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Today he was going through some things to take to his house and found his old eye glasses.


It did not bring out the best in him . . .

His pretty girl was not impressed.

Ah, Son.  You still light up my life!

Faces in the crowd:
     
Saloma                                                                                                Quentin

    
                                  Bethany                                                     Betsy

   Johnni with her baby, Jason, Jr.                                    Victoria

 
              Hannah, hanging upside down                                                   Josh

   
                    Sarah                                                                Maggie

The day was filled with so many things:
Soccer games:
    

Sack races:
   

And if you should fall down: . . .             Mommi and a friend can carry you through!

There were Horseshoes:
   

Water Balloons and Relays with spectators:  
   
     

There were train rides on The Jones Express with Certain Man and  Mr. Jones himself::

There were times for visiting:
       

For Playing Table Games:

For cooking hamburgers and digging in the candy basket and getting prizes:
     
       
   

For being on the hammock:
 

Being with Grandma (or talking to Grandpa)
   

For Holding Babies:

Signing autographs

Churning Ice Cream:

And then, at the end of the evening, when little legs were almost too tired to go any more,
it was great fun to get pulled in the wagon by Mommy or Poppi

       On another note, some people have wondered about our pavilion — why we built it, and if there is a story behind it.

. . .  Well, actually, there is.  You see, on July the 14th, Certain Man and I will be married 35 years.  We had discussed a big trip — like a train trip across Canada to see the Canadian Rockies and to just have some time away.  But then we decided to build the pavilion instead.  The wonderful thing was, we were in 100% agreement about it.  It seemed like something that would benefit us, our family, and our church in the years ahead, and it just felt “right” somehow.  So when I look at the pavilion, it is a symbol (in a strange sort of way) of what is important to us, and of our lives together.  Both of us feel like the pavilion and the memories made there are wonderful gifts to us in recognition of the 35 years we’ve spend together.  And we’ve been blessed so much already by the people who have enjoyed good times there, and we look forward to a whole lot more.

And if you or someone you know would like to use it for an occasion, feel free to call.  The more it is used, the better we like it! 

I will say that it was a wonderful day, and we had so much fun —

But I am quite weary, indeed!

And there was!!!

You can’t see the complete arch because it was one of the highest rainbows I have ever seen.  Certain Man came across the yard to look and exclaim, and then Middle Daughter turned the camera on us.

For Pity Sakes!!!  When did we get so old???

Well, we ARE old enough to be grandparents!

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We certainly are!

This is a half barrel that is in front of the garage.
My Sweet Sister gave me the little bird statue.
It says, “Friends Gather Here!”

There are sixteen of these hanging baskets around our pavilion.
This picture does not do them justice.
When I get the pavilion set up for the upcoming pie event, I want to get a clearer picture.

This little oval planter has white verbena and a scarlet geranium in it.
The geranium was bought by mistake, thinking it was Coral.
But it was so pretty and so plucky, that I decided to put it on the deck on the table, and tucked the white vebena in beside it.  The geranium looks pink here, but it really is scarlet.

This is our fence row with the hedge roses going wild.along it.
Certain Man put the smaller “half-fence” in this year to keep his peonies and these roses coralled a bit.
They so often fall over into the lane and the buses that come in and out each day would run over them.
I am quite pleased with the effect.

This is the corner of our little patio.  There are begonias in the small ground bed, with the white barrel holding various annuals.  The half moon flower holder is planted with coral and white geraniums.
I usually try to have a color theme for my window boxes and containers and flower beds — This year, the colors are coral and white out of deference to an upcoming wedding, but there are a few variations.

And once again, I thank God for Our Girl Nettie.  She has been faithfully watering, keeping up with things, and reporting to me whenever she thinks something isn’t quite right.  I want to get a picture of her and her water hose.  Certain Man has fixed things so that it is easy for her, and she is really taking the responsibility seriously.

And so, life is moving right along — and, incidently, quite a bit faster than even my good friend Lucy_Ethel knows. (See Comment on the last posting)   Actually, it was TWO years ago, Dear Friend, when you met Youngest Son and gave him a hug for me.  It doesn’t seem possible that he has been out of REACH almost two years, and that he and The Girl With The Beautiful Heart have less than two weeks until they will be husband and wife.  These are such exciting days, inspite of the busy-ness, and I don’t want to miss anything by lamenting over the energy and time needed by these days.

Thank you, so much, those of you who have prayed for me.
It is an unmitigated joy to have such treasured friends.