Pennsylvania: Part 1

We have finally managed to plan a trip to Pennsylvania to visit Kenny's family. We left Saturday around 1pm after a meeting with an event coordinator for the wedding. We found the place, but I'll post about that later.

Currently, we are in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, a city close to Lancaster. The place is beautiful! We didn't get to see much of the scenery on the way here because it was too dark, but here are a couple of pictures I have been able to take so far since we arrived.


































As you can see, there is a lot of farmland. It's beautiful! How awesome would it be if we could have the wedding up here?! AND it fits in with the theme that I really like. But... it's just too far away.

However, while we've been here, I have had some great ideas for the wedding, bought a couple things for the favors, and his family threw an engagement party for us! So many things have happened the past couple of days, so brace yourself for an incredibly long, picture filled blog.

First, I want to start off with how cute his parents house is. His mom, Karen, is very creative and always has cute little ideas. She seems to dabble in all sorts of crafts like sewing, crocheting, knitting, card making, etc. This year, his parents didn't put up a tree, so his mother made her own little tree out of twigs in the yard. Isn't this the cutest little idea?! She said that she got the little snowmen from coworkers at a little shop she used to work at.

I think we are going to the shop today to look at the fabric and such for the wedding. I'm getting really excited about making little bags for the wedding favors, because I, now, have a nice sewing machine Karen gave me. She gave me a little piece of fabric to practice the stitches on, so I made a little bag to put the thimbles and such in. I'm hoping that we'll be able to afford a 2 bedroom apartment so I can have a sewing/craft room. If anything, I'll set up a little corner for my little projects in the living room.

Kenny's dad, Tom, was awesome and fixed my laptop from being stupid. Now, it works ten times faster and is just absolutely wonderful! He really likes technology, so I know who to ask questions when I have any computer issues. ^_^

As far as the fabric, I have already gotten some fabric from the thrift store down the street. $2.99 for two yards of lacy fabric, $1.99 for two yards of the green fabric, $1 for the lacy trim and ribbon, and $1.29 for the jar of buttons.

I want to create little wedding favor bags out of the lace fabric. I plan on putting a little potpourri in the bottom of the drawstring bag with a little bottle of wedding bubbles sitting on top. I'm not sure what I want to do with the green fabric just yet, but it was too cute to leave behind. And for two bucks!!



On Monday, we went to a little town called Lititz to visit a couple of shops and eat lunch. The place and shops were adorable! We were met at the door by pups at several of the shops as well. They were all so sweet! I wish I had gotten pictures of them, but I felt awkward taking pictures of strangers' dogs.

There was this one little shop that I loved with an owl theme. The shop was a bit above my budget, so I didn't get anything from them, but the stuff they had was really cute. One item I loved was this little owl made out of sweater material.




For lunch, we ate at this cute little cafe called Tomato Pie. And they're specialty was (drum roll) tomato pie. Karen and I didn't get the tomato pie, not knowing what to expect if we did, but Kenny, being the smart one, did. Once we tasted his dish in comparison of our own, we both wished we had ordered the pie instead. It's not even in season and it was soooo delicious! When I get back to Georgia, I'm going to try to make some myself. Mmm... My mouth waters just thinking about it, it was sooo good. (Highly recommend this place. If any of you get the chance to go, you HAVE to have a slice of tomato pie!




While at Lititz, we also fed a swarm of ducks. Yes. A swarm! There had to be at least 50 of them! Next to the pond we found them at was a little machine selling duck food for a quarter. We must have spent nearly two dollars trying to feed all of the ducks, but of course, a cup of food won't feed all of these precious birds. And me, being the goof I am, was fascinated with their cute little webbed feet! Aren't they the cutest! What is funnier is that, when the ducks realized we were out of food, they all splashed into the water and swam away. (picture to left)


There is so much more that I want to post, but I don't have the time right now. We are leaving in 15 minutes for Stratisburg and Amish country. (I can't remember the name of the town.) I'll finish the update of Lititz, the engagement party, and today later tonight!