We're Still Here!

Well, hello.  Huh, it has been over a month and a half since I have blogged.  You all probably thought we were still relaxing and enjoying vacation!  Nope.  The lack of blogging is probably due to 1.) Nothing exciting has been going on (although Jeremiah is still cute and saying funny things, and the highlight of his life lately is usually when Daddy mows and trims.  Exciting?  Yes.  Blogworthy?  Probably not). 2)  We are back to work/school/daycare and life is busy.  and 3) I got a new Macbook Pro from school, and have found that uploading pics to this blog (or Facebook, or anything else) is now an extremely frustrating process.  Boo.  Who would have thought that a new computer would be less efficient?  For some reason I can't just "browse" and find my pictures anymore, unless I put the pics on my desktop.... can't for the life of me "browse" and find them in my iPhoto library (although they are there!).  So moving them to the desktop is annoying.  And I am sure there is a way to do this without having to do that step.... but why did it have to change from the way I did it on my old Macbook?  Anyone?

Well, I am willing to overlook this new computer glitch in order to tell you about our fun weekend!  Grandpa and Meema came to visit from 'Asconsin (as J says) to enjoy a lovely fall weekend with us!  They arrived on Thursday afternoon, and we promptly put them to work babysitting so we could go to Bible Study.  I would say that neither they, nor Jeremiah, were disappointed about that at all.  J barely said good-bye as we left-- he was much too busy helping Grandpa role their suitcases to their room. :)

Friday, Jeremiah got to spend the day at home with Grandpa and Meema!  I got this pictured texted to me during the day:

It's kind of dark, but you can plainly see that Jeremiah is holding up a brand new sticker book about diggers.  So he was thoroughly spoiled rotten!

Saturday morning we were up bright and early and off to the Farmer's Market!

Nothing better than an apple cider doughnut at the Farmer's Market!  It was a nice cool morning, and not too busy at the market, so it was a perfect morning!

J even got to ride on the train!

 In the afternoon, we met up with some friends at Center Grove Orchard.  What a fun place!  We will definitely be back-- Jeremiah had a blast!

First up was the corn pool, and both J and Mommy were able to go for a "swim."

Then we all piled on the hayrack for a ride out to the pumpkin patch and corn maze.  We opted for the pumpkin patch!  Oh, and by this time of the day it was HOT!

We say, "Jeremiah, look at the camera!"  He hears, "Jeremiah, say 'cheese' and look away!"

Of course, we picked out some pumpkins and gourds and then J was ready to hop right back on that hayrack for another ride.  Pretty sure he could have ridden that thing all day!

The fall scenery was gorgeous!

After the hayrack ride, we headed over to the giant inflatable jumping pillow!

Hard to tell who's having more fun, the kids or adults!

From there, Jeremiah wanted to head to the sandbox, and that was pretty much our last stop.  He spent a looooong time digging and working at his "'struction site."

We need to buy one of these.

No time for fun when there is work to be done!

Mommy took J for one last ride....

and J thought he needed to try it himself, of course.

Hot, sweaty, dirty, tired boy.

And then it was time to head home.  We made a stop at Culver's for dinner, and then it was home for a bath and bed!  Quite a tiring day for Jeremiah!

Sunday was church, and Jeremiah, Mommy, and Daddy went to 2 1/2 year old Sunday School while Grandpa and Meema went to church.  Then we had a nice lunch at Olive Garden!

By the tomato sauce on Jeremiah's face, you can see that it was delicious!

And then it was time for Grandpa and Meema to head back to Wisconsin. :(  Here is the traditional pic of J with Grandpa and Meema before they left.  J was nice enough to make sure that he and Grandpa and Meema all had gourds to hold for the picture.  He's so thoughtful.

A few great Jeremiah quotes from the weekend:
"I am having fun with you, Grandma!"
"Grandma, do you have a tail?"
"Why do you call Grandpa 'Bob'????"
"Why?"
"Well, why?"
"But why?"

And then as Grandpa and Meema were pulling away, he said, "My Grandpa and Meema have to go back to 'asconsin" in a sad little voice. :(

Thanks so much for everything, Mom and Dad!  We miss you already!!!!

 P.S. While putting together this blog post, I did figure out how to upload my pictures similar the the "old" way on my other computer.  Now the only annoying thing is that my side scroll bar disappears all the time.....