Is it September already?

 We have had a week to catch our breath since camp ended.

The summer went by too fast.......again....

 

 

 Katie - Packing for College, (well kind of), Year #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It has been so fun having Lisa with us. We are enjoying every

moment because we just don't know when that phone call will

come to offer her a job.

She has been very diligent  in her Search. 

Go here to see what Lisa has been up to.

 "Oh the Places you'll go!"

 

 

 

 

 

We got Katie to school and somewhat settled in.

She is living with 3 other ladies this year.

 



 

Lovely Sisters

 

 



 



 



Heres what's been going on this summer

 I had the opportunity to go to Oregon in June to see Lisa and to attend her Roommate, Heather's Wedding. I know it isn't a recognized title, but I was proud to be "The Mother of the Maid-of-Honor". Lisa did a great job helping Heather get ready for their big day!

It was a beautiful day and a beautiful Wedding

This is the Church that we went to when I was born. Mom and Bill attend there now.

I was able to spend time with some of my family too, and I cherish those times!

Katie spent the last four weeks as a Day Camp Counsellor. We had between 5-10 campers each week. Along with their fearless leader, Holly, Katie and Eric did a great job keeping the campers busy. Between swimming, field games, crafts, Fountain Time, (Bible time), taking care of Gideon the goat, and lots of other activities, the kids had a great time. I'm pretty sure the staff did too!

The Water slide is always a hit!

Thats Katie!

Karl came to visit..............with his camera!

Katie flew to Oregon to go on a Road Trip with Lisa on Wednesday and will be gone on her Birthday so we celebrated before she left.

We have a great staff and they all have a lot of fun together. We have about 10 more coming this week to help us through the rest of the summer.

(A little blurry, a new camera is on my Christmas list)

We have about 4 more weeks of camp and then we will say good bye to our summer staff and head into a little slower pace. About this time in the summer I start to really look forward to a quieter time at camp, the fall temperatures and catching up on things at home, (like blogging and keeping in touch with loved ones). 

Hope you are enjoying your summer............Thank you for checking in!

Summer

I don't really have time to do a new post but I had to do something with my blog. I can't believe that it has been a whole month. At least I can say that I have now gone from "Spring" to "Summer". Most of you know that I go "Dark" during the summer as camp consumes much of my time, but I do have some things to share, so stay tuned. I will post in the next few days!

Spring

It's Spring!

The days are warm, and the rain and sunshine have caused everything to wake up and GROW!

Dandelions are a big problem here, because there isn't anything you can buy, (legally), to kill them. 

I don't mind dandelions so much. They remind me of a thoughtful little girl with big brown eyes holding a "bouquet" in her dirty little hands just for me........... Wasn't that just yesterday?  

That same little girl just finished her first year of College!!

Katie's Home!!

This year we were determined to get our bikes out and "tuned up". We had heard of some great trails in the area and thought that we would see for our selves.  

 This ride was on a beautiful Sunday afternoon before Katie came home. It is called the "Kissing Bridge Trail" The Kissing Bridge is an old covered bridge out in the country. Why it is called the Kissing Bridge, I do not know. The trail itself is about 45 K, but we only went 10 on this day.  Considering it had been several years since we had been on our bikes, it was far enough! The Covered Bridge is about half way and will be a good goal to shoot for in the future. 

  

Another bike ride on Mothers day. This time with Katie and along the river.

We stopped in at MacDonald's for $1 fountain drinks before riding home to BBQ.

A phone call from Lisa and a phone call to my Mom.

It was a great day!

There has been a lot going on in our part of the world lately, but nothing really blog worthy, so I thought that I would post some "Before and Afters" on the inside of the old house on the property

Remember the living room? 

You can check it out from 2010

"A Fall Project"

At the end of summer last year, some of the summer staff needed a project, so I got them started on painting a couple of the bedrooms. I won't go into detail on that ordeal, but the rooms did get painted  and between a couple of volunteers and Holly and Myself, we got three bedrooms "refreshed".

Of course I didn't think of taking "Before" pictures , but the following two pictures will give you an idea of what the bedrooms looked like. 

I think you get the picture......

Bed Room #1

Bed Room #2

Bed Room #3

 (Holly painted the picture on the wall as well as two others. Wonderful to have such talent on staff)

 I am not sure that I want to let Summer Staff loose in the house with paint again, so we will resume the project in the fall.

There are 7 more bedrooms and a Sun Room in the house. 

A family Photo

A beautiful Easter Morning.....

A wonderful Worship Service.....

An Easter dinner with Friends, (thanks for the dessert Holly).....

A game of "Hearts".....

.....and a chat with Lisa!

Thankful for "Face-time"

Hope your day was special too!!

As we finished out last summer, Ken and I had high hopes of getting lots done at our house. With Katie gone to College, we thought that we would have tons of time for our list of projects. Well, here we are getting ready to start another summer and what have we accomplished?

The main project is to finish our basement. I have to say that it is started and I have taken some "before" pictures, but want to wait and post them with the "after" pictures, so stay tuned. Our goal is still to get it done before the middle of June.

We did get Ken's office done! This room was finished, but we had a bit of a flood last summer, (long story), so we had to put new carpet down. The other problem was that the doorway was too narrow to get his drafting table in, so he hadn't quite got moved in. Thanks to Ken's handy sawsall, he made the door opening larger and we were able to get his table in. It was interesting to get his things out. Many of them go back to his office in Grass Valley.

Katie is home for Easter Break. She will be here for over a week.

Already relaxing with a good book, (not a text book).