Tuesday Afternoon, August 15 We continued our week by going to Dutch Lanes for Jesse’s 2017 birthday gift. I wanted to get a good picture of these four, but couldn’t find one. First Cerwin was adjusting his glasses. Then Ian sneezed. I guess this one – the response to the sneeze is best. 🙂 We […]
Tuesday, August Our first job on Tuesday morning – of brothers’ week – was to label the individual Highway News (September issue). After taking the seven bags to the post office, we went to Costco where Cerwin had an appointment to have a checkup on his hearing aids. The boys – Jared, Jesse, Ian – […]
Monday afternoon, August 14 Jesse informed me that he never made a Build-A-Bear like the other grandchildren. Sometimes the youngest grandchild gets special benefits, but other times they get missed. So we went to Build-A-Bear after Refreshing Mountain. First he had to choose an animal from the many bins of animals. He named him Fluffy. […]
Monday Afternoon, August 14 We had a relaxing morning, then went to Refreshing Mountain so the boys could swim and so we could plan a Challenge Adventure and Zip Line Excursion for later in the week. It was a great day to be at the pool – there were very few people there. Maybe because […]
Sunday, August 13 The week was what we used to call “Cousins Week”, but all the cousins (our grandchildren) have grown up and have jobs and busy lives, so we are down to “Brothers Week” with Ian, Jared, and Jesse. The Amish must have had church in our area. We met four buggies in our […]
Saturday, August 12 This has been a most unusual summer in our area with a downpour almost every week – sometimes more than once a week. As a result, fields are filled with tall corn, beans, potatoes, soybeans – whatever the farmers are growing. Yards are green and need mowing every week – sometimes twice […]
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 […]
This is what I brought home from the Steam Show in Berryville, Virginia. I had the hanging apparatus – from a secondhand store – for several years and was looking for something to fit inside it. I had been using baskets, but they rot after a few months. I found this graniteware strainer at one […]
July 30 Shortly after lunch we watched the Parade of Tractors – which lasted about half an hour. Those with whistles blew them in front of the announcer’s stand. I think my heart skipped a beat when I heard the name of this tractor – Hart Parr. This brought back a memory of my Grandpa […]
Sunday, July 30 We were looking forward to the Sunday morning worship service on the fairgrounds – and were not disappointed. This service has been part of the steam show for many years. Singing, Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it. Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. I think someone said there were about […]
Saturday Evening, July 29 More views of tractors going through the grounds. It’s not every day where you see this kind of pattern on the ground from tractor wheels. The cement block guys invited this little fellow to help them. His parents were watching. I love the look on his face. Like. Are you watching […]
Saturday Afternoon, July 29 We saw a lot of boys driving tractors with their daddy or grandpa nearby. What a great experience for the boys. The speed – putt putt. Very slow traffic continued all day long – even during rain and drizzle. After the weather brightened up in the midafternoon, I walked around the […]
Saturday Morning, July 29 After spending time at the chapel – during rain – I went for another walk. First I stopped to watch the sawmill in operation. This was the power for the sawmill on this morning. It was not always the same engine. I loved seeing the fathers (or grandfathers) and sons on […]
Saturday, July 29 We had heavy rain during the night – 4 inches – and it was still drizzly, so Cerwin enjoyed his morning coffee in the chapel. During this picture he was talking to our son Jeff. He went outside when Billy Sanders came to start his old Caterpillar. Prior to 1931 Caterpillars were […]
