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October 8th 2006 10:00 AM
Welcome to our Blog, Stephanie thought it would be fun to keep a running record of our adventures. She will be keeping you all up to date about what's going on in our lives, so check back often !
- Ben
October 8th 2006 5:30 PM
So I thought there are many people who we don't keep in as regular contact as we wish we would and might like to know what's been going on with our family. Plus, Ben thinks he's going to teach me about website development, yeah, right! As it goes, Ben will be posting pictures regularly and I will put out there what's been going on with us. I will send out an email every so often to let you all know when we've made some updates. If you are not on our email list and would like to be, let Ben or I know by clicking the email button on the front page of the website.
We have all been well. For those of you who have not heard the great news, Benjamin has tested negative for all food allergies! He is still allergic to cats and dogs and may later develop seasonal allergies to molds, pollen and trees but we are so relieved that his little body stopped rejecting all those foods. While he's too young to understand it all, he is enjoying foods previously restricted foods such as cookies, cakes, chocolate, ice cream, cheese, all varieties of breakfast food, and regular yogurt.
In other news, Catherine has started Jr. Kindergarten at Chesterbrook Academy and is excited about all the fun things they are doing. It's weird that we are thinking to next year about where she will be attending Kindergarten. YIKES!
With regard to Ben and I, we are preparing to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary this week! Wow! I know that many were confident that we would not see this year's anniversary and truth be told, this time last year, Ben and I had our doubts as well but we are working hard and certain that our family is worth all the effort. We're loving and honoring each other more now than we were 7 years ago.
Our most up to date pictures are from our day trip to Linvilla Orchards on October 1. It has developed into an annual fall family tradition. We have a blast looking at and feeding all the animals, taking a hayride and absorbing all the sights and displays. Of course we can't forget the caramel, candy and chocolate covered apples that are a treat we can all enjoy now.
The Great Pumpkin visited our house this weekend and left all kinds of treats and fun things for the family. My favorite, the freaky glasses! See picture.
This month we are looking forward to the family pumpkin carving party (another annual tradition), trick or treating, and for me I'm going to see a play at the Sight and Sound theater in Lancaster in a couple of weeks.
Further updates to follow!
~Love tons, Stephanie
October 25th 2006 2:30 PM
Hello everyone, I'm glad you are all enjoying all of the hard work I have put into this website. I have added a really cool new feature to the site, it is a message board, this will allow you to leave not only us but everyone who visits our site a note or you can post your own topic for everybody to discuss. If you have any ideas for me on what to put up here please feel free to leave me a note on the message board. Click here to check it out !
- Ben