PA 1- Colin & Christmas Tree

Wow.  I have really been putting off posting about our PA trip in early December!  For one, it's a lot of photos and a lot of work.  But also, it's difficult doing these posts as we had no idea Grandma Berry was sick when we were home.  It was like any other trip home.  And yet, that was part of the beauty of this trip.  And also God's unbelievable grace in making this trip happen.  He led our hearts to come home by way of circumstances and gentle guiding as we sought His will.  I am forever grateful for this last trip to Pennsylvania, with no idea what lie ahead.

We got in EARLY our first morning in Baltimore, so we were really tired!  We were thrilled to be picked up by mom & dad at the Baltimore airport and got a little rest in the car ride home.  I'm not sure I had more than an hour or two of sleep in Colorado Springs!  I think we had to leave our house around 2am.  We also got stop and eat at Chic-fil-a on our way to home from the airport with mom and dad!  Which was just fun! We rolled into my hometown around the time Colin gets off school, so we parked at David & Age's house and Dad, me and the boys jumped out to run down to his school.  The smart ones, mom and Matt, stayed in the car!  It was cold and windy!

We waited a long time for him and looked and looked!  We even chased after a kid we thought for sure was Colin!  Oops!




Finally, we see a kid on the bike that we think could be Colin and he's already way up the hill to his house.  So we go back up by his house...and sure enough.  Here he is!


With glasses!  Colin got glasses!


The next day we went to a tree farm to get a Christmas tree in Dad's truck.


This was really fun for the boys :)




Found our Frasier Fur!


Preparing our tree for us.




Loading them up!






So fun!




Then we stopped at Hilsher's General Store.   And my husband wanted to move to PA! ha ha. It's a huge store with pretty much everything.  Including hot food...so we ate there!


The men bringing the tree in!


Deciding on placement this year.


It went in the other corner this year!


Lights were up to Matt & Dad.  You can't see Matt, I think he's behind the tree.




The next morning we went to watch Colin play basketball!
















Colin usually stays over night at my parents on Friday night.  After his basketball game Saturday, he came back to the house for another sleepover and to play with his cousins.