We have been thoroughly enjoying our time here in Pennsylvania! It is gorgeous in this area and the leaves are starting to change - amazing hues of yellows, reds and oranges! Bryan's parents visited us this week and we loved spending time with them. We had a yummy Rigatoni dinner on Sunday night and we visited an Amish family that Bob and Karen have known for a very long time on Monday. The time with Elam Petersheim and his son was a gift -he was very open to sharing about his way of life and answered many questions we had about the Amish culture! What an experience!
Later in the week, the boys and I visited Chocolate World, learned about how chocolate is made and more about the incredible life of Milton Hershey. The boys are excelling in their studies - Bryan and I are so proud of them! Life on the road is good!
Two of our happy little guys!
Welcome Bob and Karen! Nice cabin!
Sunday Dinner...you can't tell but it started to POUR down the rain as soon as Bryan and I served dinner :-( Luckily, everyone kept a positive attitude and we powered through!
Here we are in Amish Country! Just ignore the truck in the background...should've been an Amish Buggy :-)
Soooo glad the lane looked familiar!
Elam is in the buggy business
No tractors...they are all about the horsepower!
An Amish washing machine! It was loud and effective :-) Doesn't run on electricity though, it's actually compressed air!
No bikes for the Amish, but they do allow these non-motorized scooters.
This is truly God's country!
What an amazing experience! The Amish don't believe in taking photographs- because they can accentuate individuality (which is not acceptable in the Amish Faith) and also because they believe it violates the Biblical commandment, "Thou shalt not make unto thyself a graven image." We are fascinated by the Amish and could have been like the paparazzi snapping pictures, but we refrained...for the most part...
Here we are at the Sweetest Place on Earth!
Look at those numbers! We love chocolate production!
Helped solve a mystery in the theater :-)
This was an incredible interactive experience! Reese actually talked to the audience (like he know some of our names and was carrying on conversations throughout the show!!!)
We made our own candy bars! It was ridiculously fun!
Waiting for our bars to come down the production line!
Finished product!
