Our eventful August

Swiss Woods Bed and Breakfast ~I thought you might find this interesting, too. 

Well,   it has been awhile....  The past few weeks have been  rather   eventful..

 First of all,  we  had our summer vacation to   Boston  to see family  who live nearby...

So we  got to stop over going and coming   here at Swiss Woods B&B.  THis place suits us to a tee!

It is almost exactly halfway between our house and their's...  and the  charm of the place is   so   welcoming

 even when you arrive in  the rain....  which just makes us happy to know  how lush the gardens will be  next week  when we pass through yet again!

HAHAHA   does anyone's   selfies   ever look good???   But   we  were  so happy to be   enjoying the   wonderful aromas  wafting from the kitchen..

Need I say more?!?!

The  accommodations are so comfy....  but   we were   soon on the road...  for the next 7 hour leg of the trip...  which turned into about  9 hours due to the heavy traffic and rain.

Our first photo of Birdie.. who was  standing alone and    just beginning to venture out into her first steps!  we were  so  delighted to   see  4    beautiful teeth!Of course we were   happy to  see the proud  mommy and daddy,  too,  which makes three!!!

                                     

The the highlight of our  trip was to   experience  Birdie's   baptism.....   there is no  more  exquisite joy than knowing that   your children  are  grafted into the family of God... their  eternal security  secured  and   their lives   actively  building  the kingdom of God

  

I love our   family so much.....  what a blessing   they are to us....

The Way Home

  Our  12 hour  trip  home on Wednesday  turned into  a 15 hour  haul!    Well, we left  Amanda's  house at 7:15am  and  got home  at midnight...  That  included  an hour trek to the station and an hour and half trek  back  home from Lynchburg.   But  the  hang up occurred  twice in route...  we got  tangled  in New Rochelle by southbound traffic  and  stood marooned on the track in  no man's land  for  about a half hour....   then  we   had a  longer than usual  lay over   at Union Station in DC  to  fix  a couple of the cars and  exchange  engines...   at that time  then  we  got  behind  a Metro train and  had to  creep along behind  it as it made it many stops until  the end of  its line in Manassas, Virginia....  this put us  90 minutes behind  schedule  therefore  we pulled into  the  end of the line at Lynchburg  at 10 pm.     But  all in all,  I love  rail travel...   it is  comfortable,  roomy,  and a friendly  way to travel...