Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
It was thirty-one years ago today that we helped Mark, Diane, and baby Elizabeth move to Maine – according to the date on this photo – September 4, 1986. This was a step of faith for them after responding to the call of God to move to Maine and help with a new church plant […]
Friday Evening, August 18 Our crew – back row: Jere, Kristen, Abby, and Nathaniel. Front row: Jared, Tanner, Ian, Jesse, my empty seat, and Cerwin. This was the close to Brothers’ Week and the 2017 birthday gift for Jared, Ian, Kristen and Nathaniel. It was also supposed to be a gift for Josh, but he […]
Friday Night, August 11 Going to see Clint Black at American Music Theatre was Roy’s 2017 Birthday Gift. I know who Clint Black is, but was not familiar with his music, so I was looking forward to a new experience. Earlier in the afternoon Jere brought four warm cookies that Jana had just baked. We […]
Sunday Evening, August 6 The pavilion tables are ready for the Hawthorne Family Picnic – my mother’s family. I asked our sister-in-law Dot if she would be interested in bringing flowers. She did a fabulous job of creating beautiful arrangements from their own yard. The food table decoration 5:00 pm – time to eat. Joyce […]
Sunday Evening, July 23 We felt honored to be invited to our grand-nephew’s high school graduation party. His sister, Ashlea, decorated the cake. Our niece Karen decorated with beautiful sunflowers. The deck and backyard were set up for visiting with Travis. My sister, Nancy, and her daughter (Travis’ mom) Karen preparing the food table. Uncle, […]
For 23 years of working at Lancaster DHIA – the last half as CEO. We love you, Daddy & Mother
Sunday, July 16 The first thing we did – after prayer – was sing to the birthday girls – Kylee & Heidi. Both birthdays were on the day of the reunion – Kylee is now two and Heidi is 8. The cousins are granddaughters of my sister, Nancy, and her husband, Marlin. There was lots […]
Tuesday Evening, July 4 Jere and Kristen made a delicious supper for us and Josiah – a thank you gift for helping with the chicken barn and fence. Josiah and Jesse playing with Jesse’s new baseball game. Jere started the fireworks before it was very dark – because he was tired from the many days […]
Tuesday Morning, July 4 Josh and Anthony looking at the new chicks. Abby asked if I could take care of Anthony for a few hours during the morning, so we went over to Jere and Kristen’s to see how the post hole digging was going. (For their chicken fence.) Jere, Josiah, and Cerwin The post […]
This is where we concluded our day – after Conowingo Dam and the Italian lunch. We were in Hartford County – Jarrettsville, Maryland. We arrived here about 3:00 pm, so only toured the gristmill. There were several other buildings. This mill was built by John Stump III about 1800. There are four stories. Mr. Stump […]
Sunday, June 18 Remember when I posted a few pictures of the day Anthony and I walked over to Jere and Kristen’s – and their small barn looked like this. This is what it looked like a few days later. By Father’s Day it was almost finished for the peeps that were arriving a few days […]
Our family grew up attending the June Truck Rally since the first one in 1982 and began helping us when Cerwin and I became Rally Coordinators in 1985 – and have faithfully been supporting us every year since then. In June 1985 Jeff was 20 (today he is 52), Diane was 19 (today she is 51), Jere was 15 (today […]
Friday, June 9 What fun to spend most of a day with our great grandson, Anthony. Our first job was to work on our tiny garden – which consists of two tomato plants, a cucumber, a pepper, oregano, and mint tea. I pointed out weeds to Anthony and he willingly dug them up. As we […]
Friday, June 9 This was our first time to eat at Corner House Grill. We ate here before – but when it had a different name and owner. I had my camera along, but forgot to take pictures when we were inside. This breakfast was for my sister, Nancy’s, birthday. I was taking care of our great grandson, […]
Monday Morning, May 29 – Memorial Day Ian weed-eating It was a wet, drizzly morning, but we couldn’t find another day that suited everyone, so we just postponed it about an hour – and the weather did get better. Jere, Ian, Jared, and Jesse were the first to arrive. Jared Jesse was in charge of cleaning […]
