Had a full weekend...

and glad to be back to work to rest up !!

Diane and James is here and Kevin and Meghan will be here tomorrow.

Friday night went to a Toledo Mudhens game with the Davis Farm group. Food and Drinks included. Saturday was a cornhole tourney in Lyons that the guys took 2nd place and $75.00 and t-shirts. Lilly and I watched for the day, went looking for garage sales.. Then a couple of guys came back to house and the cornhole went on until about 1:00 am. Sunday was church and then cornhole at the Hamler Summerfest. They came in fourth and no prize money. Took James with us and him and Lilly played in the junior tourney. So it was fun and the brats and german potato salad was good. Went back to Mom and Dad's where Ross and family and Kara and family were. Guys were fishing and the rest of us just relaxing. Kayla and Kallie came to our house to spend the night with Lilly and Jess is watching them today.

Moving the incubators out of the wood shed today, and getting ready for it to come down. Put out feelers for estimates today, to see what we get.

Vacation

Hi Everybody,
We continue to have a busy summer here. Sarah has been ordering her nursing textbooks, uniforms etc. David bought a neat car this week. A 95 Geo Prism. Very nice conditon and he loves it. He has been working a lot. Nathan turns 16 tomorrow and we will try to get his permit on our way out tomorrow. When we return Nathan will start working on a dairy farm helping to milk cows. He is excited about it and learned the ropes quickly. Rachael is doing well with piano lessons, finally the third time around!j

We are going to go first to Buffalo, NY to meet John's sweetie and her parents. They invited us to stay the weekend. On Saturday we will go to Niagra Falls! On Monday we will head to the Adirondacks for a three day wilderness canoe trip on the Oswegatchie River. We will camp in the camper on either side of the canoe trip. Yep, we are taking all of us food and all in three canoes. Stan will give us lessons on paddling at the beginning. He knows all that sort of thing from all his years exploring the Adirondacks in college.

We will get home Aug 1(Sat). I plan to come to Ohio on the next Tuesday. I need to give myself a break before the long drive home. More later, Love Jeanne

Happy Birthday Everywhere........

out to Rick, Wayne and Dakota, all on the 16th, and to Kara on the 17th.

Delta Chicken fest was last weekend. Rick and Jess took 3rd place out of 34 teams.

And then Saturday evening all 5 of them were at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Gearing up for Diane and clan to hit Ohio. July 25 to August 11.

Jeanne, sometime the first week in August.

Wayne, a chance you will be able to make it ?

Take care all, Cheryl

Lilly

Showing her flower arranging skills.

Back to work for me....

I actually had 4 days off. Davis Farm had off Monday and Rick had off Friday, so I took a vacation day for Friday.

Had a project of cleaning and staining the front porch and after 4 days still not done. But getting there and will be lovely.

Jess asked us to go to Defiance for fireworks, so we went up there Friday night.

Spent the day Sunday at the pond. Dad and Rick fishing and Mom and I sitting in the sun. They caught a catfish and 3 bass, so we grilled them for supper.

Diane's plans for summer are firm. She will be in Ohio July 25 to Aug. 11. Jeanne is still working on her plans, maybe the first week in August, about the 4th for a few days. Wayne, any chance you are going to make it out ?? Will have a 15 yard container there and working on the machine shed and basement. Also prep work at the wood shed for a garage. But I believe there will be time for a shopping day for the girls. Mom and I went last week for a few things and supper out. we zipped aroung Diance Mall at a pretty good clip. Got her in the courtesy wheelchair and told her she would have to hang on, I push faster than Dad does. Had a good laugh.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon !!!! Cheryl

Finally posting

Can't believe it took me this long to post. To back up a little, we had a grand time when everyone came out for David's graduation. Wish that could happen more. We hope Jess and Lillie will come back and stay longer and go do some day trips from here and make a nice vacation of it.

The summer seems quiet here because the older three come and go. John is having a great time taking it easy, seeing friends and making plans for the future. Those plans include Elizabeth Martinke who he met at college last year. They are officially courting/dating. She is super nice. She is from Buffalo, NY. She will return to Lancaster in the fall. For now they are writing letters which John prefers to talking on the phone.

Sarah just finished her Anatomy and Physiology class for nursing school. She took the summer class to lighten her load this fall. Now she will work more at Cherry Hill Orchards Outlet.

David has decided to attend Lancaster Bible College also in the fall. He received a number of nice scholarships from them and can commute. We are starting to look for a car for him so he can come and go to classes and stuff. That's fun for him. He got a full time job at a Turkey Hill store, which is a chain of mini market/gas store. It was hard to find a job and he finally got this job by having the resume from online printed off and in hand and walked into the store. The manager was in and liked him.

Nathan is in Alabama right now for two and a half weeks helping a friend of ours add on to their church. He is doing wiring this time. This is his third time down. The highlight was flying in a small two seat plane from Pensacola to Dothan AL. The pilot let him fly the plane. We sent one of our phones with him so we call and stay connected.

Ben and Rachael are justing hanging out at home this summer. They both worked picking strawberries earlier this month and go a little money. The pool is up and they are using it this week to stay cool.

Work with the private duty nursing is going well. I find I only work about a day a week. That works well for me. I have been busy doing the garden produce up and freezing strawberries and cherries. I picked around 60 pounds of cherries this week and froze them. Tomorrow the kids want to get some sour cherries for pies. My freezer is getting full.

Hey Cheryl, please keep faithfully posting. I hope more of us start posting so we can stay in touch with each other. I tried to look at your other pics you posted but this computer is terrible.
I will probable come home late July/early August. I was to be a leader for a group coming from Japan(high schoolers) but they cancelled due to the swine flu so now my whole August is freed up.
Love to all, Jeanne

June is almost over...

and it is pretty warm here. Air was out one night, but the repair man right in the next morning.

Had a good Fathers' Day. Went to pond after church and I got some sun and Rick fished. After their nap, Mom and Dad came back, and the kids came around later in the afternoon and we had pizza for supper.

That is a picture of a baby snapping turtle Rick found in the front yard. He now has a happy home at the pond. Probably couldn't have been hatched out more than a couple of days.

Pictures from Las Vegas here

Had a great time. Stayed downtown on Fremont Street.

Diane will be home July 25 to August 11, James with her, Kevin and Meghan for 5 or 6 days of that, in on the 28th or close to that. Heard rumor that Jeanne would be her August 4th or there about. Don't know for how long. thru the weekend ??

Ball games almost over.