Thursday, October 11, 2007

Cousin Joe and Aunt Jen

We had a great time when Jenny and little Joe came out to visit in October. We did our best to show them the finest of Pennsylvania (which doesn't take very long). We checked out Penn State, played Spot the Amish in Big Valley, went to a couple of harvest festivals in the nearby towns, and (of course) made the obligatory pilgrimage to Hershey. Thanks for coming out!

Jana, Zola and the two Joe's.














One of the local harvest festivals. This one was pretty weak. The singing entertainment (to use the word band would be an insult to musicians everywhere) was honestly the worst performance I have ever heard live, in a public setting. No instruments, just a synthesizer and three middle-aged wannabes singing gospel tunes in unbelievably off-key arrangements. It was high comedy.

























These two pictures were taken outside of Peight's, a little general store in Big Valley, where lots of Amish and Mennonite families make their homes.




Someone's happy to be in Hershey. Face-paint is included with every milkshake.












Don't worry. Zola's head is fine.













Move over Linus, this pumpkin patch is taken!














Car-seat buddies.












5 comments:

El Jeffe and the Girls said...

Zola is soooo cute. I espeically like the picture of the two kids passed out next to each other in their car seats. When do we get to meet her in person?
-Susanna

Dirk Handlebar said...

We get to LA on Christmas Eve, inshallah.

Dirk Handlebar said...

PS - When are you going to make one of these for little Nat?

El Jeffe and the Girls said...

We've been blogging for months now!!! http://dotdotdottl.blogspot.com/
It's appears that Zola and Natalie already have the same taste in furniture. :)

Dirk Handlebar said...

NOW YOU TELL US?!!

Is it because you've been trying to avoid hurting our feelings because your blog is so much more aesthetically pleasing than Z's? It's okay, I'll easily admit it - the dotdotdottl blog is the coolest thing I've ever seen - music, animation, ninjas . . .

All it's missing is Tina the llama.