A day with the Mennite's

Halloween 2010 This year we decided to dress up as Alice in Wonderland characters, the mad hatter and the queen of hearts. I was very excited to do Peter's make up and even did a practice round to make sure I created the best work possible. Albany, GA is not a very big "halloween" celebrating place and although we had originally planned to go to Tampa, the final decision was just to stay home. Saturday morning we woke up early and went to complete a 5K. We later dressed up the dogs and waited for the trick or treaters, who came on Saturday instead of Sunday, because Sunday is extremely sacred day for this community. Peter and I also dressed up to greet the trick or treaters and then later that evening we went to a Mexican restaurant to have dinner and participate in the costume contest. Given the fact, that there is only 1 "costume rental" store, no Party City, no Spirit store, I figured our chances of winning were pretty high :). I was right, Peter won be...

There are so many interesting things about experiencing the "southern culture". Well, it could be the american culture, and I just don't know about it lol!!! We went to a pumpkin patch today! The place had huge pumpkins, sunflowers taller than me, home made ice cream, and tractors. We went on our first hayride, we ate boiled peanuts and picked out our pumpkins! It was so much fun. I think we are going back again with the boys (Jaxon Tyron and Monopoly Baxter) next weekend again. Please enjoy the pics of our first Hayride experience. Moral of the story: I can so pass as a southern belle HA! LOL

My friend Lizzy turned 30 and for this milestone birthday she decided to celebrate the last weekend of her 20's at the Keys. So a good number of friends got together to celebrate this joyous occasion. The drive down was no fun (Thanks Bridget for driving! ;)), but once we got there it was very worth it!. I was very happy to be able to celebrate this occasion, see some good friends and also I was able to see my lovely parents. They drove down for the night and I got to hug my beautiful mommy. The only sad part was that Petey was not able to make it, but I took some good pictures to capture the moment. The weekend was full of good and unforgettable moments. We went bike riding through key west ..... yes you heard right, I drove a bike through streets. I was actually glad Peter was not there at that moment because he would of made me wear knee pads and a helmet. I played it cool and did not fall on my face... I was very proud of my bike riding skills. For those of you who do...

A few things to catch you guys up with our life, We are being very responsible and trying to save some money in order to be able to travel to a few of our much desired destinations next year. Therefore, we have been staying home most weekends. Peter is also working a second job on the weekends. He found a way to get paid for doing something he loves...SOCCER! He is refereeing for soccer games played on the weekends. I was a very mean wife and on his first day of work told him it was Halloween at the Mennite's household :) I took pictures so that all of you could enjoy, We also had our second IRON Chef battle with the Marquis. This time the secret ingredient was peaches/nectarines, Again, we probably tied but I was able to capture a few pics of the dishes we made. As I was uploading the pics, I realized we didn't take pics of us during the battle! I am very confident that for the third Iron chef battle with them, we will achieve victory!!!! So Amanda and Tony.....wat...