We took a day trip to Amish country with my mom this past weekend. Amish country is about 2 hours away and is such a fun place to visit. We first went to Lehman’s Old Time General Store and then to the city of Berlin, OH to walk down "Main Street" that is full of antique and speciality shops. My mom had a great time visiting all the shops and seeing the Amish people. It was a really fun day for all of us.Here are a couple of the Amish buggies that you see all over once you arrive in the Amish country. Some are covered and some are open.
Me and mom hamming it up!
Noah and daddy enjoying the beautiful day!
There was a toy train that ran along a raised track in the General Store. Noah loved watching the train go round and round.
Mommy and Noah playing around in the toy section of the general store:
Noah and daddy in an Amish buggy:
How cute is this!! Noah trying on a little boy’s Amish hat!
"Hey, where are the horses to pull this buggy?"
Who is that cute little piggy? Oh! It’s mommy!
Last night around 11:30 I was awakened by the tornado sirens going off. It took me a minute to realize what was happening. I jumped out of bed and turned on the news to find the weather people talking about tornado wall clouds being seen about 20 mins from our house. Scary! So I woke up Gary and told him what was going on and we decided it would be a good idea to head to the basement. I woke up my mom and we grabbed some water, flashlights and Noah’s carseat and headed to the basement with the very scared doggies (well Daisy wasn’t too scared but Ebony gets terrified of storms!). We sat on the couch for a little bit and waited until the threat was gone. Back to bed we went….Noah did quite well going back to bed after being abruptly awakened! The news this morning didn’t report any touch downs of tornados but there are almost 12,000 people without power from the winds, hail and rain (luckily we are not one of those without power). We thank the Lord for keeping us safe and sound. I bet my mom is ready to head back to the boring desert! 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOAH!!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!
We are excited that Gary’s sister Dawn, and her husband John, finally sold their house this past week! It has been on the market for quite a long time. We are so happy to be having them move a bit closer to us! 
He would eat it at every meal if we would let him. In fact some days he will turn everything down except pizza. So, mommy got smart and sneaky. I make him pizza at home so I know what is going into it and decided to mix in some spinash and carrot puree into the sauce! I mixed in about a quarter cup of each spinach and carrots to the tomato sauce and watched wih anticipation as tried it. He proceeded to gulp it down with gusto! YAY! Now I don’t mind him eating pizza all the time!
It was a beautiful day out today so Noah and I took a bicycle grocery store ride. This time was much less eventful than last time. I learned from my last ride and didn’t have any grocery spilling episodes. We stopped at the park on the way home so Noah could do a little swinging. 
I think today was my best "trash" sale day ever. I made $90 in ONE day selling the "trash" I found this week! I just love that. I can’t wait for Friday so I can go find some more good stuff!
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