Oh my goodness we had our family from Oregon and Georgia visit us! It was so fun to see them and for them to see our new digs! Steph and Brian brought their puppy Portland, and our dogs were elated to have a toy that moved around on its own! They had a blast, look at my last post for pictures!
We mostly just hung out and relaxed with each other. We explored Edinboro campus a bit, and then went up to Erie to check out the lake and some stores. My family got to go to church with us and see what its liked there, and then the Papa's invited us over for some Sunday dinner which was SO fun! It was all very relaxing but so fun!

Here is Step-on-me and myself in the car. I'd only been up to Edinboro a couple of times, and Deric has driven every time. So I couldn't remember how to get up there too well. And for some reason I couldn't remember any of the town names that we needed to go through. All I could remember was Cambridge Springs. So we went the
long way, but we got to see some very pretty country side!

Here is my mom and myself. Isn't she pretty? She's going to be a grandma soon! And she is SO excited!

This is on Edinboro campus. We sat down and had a short break while we waited for Deric to finish up some things at school.

This was SUPER fun and I'm so glad we explored a little bit. We wondered up to Erie and found a really nice beach at Lake Erie. We didn't get the chance to swim, but we all waded in the water and threw some rocks. Here is Brian and Deric gearing up to test the waters!

I took this picture and said while taking it, "Everyone wave to Nathan! Hello Nater Pertater in Canada!" He is just over the lake and up a couple of hours in that direction! We were all so close, as close as we will get before we see him again next year!

Classic Deric and Heidi pic, cute and awkward because I'm taking it.

Isn't he cute? He is my little Gilligan!

Throwing rocks, we all got into it a little bit. My mom was rocking it!

Ok Steph, don't kill me. But I seriously think this is the cutest picture
ever. My sister is due at the beginning of November. I'm guessing she will deliver at the end of October. But isn't she so cute in the water? I can't wait!

Haha! Ok, I know this is a weird pic. Something you probably could have gone without seeing. But here is a random fact about Deric that he would consider very important. He has his own scale of public bathrooms and how acceptable they are. I usually get a report where ever we go. A bathroom scores better with the more things he doesn't have to touch, aka not getting germs. So when you have to turn on the water by hand and crank out your own paper towls and whatnot, that's gross and scores poorly. My husband is the one who gets his paper towls first so that he doesn't have to "dirty" them again after he washes his hands. Which if you think about it, all bathrooms are pretty gross so I guess its not so weird. But here is the story.
So we went and checked out the casino in Erie and I used the restroom. I immediately ran out, found Deric, and asked him if he had used the facilities yet. He replied no. So I told him that he needed to because they had part of his dream bathroom, automatic seat covers! When you waive your hand in front of a sensor the seat cover adjusts itself to a brand new plastic area to rest your rump, preventing any shared germs with the last user. Seriously, Deric's dream. So he ran into the bathroom and...... the men's restroom didn't have them. haha. Poor Deric. But isn't that funny? I sure thought so!

We went over to the Coburns and Gary gave us a tour of the John Brown museum.

And this picture is of Gary's old barn. My mom wanted me to take a picture for her because she and her friend like old barns. It is pretty cool!

Dinner at the Papa's! It was so good, thanks again!

Hanging out, reading baby books, giving baby blankets that I made, and waiting for the boys to come back with a movie. (Coraline, not a great family movie. Decent, but it is a Tim Burton movie.)

And how could I leave the puppies out? They really did become the best of friends. We hope to visit Brian, Steph, and Portland soon in Georgia sometime in November. Maybe we will bring the pups and they can be best buddies again!
Thanks for coming and visiting us out here in our new home! We love and miss you guys a lot!