibit. The exhibit was neat, but not exactly what we expected. This new exhibit allows you to walk thru the tanks that hold the sharks and sea otter and the polar bears. It would have been neat to see the polar bears swimming around us, but we think it was feeding time because they were pacing on the rocks by the doors to their home. The zoo did have a baby elephant, which was neat to see and a baby sea lion which was funny to watch waddle across the rocks of their home. We are looking forward to returning when Julianna is older and can fully enjoy the animals and what the zoo has to offer.

Saturday we all went out for a nice breakfast and then Jon had to head to work. Jon has one more day of work at Target and then he is quitting. He and I talked about it and decided it was not worth working just one day a week and he has a very busy schedule this semester, so he is not going to work any longer. He may return for the holiday season, but we will see when the time comes. While Jon was at work, mom pinned my dress so she can make the alterations and then we just sat around and talked. We went to Monte Cellos for dinner and I think we all over ate but it was a nice dinner.

Today we went to church where this guy Rick Green preached. He spoke about America and Christianity. If you want to know more, you will have to ask the Feyen's or my parents because I had to step out with Julianna so I only got snip its of what he said, but it seemed very interesting. Also, if you look up Rick Green I'm sure you can find out about him and what he does on the Internet. We found out for sure today that MIKE HUCKABEE will be preaching at church on Nov. 1st. We are all very excited to hear him preach! If any of you would like to hear him too and come visit, let us know!

So these next 2 weeks are going to be busy. Jon starts school and we have to finish up all things related to Dave's wedding. It's so exciting that the wedding is almost here. We are going to have a GREAT weekend! Plus, Sarah is coming and I can't wait to see her!!

I won't be posting anything until after the wedding on Labor Day weekend, so check back then!

MUCH LOVE!!