Monday August 9, 2010

  

 

A Busy Day

Wednesday, July 28

 

After returning from the Fergus Truck Show, I had one day (Tuesday) to unpack, do laundry, and catch up on six days worth of mail and office work. Wednesday was full of activities from beginning to end.

 

 

Some of you will remember that I already posted pictures of the day (because it was in the local news) of about twenty men from our church repairing the tombstones that had been vandalized. If you missed that post, go to here

 

 

When talking to Eileen (who brought her sons to help at the cemetery) I told her that I was disappointed to miss the Lebanon Fair’s Tough Truck Competition, which was coming up in a few days, because I wanted to see Abigail’s (our granddaughter) friend Nathaniel race his “red neck” truck.

 

 

 

Also, he and several other guys had prepared our friend’s (Gerald & Joanne) old camper for the race, expecting that it would fall apart when Eileen’s son-in-law, Tyler, drove it over the large “bumps” in the course.

 

 

She told me where I could find the vehicles if I wanted to take pictures – which I obviously did.

 

 

 

If you want to see the race of the camper, go to Youtube and click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O4E9Sl_R0o&feature=related or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXkCc3Wbhwk

The videos were taken from opposite sides of the field.

 

 

On the way home I was surprised to see so many geese on the farm pond. We are used to seeing one pair that comes every year, but usually do not see so many.

 

 

Our next appointment was lunch with Cerwin’s family – his mother’s siblings and their children.

 

 

 

 

 

This lunch was started a few years ago so Mother and her siblings could see each other on a regular basis. The older ones are in their nineties, and Uncle Luke (youngest brother – left) is the only one who drives. Some of the older/retired cousins drove their parents to the restaurant, and before long we were all invited – especially those who are retired or have flexable schedules. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three of four generations: Cerwin’s sister Velda (left), her granddaughter Megan, and Mother. Megan was on summer break from college where she is in culinary training. She is one of the cooks at the restaurant when she is not in college.

 

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…and the day wasn’t over yet, because we had a birthday party for our granddaughter Diana after supper. (Pictures tomorrow night.)

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