So Happy Together

    It's taken me forever to get this post up! It sounds like everyone had a fantastic thanksgiving (or thanksgiving's in the peck's case). Last week just flew by. I was so excited to have Loren home all week and have some quality time with Lydia. I was sure that a week would be plenty of time off, but now that it's over I'd really like another.   One afternoon we walked on the Chessie Trail. Loren had never been there before (except when he was little), so we had a fun time. It feels like you're walking through the forest with the sing-song of the river nearby. Pure rejuvenation. Michelle and I get together with the mom's club on Tuesday mornings and we walk about a mile or two on the trail. It's one of my favorite places to be. Everybody say cheese!  One of Loren's classmates invited us to her home for the big dinner. There was also a professor from the school and a family from the czeck republic there.  We decided to be ambitious fo...

  You remember the balloon from Halloween? Lydia held onto that thing for the next three days, dragging it all over the house with her. Even when it was nothing more than a deflated blob, she lovingly tugged it along. I finally mustered the courage to throw it away during her nap time and thankfully she didn't notice. Who knew that would be such a hit?    Fall has been winding up here in Lexington. Last Sunday we drove up to our friend Jon Tucker's house. He had just finished building his home pretty much by himself and invited us to come see it. It was beautiful and the view made it ten times more so! Jon holding Lydia I watched my friend, Marissa's kids, who are 2 and 7 months, for awhile one day and it was crazy! I found that I had totally forgot how to deal with a 7 month old baby. Seriously, that was only six months ago for me but it seems like forever! Lydia had a hard time understanding why I kept holding Ainsley and not her. She tried slap...

   We were finally able to round up some photos of the moot court competition!   Loren and Judge Alito   The four competitors (and me!) Wednesday night was the ward fall festival, fun times! There was a chili cook-off, costume parade, and trick-or-treating at each classroom. Lydia has been teething all week so she wasn't in the best of spirits. We didn't get a smile out of her but I think she liked seeing all the costumes and fun decorations.   Adeline was a strawberry- she was adorable!   The next day Lydia and I went to a rest home with the mom's club.  The kids were all dressed up in their costumes and we visited with the residents. One of the workers called us into a room with a blind man. I was so thankful Lydia let him touch her little face and hands. It was so sweet. Lydia made a lot of people smile and had fun running up and down the halls.    Friday was Halloween! We dress...