The boys were here with me on Saturday while Dick was helping Anthony and Lori with all the preparations for the Low Country Boil. Here are some cute pictures and videos from our day.
Austin told Hunter to put his foot up inside his shirt. I said, "Oh no!! Austin has a foot growing on his back!" We laughed and laughed.
Then Austin said, "Hunter, try to wake me up!"
Like I've said before, Hunter is obsessed with letters and numbers. He discovered my little "smile" display on my table and spelled it out so cute. I love his clear diction when he says the letters.
I had suggested we could go to a park before we go back to their place, but Austin wasn't interested, and we did other fun things at my house. When it was time to leave and I was getting Hunter into his carseat, he said, "Go to park?" I said, "No, we're going home." He protested! Austin wanted to know why he was upset. I said, "He thought we are going to the P.A.R.K." As we drove off Hunter was back there saying, "P.A.K. P.A.K." I thought, "Oh dear, I can't have him learning to spell it wrong, so I spelled out "P.A.R.K" and told him it spells "park." So he was repeating that over and over as we drove. I decided while we were at it I might as well teach him how to spell HOME, haha! I thought, "Good grief, next thing we won't be able to even spell things to hide what we're talking about!" And he's only 2 1/2!!
The weather was a bit chilly for the boil, but at least there was no rain and no hot sun! There were lots of children and they were having a lot of fun in the basement right next to the patio. They weren't even interested in eating when the food was ready, so the parents enjoyed themselves without the kids for a while! Here are a bunch of pics of the kids playing.
I took these pictures near the beginning of the meal. Quite a lot more people came after this. We kept making room for more. I don't know if they ever counted up the total number of people who came.
The fire felt really good long into the evening.
The sunset was AMAZING!!
It was a really good evening. Lori especially enjoyed it this year because she had lots of time to just sit and talk compared to last year.
On Sunday we went to our 9:00 service at GBRV and then to the 10:45 service at Calvary. It had been way too long since we were able to go there for one reason after another - day trips, camping, sickness, weekends away, etc.
After the service we definitely needed to have a photo shoot. Lori and her boys and their friends' children were all dressed in yellow and navy blue! It was totally coincidental!
We went home for the afternoon all by ourselves and I took a much-needed nap. Around 6:00 we went over to Anthony and Lori's. He had a good fire going, and they boiled some leftovers from the evening before. They were just as good the second time around, and we had a wonderful evening.
On Monday Dick and I had a very important lunch date. Friends of ours, Bob and Glenda Maury, were driving from their daughter's home in Berlin, Ohio to Lancaster, PA. Their trip would take them right by State College. Weeks ago we agreed to meet at Cracker Barrel for lunch. Here we are in the gift shop.
When I was in 7th grade Glenda, from Milford, Nebraska, and I became pen pals through a church magazine, Words of Cheer. During high school our letter-writing slacked off and we lost track of each other.
When Lisa was a few months old our Witmer family gave a program at a church one Sunday evening. I was in the nursery with Lisa during my dad's message and discovered that the other mom in the nursery had also grown up in Milford, NE! She remembered Glenda. I gave her my address and asked her to give it to Glenda if possible. A few weeks later I got a letter in the mail from Milford, NE!!! I was so excited! I totally remember exactly where I was sitting when I read the letter! She told me all about her wedding during a snow blizzard and sent me a picture of herself holding her baby girl Angie! We've never lost touch since.
Our first time together occurred in 1981 when they came to Lancaster, PA for a reunion of their Voluntary Service unit. They came to visit us one afternoon. We each had three children by then, and we also had added Miki to our family earlier that year.
Four years later in 1985 we took the trip of a lifetime with Lisa, Anthony, and Jeremy - to Nebraska (the Maurys), to Kansas (where Miki was volunteering with a church plant), and to Ontario (where Dick's brother Bob and family were in mission work.) Our weekend with the Maurys was so much fun!! Our children got along so well with each other. We and our kids even sang at their church that Sunday morning!
In 2000 Glenda came to Lancaster, PA for a cousin's wedding. She stayed at our house, and the two of us had a really precious time together. I remember that we discovered we had earrings exactly alike!
In 2008 Bob and Glenda were again in Lancaster for their VS reunion. We met them at the Cracker Barrel at Rockvale Outlets for a Tuesday lunch that time. We laughed at our similar clothes and hair styles!
And now ten years later they were again coming to Lancaster, PA for that same reunion! We had a wonderful time together, but far too short. Again our lives have paralleled each other's in various ways. They have moved to Hesston, Kansas to be near some of their children. We have moved to State College to be near one of ours! We have both experienced joy and loss along the way. I would have loved to have more time together.
And now it's time for my bed!
When Lisa was a few months old our Witmer family gave a program at a church one Sunday evening. I was in the nursery with Lisa during my dad's message and discovered that the other mom in the nursery had also grown up in Milford, NE! She remembered Glenda. I gave her my address and asked her to give it to Glenda if possible. A few weeks later I got a letter in the mail from Milford, NE!!! I was so excited! I totally remember exactly where I was sitting when I read the letter! She told me all about her wedding during a snow blizzard and sent me a picture of herself holding her baby girl Angie! We've never lost touch since.
Our first time together occurred in 1981 when they came to Lancaster, PA for a reunion of their Voluntary Service unit. They came to visit us one afternoon. We each had three children by then, and we also had added Miki to our family earlier that year.
Four years later in 1985 we took the trip of a lifetime with Lisa, Anthony, and Jeremy - to Nebraska (the Maurys), to Kansas (where Miki was volunteering with a church plant), and to Ontario (where Dick's brother Bob and family were in mission work.) Our weekend with the Maurys was so much fun!! Our children got along so well with each other. We and our kids even sang at their church that Sunday morning!
In 2000 Glenda came to Lancaster, PA for a cousin's wedding. She stayed at our house, and the two of us had a really precious time together. I remember that we discovered we had earrings exactly alike!
In 2008 Bob and Glenda were again in Lancaster for their VS reunion. We met them at the Cracker Barrel at Rockvale Outlets for a Tuesday lunch that time. We laughed at our similar clothes and hair styles!
And now ten years later they were again coming to Lancaster, PA for that same reunion! We had a wonderful time together, but far too short. Again our lives have paralleled each other's in various ways. They have moved to Hesston, Kansas to be near some of their children. We have moved to State College to be near one of ours! We have both experienced joy and loss along the way. I would have loved to have more time together.
And now it's time for my bed!
