An Ohio blogger's weekend: Part 1

This was a great weekend to be a blogger in Dayton! SO much to do and so many great ladies to meet and spend time with. Saturday night Hubs and my dad took Noah and Collin to a cider making event at a farm in Xenia, OH. It is an annual event hosted by the wonderfully generous Beam family! I try to make the event every year and I think this is only the 4th or5th one I have
missed since I was in Jr. high. So sad I didn't get to visit with the wonderful folks there.. Hubs said it was a blast and the kids had a wonderful time throwing apples into the apple washing machine. They brought home a 1/2 gal of the amazing cider!

Yes, I made them do this, but look how cute they are!
The boys made these SCARY (insert spooky voice) Jack-O-Lantern's last weekend w/ my parents.
Notice the resemblance between Collin and his friend?
So, while the men in my life played farmer, my BFF and Mom headed to the onceamonth.com tweet-up at Forge Enterprises in the Historic Oregon District. It was so much fun. We got to eat yummy food, watch cooking demo's, visit with some amazing women and make new friends! I think the icing on the cake was that we (Stephany, Mom and I) all won a prize! Very cool!
I won this (minus cover) amazing Longaberger large market basket.

(photo : Longaberger.com)
AND this 9x11 stone baking dish in cranberry.

(photo :Longaberger.com)

It was a beautiful night! The weather was cool, but warm enough to check out the view from the roof.

It was really a nice treat to be out of the house spending time talking, eating and learning.


This is the only pic I got of the actual event! I know, I am sooooo lame! This is Tricia. She is the author and creator of Onceamonthmom.com. It is a wonderful concept and I hope to give it a try SOON! (Come on mom! Let's do it!) http://onceamonthmom.com/ If you like the idea of cooking for the entire month in one day, than go to her site now and learn how! She is really organized and has many wonderful idea's!

Overall, it was a great night!!

9 and counting...

Here are a few pics of how we celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary.

This is what 9 years of marriage will do to a couple.


Ahhh, this is better.



Noah liked the lining. Check out Collin in the chair behind Noah. Our wedding video has this affect on people.

The bride and groom.

Noah really wanted me to wear my "married clothes".

Wedded Bliss

9 years ago, today, I married my best friend. Aaron has been a constant support and I am so thankful to have him as my partner in life. I love the life God has blessed us with. Happy anniversary hubby! I love you!

Update...

Happy to report that my dad came through the heart cath great! The doc found a 70% blockage so he did an angioplasty and inserted a stent. All is well. Praying for a quick recovery. Thanks for all your support!

When did my dad become an old fart?

I just wanted to ask for prayer for my dad. A couple of weeks ago, he went to the doctor to get checked out do to some unusual symptoms. It turns out, he has some blockages to his heart and parts of his heart aren't getting enough blood. SO... on Monday, 10/4, he will have a heart cath. Thee doc will go into one of his arteries via his wrist. They will scope out the situation and take it from there. The doc suspects this to be a routine. There are many things that they could find once he is actually looking at the arteries, but some are a bit to overwhelming for me to discuss here. So, please pray for my Dad. I greatly appreciate it!

Poor Collin

Poor Collin!! He was dancing and fell face first on a really hard floor. His open mouth hit the ground before his feet returned to the ground. OUCH!! The stuff around his lips is dried blood. It was a pretty bloody scene. The dentist seems to think that if the teeth don't fall out, he will be okay. If he does lose a tooth (or 2), because he is only 3, he will probably have to have a spacer put in. I pray that he won't have to deal with that.

Here you can (kinda) see how puffy his little lip is.
Poor Baby!

Disney On Ice

On Sept 23rd, my Mom, the boys and I made the drive to Cincinnati to see Disney on Ice, 100 Years of Magic! It was amazing. We were invited, by the wonderful folks at Mom Central to a meet and greet before the show. It was so great! The boys immediately scoped out the wonderful Disney gifts they were given!


The loved their Mickey ears Crown! The event had just started and they were having a blast! Then...

Minnie and Mickey came into the room and their excitement reached a whole new level!


They were in Heaven!

Noah was trying to make Mickey wave at the camera.
Collin had to do EXACTLY what Noah was doing, of course.

Here we are waiting for the show to begin. The seats were amazing and I felt so blessed to be there.
Noah took a pic of me in his Mouse Ears Crown.


It's too bad Grandma and Collin weren't excited. (Daddy was originally going to go with us, but h was on call. Thankfully Grandma was happy to step in.)


Show time!

Goofy, Donald Duck, Minnie, Mickey, Chip and Dale all started the show!

Pure joy! Priceless.

Beauty and the Beast.

This is when Noah and Collin's heads exploded from the excitement of being in the room with their FAVORITE movie characters! If you have ever met Noah, you already know he is a cowboy and he loves Woody and Collin proudly declares his LOVE for "BiteYear" (Buzz Lightyear) all the time! This part of the show was one of my favorites. SO well done!

BUZZZZZ and WOODYYYYYYY!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!



They were so great!

AND JESSIE from Toy Story 2!! Can I get a Woot Woot?!?!?! It was so amazing to watch these talented skaters glide, jump and spin around the rink w/ such grace and ease. Beautiful.

Awe.
This was an amazing part of the show. They recreated "It's a small world". I didn't have many pics turn out well from this part of the show. It was really wonderful and so much fun. Leave it to Disney to bring the light parade to us! It was so cool!

This was the end of the show. Collin was waving goodbye to Buzz. This is the most he moved during the entire show! He was so shocked that he was seeing what he was seeing that he was almost frozen!
Buzz, Woody and Jessie take one last spin around the ice. All of the characters came out at the end.
The Incredible's.
A great time was had by all!


When we left the US Bank Arena, two mounted Cinci Police officer's were outside. They were kind enough to let us get a pic!



The evening was a complete blast. A great family activity! If you want to go, you still have time! You can still purchase tickets and use the coupon code found here :
http://beckydell.blogspot.com/2009/08/disney-on-ice-anyone.html
Thank you so much MOMCENTRAL for making this night possible for my family! Thank you Disney for always making me feel like a little girl, no matter how old I am!