My parents were visiting last weekend and after The Festival of Leaves in Front Royal, we took the kids to Hartland Orchard in Markham. The Pumpkin Patch was just a small patch and did not have a hayride, but the kids had a blast anyway. 
The rule was that they had to be able to carry their pumpkin out of the orchard:
When guys get dressed up in their tuxedos it is often said that we are wearing our “Penguin Suits“. I guess that is because it looks like penguins are wearing tuxedos. If that’s the case, then this guest at yesterday’s wedding didn’t have to worry about her attire.
This is Ascot from The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Ascot is an African Penguin and can run very fast! You might be able to spot Ascot and her family on The Penguin Cam. Thank you to Ascot and her handler, Angie, for teaching me some new things about penguins.
Ascot was a guest at the Wedding of Colin and Molly Murchie. Check back later in the week for photos from Colin and Molly’s wedding.
Have you ever gone someplace and bump into someone you haven’t seen in a while? When I am doing weddings, I don’t really expect to see anyone I know, especially when I am doing a wedding three hours away from home. Last week, I was helping my fried Joey Fox from J & S Productions with a wedding in Baltimore. After the wedding, this lady came up to me and said, “Are you Neal?” Of course, it totally threw me off because I wasn’t expecting anyone to know me, but “this lady” was a former co-worker. I hadn’t seen her in about 20 years!
Then yesterday, I am doing another wedding in Baltimore and at the reception I spot a friend from Young Life. I also, haven’t seen him in about 20 years.
I guess it really is a small world after all. 
