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Family and Friends, On the Road, Pictures of the Adventure

I’ve broken my record

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It’s been exactly one month since my last post, and I do believe that that is the longest I have gone between posts. Four solid weeks. Yikes – that’s a lot of catching up to do!  And since I was already running behind at that point,  I’d better get started –
The Ohio Week 
Following our great week in Pigeon Forge with Alex, we spent the next week just hanging out with the rest of our Ohio gang.  “Hanging out” might be a bit of an understatement –
There was a deck to repair/rebuild-
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Ball games to attend –
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Art Festivals to enjoy
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and of course, lots of games to play!
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(Giant cards were the perfect Father’s Day gift for Toby!).
One of my favorite moments during the week was when little Tucker (without prompting) climbed up into Gary’s lap for a snuggle.
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It was a busy week spent with a busy family – but we were so glad we could spend the time with them! But soon it was time to move again…

The Pennsylvania Week
From Columbus we turned east to Pennsylvania –  where we did our annual doctoring things (all good, thank you, Lord), spent time with the Chambersburg Fitzpatricks
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and managed to connect with my college roommate.
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We touched base with some dear SOWER friends along the way-
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and spent the weekend back in the old neighborhood, spending time with dear friends!
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I’m really bad at taking pictures when I’m having such a sweet time catching up with friends! Our hometown area has changed quite a bit in the 20 (!!!) years we’ve been gone,
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(those were little 6 ft. pine trees when we planted them!) but it’s always good to sit down with the ‘old gang’ and remember God’s goodness to us throughout these years!

Cabin Days
So that takes us up to June 23 (just 4 days after the last post!) when we drove to Vermont for some much anticipated (and well needed) Cabin time.
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But enough of this catching up for today! Thanks for coming along – I really appreciate your patience as we travel through this Sofa Surfing Summer. Trying to find those quiet moments to do this blogging thing is more challenging than you think!
Have a blessed Lord’s Day tomorrow, friends –
Steph

Family and Friends, Pictures of the Adventure, The Adventure

And just like that

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We’re in the last week of November!!
This little guy turned seven months today –

 

 

 

 

 

 

and this beauty starts her

second third  decade tomorrow –

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is also some big holiday happening towards the end of the week, but you probably already knew that!

Last week we decided to make a ‘quick’ trip to Columbus (OH) for some sweet family time over the Thanksgiving weekend. We’ve tracked down our hats and gloves and heavy(ish) coats, packed up some of Christmas items we had ready, and will be heading north pre-dawn tomorrow.  The computer is not coming, so once again – it will be quiet here. Maybe I’ll do better in December!

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends! May the peace of our Lord fill your hearts as we all reflect on the blessings we have been given!

Steph

 

 

Family and Friends, RV Life, The Adventure

Home again, Home again

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Jiggity Jig.

We’ve had two days to recover from our Kid Care weekend – and now tomorrow we pack up and head out to our next destination! But before I head full-steam into ‘getting ready to move the house’ mode, I thought I’d better do a quick wrap up of that whirlwind weekend!
Let’s be honest. When you’re called on to be the Parental Unit for six kids for five days, there may just be a bit of fear and trembling involved. But we were so happy to be asked and also close enough (six hours by truck)that we could help out, that we put those qualms aside and set out to have a grand time!
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And we did!
We arrived Thursday night and Mom and Dad were off on their (long overdue) getaway by noon on Friday. Now, before you say – WOW – six kids and two Senior Citizens, let’s review the ages of these beautiful children. 20 – 18 – 15 – 12 – 9 – 3. So as I said in my last post, we were mostly there for an extra set of wheels, and an extra set of eyes on that three year old!
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We pulled out a fun 1000 piece puzzle to work on,
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fed them pancakes for dinner with ice cream for dessert,
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and did our best to limit the time the boys (12 & 9) spent with their current first love (video games). But it was pretty cute when the three youngest were working on an online puzzle together.
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The highlight of our long weekend, though, was a fun-filled day at Zoombezi Bay waterpark!
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Lara and Herbert joined us with their daughter Alex (and a friend) and the 12 of us had a great day of splashing in the sun!
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We got there when it opened, and stayed until almost closing. And a wonderful time was had by all!
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Mom and Dad returned on Tuesday night to great celebration and Grams and Pops headed back to the rig before dawn on Wednesday!
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We kept everyone alive and fed, and didn’t lose anyone in the process! We’re happy to be home – but we’re also happy to have been able to spend time with these precious kiddos!

Family and Friends, Pictures of the Adventure, The Adventure

The Rest of the Gang

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Although this weekend was primarily all about celebrating Hayley’s HS graduation, there were of course other folks milling around the house in Marysville! All three of the older girls (including Hayley) were busy working jobs or finishing up other school activities. The boys were, well – 9 and 12-year-old boys. More interested in those video games or playing outside with friends than hanging out with ol’ Grams and Pops (who don’t understand what all those buttons on the controllers do).  We get that – we really do! We did get to one of Reis’s games
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which was fun (and he had a couple of good plays and hits), but otherwise we were content to have them join us for an occasional card game.
But this little girl
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was unencumbered with end-of-school activities or jobs or even electronics. We painted rocks
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and jumped on the trampoline (ok, that was not a “we” – just a “she”!)

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(I’d like to clarify here that our little Everly chose her outfit this day. I think she was going with an all floral theme, accented with (of course) mismatched socks. Mom was quite surprised at her wardrobe choices, but hey – you’re only (almost) three once!)
but most of all she was always ready to give me a snuggle!
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Our time there was short, and this is a very busy family! But we were able to enjoy some great family dinners and some late-night card games and good conversations! Sunday after church and a special lunch with The Graduate (before she was off to another party), we were able to squeeze in a quick visit with our other Columbus family – Lara, Herbert, and Alex. Though short, it was still a sweet visit! Before everyone went off to work and one of the last days of school (and we set off for points East and North), we managed to get one picture of Alex – who has just completed 2nd grade!
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These years are going much.too.fast!

We’re looking forward to a slightly longer visit in mid-July, so it won’t be that long before we see these guys again. And maybe on that visit I can figure out those buttons on the video game controllers!
Or maybe not!

Family – busy or not – we sure do love ’em!

Family and Friends, Pictures of the Adventure, RV Life, The Adventure

Missed Four Days

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So much for “Every Day in May”. 
But the reality is that 3 of those days (counting today) involved this –
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or this
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and the other two days involved ball games and card games and graduation and trampolines and … well, you get my drift! They were busy days filled with all of the very best things = grandchildren! (OK – it was quite lovely to see their parents too!)

Two days to get to Columbus. Two days in Columbus. Two days back to the Cabin.
Hopefully, it won’t take two days to get caught up with life (and this little blog!). I really do appreciate your patience!
Till tomorrow –
Steph