Christopher has a knack for finding unique bugs- can you find the beautiful moth here?
Stephen has begun a donut business. He employs his brothers and cousins. This Mama is so happy there is at least one female involved! (Cleanup issues) And that the cooking has moved to an outdoor burner!
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| Matthew |
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| Austin |
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| Mervin |
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| Sylvia |
We had a very successful week of Summer Bible School in the town of Romney. Peak attendance was 80. A busy, happy week.
Fence work for the garden and orchard has been happening this summer. Tear down the old, install the new. It has not yet been completed but it is exciting to see it progressing.
Lots of canning going on this summer. Lots of green beans. Some peaches. Not as many peaches as usual because of the price this year.
The boys enjoyed getting to know more of my cousins' children on the Summy side of the family. We had a reunion at Wilda Lake in VA.
My sister Doris and family followed us home from the reunion and were with us for a few days. Here is one of her cutie pies.
Speaking of pies- we made 100 for the Romney peach festival. After that ordeal, the weekly 16 or less seems puny. We made 50 crusts two days in a row, then 50 pies two days. They are asking me to do 120 next year. I'm having a hard time making up my mind!
The boys and Grandpas did the bulk of the corn while I did other things. Not a super duper crop but enough.
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| Melvin |
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| Grandpa |
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| Grandma |
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| Christopher |
My co-teachers and I took a couple of the girls from Kid's Club on a bike ride- the few that earned a treat. Sixteen miles of biking. Thankfully it was a continual slight downgrade. Even so, it was hard to sit for a few days.
We took a trip to TN for a Troyer/Schwartz family reunion. It starts with a list, you know. We stopped in Gap Mills for lunch and business. All five boys were sitting on the bank eating lunch but one moved before the picture was snapped. Aunt Katie is 95 years old and has a large family. The family graciously invites other relatives to their annual reunion. I met relatives I didn't know I had this time around- my dad's cousins and their children. The aunts stay young by playing Scrabble. And the boys decided that this is a reunion worth going to again though they balked about going (as usual).
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| Aunt Katie |
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| Cousin Barbie Schwartz looks on |
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| Aunt Fannie |
Our latest venture was going camping with the church youth group.
Peppers anyone? We harvested 3 (5 gal) buckets this week.
I've been listening to a lot of webinars, helping me to understand the best ways for schooling our sons. One screenshot. Have you ever heard of a commonplace book? A wonderful idea for a profitable avenue of writing. Donna Goff has a lot of helpful webinars at her Mentoring Our Own site. Check it out if you are homeschooling.
The men so graciously put up a laundry line for me this spring. If you've never been able to step out the washroom door and roll your laundry out on a line, you don't know what you're missing! It has been such a tremendous blessing.
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| Photo of first post set (taken from laundry room door) |
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| Second post |
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| In use |
We are so rich!
Luke 16:19-31 is my challenge for myself.
