Oktoberfest

This weekend was lots of fun! Saturday was pretty chill, and on Sunday we went out for breakfast at this little diner down the street from us. We hadn't eaten at that diner yet, and we both loved it! We'll definitely be back. And after that we went and checked out a few Open Houses for houses that we'd liked a lot on Zillow. Sadly, the Open Houses made it possible to cross both off of our list... The one house had a terrible backyard (zero privacy, and no way at all to fence it in for our crazy dog), and the other house had a HUGE apartment building right behind it that was just towering over the backyard. They'd managed to hide that in their Zillow listing. The biggest lesson I've learned so far about house hunting is that you can NOT trust pictures online, because there are some amazing photographers that know some crafty tricks.

After our Open Houses, we drove about an hour north to the cute little town of Bethlehem, where they always have the Yuengling Oktoberfest! I have to say, I think this year was their biggest one yet. There were SO many people, and it was lots of fun!!  The weather could not have been more perfect either. It was a very sunny day, and the high was in the low 60s, but if you walked to a shady area it was really chilly! So, you could warm up in the sun and cool off in the shade. It was pretty darn perfect. I wasn't the best about taking pictures this year, and I was mainly taking pictures of the really cool venue, because I just think it's super beautiful. Every year it's held at the SteelStacks, which was the original site of Bethlehem Steel (which was founded in the 1800s, and was America's second largest steel producer and largest shipbuilder).  There were lots of good beer options everywhere, tons of yummy food options (sausages, schnitzel, strudel, etc), and lots of vendors selling cool stuff. We have been wanting a bat house, and were actually just talking about it on the walk into the venue, and then there just so happened to be a guy selling these super cool bat houses and bird houses made out of reclaimed wood! We bought one of his bat houses, and he gave us tips on where to put it, etc. It's going to just sit in our basement until we have a more permanent residence though.

McGee's excited!! 

The Dachshund Races (and you can see our beer mugs at the bottom of the picture... )

You can see one of the dachshunds running! And there's an owner waiting for her dog to cross the finish line. 

Super cool steel stacks!

You can also see some of the scarecrows from the scarecrow competition. 

This is the ArtsQuest building, and there are some tents set-up for beer tents and for a few bands.

We got home in enough time to make dinner and then watch the end of the Chargers game, and all of the Eagles game. Guinness had a great time napping on me during the Eagles game! All of these pictures are taken at various times throughout the Eagles game. It was pretty darn cold in our house, but we're trying not to use our heater until a little later in the season (so I'm bundled up in a sweater and some flannel PJ pants... and eventually I put a blanket on too). 

The initial sleeping position... 

Then he shifted his sleeping position.

Then he woke up to watch McGee celebrate after the Eagles scored one of their many touchdowns.

Then he watched the game for a few... 

And then he passed out again. I fell asleep shortly after this too...