Sunday, May 28 Though it was a foggy Sunday morning, I was glad the weather forecast looked like we could be outside in the afternoon. This picnic is at our house and there were about seventy people signed up to attend. We can seat sixty-two people in our garage and kitchen, but need the outside for the overflow […]
It was a beautiful day to cut garden tea. The locust trees were blooming… …and fields were being prepared for crops. Anthony was here for a few hours and enjoyed helping me cut our mint tea. Our next job was washing it. Then it was seeped in boiling water. Anthony was no longer here when […]
May 14 ~~~ Morning Lydia making breakfast. I think these are called Eggs in a Cloud. She and Hannah have an apartment on a farm where both milk cows – several miles away. These are made by separating the eggs, whipping the whites, then adding the yokes, cheese, seasonings and whatever you desire: bacon, ham, spinach, etc. […]
Friday, May 5 We left early – as usual – to make the nine-and-a half to ten hour trip to Maine. It seems that we have been traveling in rain a lot the past few weeks. I took this picture at 5:30, and we had already been on the road about twenty minutes. This picture was […]
I loved the quick responses when I sent out a quick prayer request to our children last night when Cerwin discovered that he was missing a hearing aid: “Aww. Will do.” “Oh, dear! Praying that he finds it.” “Oh, crap!” “Oh no, sending prayers.” Cerwin was concerned that he had trouble understanding a question I […]
Tuesday, May 2 Velma, Chris, Deb, Diane, Chris, Abby and Anthony Since Mark and Diane were here for a week – and there was no day when it suited everyone to get together for Cerwin’s birthday, we decided to do a ladies luncheon at Lititz Family Cupboard. They make specialty iced teas. On this day […]
Sunday, April 30 Actually, this first picture is from Saturday night after supper when Hezekiah, Jesse, Diane, and Jared played Qwirkle. I accidentally saved it in Sunday’s file. 🙂 We had Sunday lunch after church with those who were in the house – or arrived about lunch time. Clockwise: Jesse, Deb, Jared, Ian, Heze, Mark, […]
Saturday, April 22 We enjoyed a delightful evening with Jere and Kristen’s family – to celebrate Cerwin’s birthday. First they took us to Pizza Hut for supper. Then we went to Penn Cinema to see Born in China. From the Internet: Born In China” follows the adventures of three animal families the majestic panda, the […]
Sunday Afternoon, April 16 Checking out the pretty spring flowers in the garage where we had lunch. If I remember correctly, Jesse chose this one. I later learned that this hyacinth was for us. While we waited for others to arrive, Jere and Kristen wanted an updated family picture. As they walked back to the […]
Thursday Evening, April 13 My affogato and Cerwin’s ice cream at Fox Meadows Creamery We sat at a table for two and enjoyed the farm scenery – the farm that produces the milk for the ice cream products. We were surprised to look up and see Jeff (oldest son) and Chris walk in the door. […]
Wednesday, April 5 Our niece, Karen, texted me saying that she would like me to come to the farm and take a picture of some writing on the wall. Karen, her husband and son bought the Hershey Homestead (house and farm) from my brothers and are redoing the middle section of the house. They plan to move […]
Early Morning, March 22 at Doe Run Elementary School Jesse, Jere, and Cerwin From Pro Dad’s website: Pro Dad is on a mission to help you love and lead your family well. We are a group of people passionately committed to bringing intentional focus to fathers around the world. Our message will inspire you to […]
Tuesday, March 21 Our granddaughter had a book/Bible study and Nathaniel was working, so we were blessed to have an evening with Anthony. He likes to have his picture taken. He and great-grandpa were building a barn for the animals. “I want to see that one grandma.” He likes to see himself in my camera. Re-arranging […]
Sunday afternoon, March 19 It has been a while since we saw my Uncle Lester and Aunt Hazel Hawthorne, so we purposed to visit them on Sunday afternoon. After talking to my cousin Bonnie, I learned how to find their apartment at Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. We invited my step-mother – who was pleased to go […]
Thursday, March 16 I was glad Cerwin could be my chauffer because of the roads. The main roads were okay, but some of the country roads were still snow covered because of blowing snow – especially ours. First we picked up my 92-year-old step-mother to take her to the visitation/funeral of her former sister-in-law Miriam (age 98) who […]