Week 1

Today is the last day of our first week in MD.  Nate and I have had such a good time, just acclimating ourselves to the town and environment.  We have shopped, (purchased all necessary items for Nate's school)and explored and visited with my family.  It has been great.  On Friday, we went to Hershey Park with my Dad and brothers Shawn and Keith.  It was the perfect day for a theme park and Nathan really loved riding all of the rides with his Uncles.  I even tried a few.  Saturday, Dad took us to the Amish Country in PA.  It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited.  Every thing is green and rolling hills.  The homes are huge and gorgeous.  I fell in love with the barn star, which is a huge brown five point star the the PA Dutch put on the outsides of their homes for good luck.  I had to bring home a few small ones.  They also have tons of amazing stores for home decor.  It's a good thing I don't live here, or I would have to do my entire house like that.  We also found a quaint little Amish quilt shop on a little road off of the main highway.  I got an amazing quilt and met the nicest shop keeper.  It was a really neat day. 

We spent the 4th with my Dad and brothers.  They take Nate to a river for swimming during the day and we had a BBQ that night.  Nate and I spent the evening on my Dad's deck watching fireflies.  It was just as good as any firework display I have ever seen.  There were fireworks going off everywhere.  It seems like every home was doing them here and there were numerous professional displays going off at once.  Crazy!

Today was a bit of a downer though.  My brother Keith broke out with the chicken pox.  It is kind of serious as he is 19 and has never had them.  Nate had the vaccine, so he should be fine, but I sure feel bad for my brother.  He is miserable!  Took care of him as much as allowed today and am now back at the hotel preparing for Nate's big day tomorrow.

I am very excited to Nate to start tomorrow.  I think he may be a little nervous, but that is to be expected.  We have had such a nice week and now it is time to get down to business.  I'm so happy with the way this is going!