A Wedding & Cedar Point

Memorial weekend the three of us traveled to Sandusky to celebrate a lifelong friend's wedding.

My family: sister's b/f, sister, me w/ EJ, hubby, Dad, Mom, brother's g/f, brother

I couldn't believe EJ was one of 10+ babies attending the wedding under 2 years old.  I think she might have even been the youngest by 1 week at 6 weeks old (the baby at the table next to us was 7 weeks old).  It got to the point that people would walk around the reception and ask each other, "How old is yours?" :-)

After sleeping through the reception,
EJ woke up much to the delight of my mom & sister.

EJ, me, Hubby

Sunday we got the whole family (minus my younger brother & his girlfriend) together for a day spent at the famous roller coaster park, Cedar Point.  Even though we only live about 45 minutes from this famous park, the last time I visited I was in 8th grade.  Sacra-religious?  I get motion sick and don't care for roller coasters.  :-\  So my husband was very excited for this weekend and a whole day dedicated to the rides.

We spent the majority of the day at the park.  My mom and I, Ellie, and my sister's boyfriend hung out on the ground, while my dad, sister & hubby rode their chosen rides.  I loved all the walking and even though the sun was hot, the shade was refreshingly cool with a nice breeze; a perfect park day.

After the park, Hubby and I said goodbye to my family and met up with a local college friend to meet his fiancée and their new (2 week old?) baby girl.  It's funny how quickly these babies grow - theirs looked so tiny compared to EJ!  I kept thinking EJ was never that little... was she?

For EJ's first "vacation" weekend with my family, it sure was a lot of fun.  And I'd say this was the weekend she learned to smile :-)

The Adirondacks

Labor day weekend my husband and I traveled with another couple to New York for some hiking.

We stayed overnight in Akron & had dinner with my husband's best man and his girlfriend.  Then we continued our drive to meet up with our hiking friends.


I worked with some new yarn on the drive. It came from one 0f the boxes Dan's grandmother won at a "Chinese Auction."


We hiked Mt Marcy the first day.  It was my first mountain!

First Trail marker.

View from the Summit.

But us girls were too sore & stiff to do any more hiking the next day, so we dropped the boys off to hike the Gothics and we hung around the cabin, recuperating. 

Before we left, I sold one earwarmer right off my needles to the co-owner of our accommodations, Mountain Brook Lodge!


Then he asked about a hat for himself, which I gladly made as a compliment to his wife's earwarmer.  (see the matching yarn in his stripes?)


They were probably the best hosts I have ever stayed with [commercially].  They held bonfires every night in the courtyard to get to know their guests & really created a sense of community.  We felt like we were staying in a friend's home!  (ex. I forgot to bring milk for my coffee so Al brought me a glad of milk to keep in our fridge!)

All four of us can't wait to return. :)

http://mountainbrooklodge.com/

Travel Notes

I decided to start keeping track of my travel experiences as my husband and I have started traveling more in a new blog I've named, simply:


I will only be updating it after each trip we take (so I can't guarantee any regularity) with what I learned, liked, disliked, and what I would do over.

I've posted about our most recent trip to Nassau in the Bahamas & hope to post about our trip to Croatia for our honeymoon.

Just wanted to put it out there in case anyone was interested in any of the places we've been to so far.

I hope to have more posts on knitting & crocheting ready for later this week. :]  (yes, I *may* have taken 6 cotton skeins with us to Nassau....hehe).

White Shells

Can you guess what this is?


It's a beanie!


I started it on the drive back to Toledo (from Chicago).  I had all my granny squares completed, minus a few I saved to do when I have the proper picture-shooting conditions, and couldn't get enough of the shell stitch, so I started this little delight.


Isn't she cute?  Perfect for spring weather, I'm hoping.   It never really froze here, so in my mind spring should be *just around the corner* ;-)  But knowing Toledo, it won't show its face until the end of May for a week; then Summer will bully in.

Anyway, back to this cute beanie.  I finished it off Monday afternoon and....


... decided to start another one (because white was all I had with me and I was still a few hours from home).  hehe.
**update**  She is now available for purchase in the shop.

Now my brain is swirling with other fun little things to make with this shell stitch.  ... hehe....