Whetstone Chocolate Factory!

 

Last Wednesday, Mama, Anna, Ezra, Me (Abigail) and Apphia took a tour of Whetstone Chocolate Factory. 

We learned how the chocolate was wrapped (top)and how they made Salted Caramel Chocolate (middle). 

During the tour we had seven chocolate tastings. The bottom picture is the "Aviles" milk chocolate. The seven chocolates were EXTREMELY delicious, but my favorite was the "Menendez", the red shell shown in the top picture. 

After the tour, we ate at a nearby restaurant then bought some chocolate!

Biking Down at The Lake!

This week Ezra, Apphia, and I (Abigail) have been having a lot of fun biking down the lake hill. The most fun spot is going fast from the top of the lake hill, down the hill over a series of bumps. The ride is very fast and fun! Thankfully no one has been hurt biking down the hill. Yet. 

-Abigail

 

American Heritage Girls Award Ceremony!

 Hello! Yesterday night Apphia, Anna and I went to the AHG award ceremony. We earned a lot of badges and service hours and had a lot of fun! After the ceremony we had snacks. There were dill pickle chips which were a hit with us girls! -Abigail Cook

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Happy Birthday Elijah! 

Today Elijah had his 20th birthday! Anne, Daniel, Joy and Dakota came over this evening for his party. Anna made a chocolate cake with chocolate and chocolate peanut butter icing for Elijah.  We put little construction vehicles on the top. Papa got Neapolitan ice cream and vanilla bean ice cream for the party.

This afternoon Papa, Mama, Elijah, Anna, Ezra, Apphia and I went canoeing with on our lake. Papa, Mama and Apphia went out in the big canoe, Elijah went in a kayak and I went in our little canoe, the “Mohawk”. After canoeing a bit Elijah let me take out the kayak. I saw a bunch of black birds and a duck. Papa brought the big canoe to land then Apphia took out the Mohawk. and Papa followed in the big one. Ezra mainly helped push the canoes into the water. Anna came down after making the cake for Elijah and took the kayak. -Abigail Cook

 

 Valentines Date Night Dinner!

Valentines evening Anna, Ezra, Apphia and I made a mini restaurant for Mama and Papa. We all were waiters and cooks. We served homemade meatloaf, broccoli, chocolate cake with vanilla icing, Mexican coke and water with complimentary rolls and salad. We all dressed up like waiters and waitresses. We called our restaurant “The Red Curtain”. We called it that because we had a single reference curtain and multiple white ones. We had soft guitar music and Ezra also played piano. Everyone had a lot of fun. -Abigail Cook