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A Rainy Day
Monday, December 30 Have you ever been guilty of saying, “I can’t wait until it stops raining – then I will be happy?” But because of your attitude, you fail to notice the beauty of the day. I have – and forgot about that part of my life until today when I was adding thoughts […]
Hershey Family Christmas Brunch – Part 3
Saturday, December 28 Visiting. Clockwise at table in foreground: Kate holding Hudson, Rob, Jessica (with their twins Isla and Iris), Kevin, Becca, Andi and Molly. Chris and Dot talking in the background. Clockwise at the table: Karen (black vest), Brenda, Nancy, Katie, Cerwin and Dale. Nancy (my sister), Dale (my oldest brother), Brenda (married to […]
Hershey Family Christmas Brunch – Part 2
Saturday, December 28 Time to eat! Foreground: Karen (Marlin & Nancy) and Brenda (married to my brother Steve). She is holding their granddaughter Elise (Vince & Kate). Jared and Ian preparing to make waffles. Front Center: Kristen, Amy, Jana (Jere & Kristen). Center three: Jana, Heidi (Kevin & Amy), and Deb. On the right foreground: […]
Hershey Family Christmas Brunch – Part 1
Saturday, December 28 – 9:00 AM This brunch was made up of the five Hershey siblings, our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Names of the five Hershey siblings for future reference: Doris, Dale, Clair, Nancy and Steve. It was a beautiful morning as we prepared our things for brunch at Manheim Brethren in Christ Church. We […]
Washington DC with Roy & Deb – Part 4
Roy delighted us by taking a short “street trip” to show us a few landmarks around our nation’s capitol. Cerwin doesn’t remember ever being to the Capitol Hill area and I don’t think I was there since going along on a school trip with Deb when she was in grade school. Roy told us the […]
Washington DC with Roy & Deb – Part 3
Thursday, December 26 Display of photo winners in National Wildlife Federation’s Photo Contest – continued from a previous post This photographer was at the right place at the right time. At first I thought there was no photograph in this frame. 🙂 I wonder how this happened. Was the turtle closed in it’s shell and […]
Washington DC with Roy & Deb – Part 2
Thursday, December 26 We arrived at American Association for the Advancement of Science building at about 1:45 PM. Deb’s friends who traveled to Washington DC with us: Ryan, Bernae, Katie, and Pop Pop. The cover of the National Wildlife Federation brochure that listed information about the exhibit and the 47 photographers who gave permission to […]
Washington DC with Roy & Deb
Thursday, December 26 We stopped at the Lititz Post Office with the last TFC Global bulk mailing of the year – on the way to Roy and Deb’s house in southern Lancaster County. (Sam Rittenhouse, this is your mailing.) 🙂 This was the group who traveled to Washington DC with Roy and Deb. Left to […]
Christmas Day at Jere & Kristen's – Part 2
Lunch is ready! Roy, Jana, Cerwin, Ian and Jared. Deb and Austin are the partially hidden ones. Jared, Jana, Austin, Jesse, Deb, Kristen and Roy. Cerwin and Ian Our hostess and host – Kristen and Jere I took advantage of the side view while Deb took a picture. Roy and Ian Dessert Poor Colt. He […]
Christmas Day at Jere & Kristen's – Part 1
Wednesday, December 25 The living room when we arrived. Austin, Jared, Jesse and Ian on the floor. Pretty table decorations The hostess gift from Roy and Deb fit right in with Jere and Kristen’s decorations. The gifts Jana putting the finishing touches on a key lime pie. The ham is out of the smoker. Jana […]
Another Pretty December Sunset
At Our House Your amazing mercy ascends far into the heavens; your truth rises above the clouds. Psalm 57:10 The Voice
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Diane
We love you! Dad & Mom
Christmas Morning at Church
Wednesday, December 25 This is how our eastern sky looked on Christmas morning – about 7:00 AM. We enjoyed coffee and relaxed until it was time to leave for our 9:30 AM church service. Notes from Christmas Morning Worship Opening Devotions by Ron Copenhaver – based on Matthew 1 and 2. “Wise men fell on […]
Notes from Sunday Worship
Sunday, December 29 Sunday School Subject: Emmanuel – God with Us Teacher: Dustan Rohrer (He chose his own subject instead of following the Sunday school lesson.) You cannot out love our great God. He does not love you based on your performance. That is difficult for us to understand at times, because we tend to […]
Birthday Meal with Donovan and Diana
Monday Evening, December 23 We arrived a bit early – due to leaving in plenty of time to get Cerwin’s eye glasses and our groceries – see “Our Day – Between Sunrise and Sunset” post – so enjoyed coffee (me) and Coke (Cerwin) until they arrived. I took these two photos right after our meal […]
Day After Day – After Day
I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:20 New Living Translation
Our Day – Between Sunrise and Sunset
Monday, December 23 It was the morning of the day before Christmas Eve. It was a pretty sunrise – not brilliant like some mornings – but it was the one God gave us to enjoy on this December morning. The sunrise filled only a small part of the eastern sky. I quickly lost the sun […]