Summer Fun 1

We have been on the go so much I have not had a chance to update my blog. Rachel and I missed the last two days of school in order to drive to Maryland to see my niece graduate from high school. Isn't she so pretty and what a sweetheart.

Taylor posing with my parents.  When all the celebrating was done Rachel, Mom and I went to see good friends ( my former youth pastor and his wife and extended family) of ours in Bethlehem, PA. We were only going to stay an hour or so and ended up staying  6. We had such a great time I forgot to take a picture of them.

We drove to Reading, PA and spent the night and then drove over to Lancaster(Amish country) Rachel was not real thrilled at first but then had a wonderful time. We stopped and took a buggie ride, went to a pretzel factory did a little shopping and a lot of looking.

I love this picture of a man plowing his field using horses. I wish we had a little slower life like the Amish. The flower gardens had little or no weeds and I loved seeing the wash hanging outside to dry.

We stopped at the Choo Choo Barn to see the huge model train display. Rachel loved getting her picture taken in this train. Many years ago Tim, Dwight and I had our picture taken in a very similar train.

Rachel made two cards while up at Grandma Leathers. She came up with these designs on her own. She also sold her first nine cards while in Maryland. Way to go Rachel!!!

Chicken Humor

Rachel and I were reading her Ranger Rick magazine. These are in honor of Mike who always loved Rachel's chicken jokes. Hope you find a little humor in them.


Here goes:
q.How do chickens keep in shape ?

a. They do lots of eggs-ercises.


q. Why could't the hen find her eggs?

a. She had mislaid them.


q. What did the little chick say to the big chick?

a.  "Peck on someone your own size."


q. Why did the chicken cross the basketball court?

a. The referee called, "Fowl!"


q. What game do chicks play with their moms?

a. Peck-a-boo.


q. Is chicken soap good for you?

a. Not if you're the chicken.

SPRING IS HERE!!!

Thankfully spring is here and I took some pictures to show you how spring looks in Moncks Corner. These are about two weeks old so add a little height to them.These are my impatience on the back porch. I love these flowers just wish I could get the variegated kind down here.

My dailies are coming up. These were given to me by the teacher I work with last year. I can't wait to see them bloom this year.

Our new favorite bush in our family is the knock out roses. This is the first one to bloom and it is right at my  back porch.

I have to show off Rachel's latest card. It was for Pastor Al' s birthday March 15th.

I planted these last spring and they are beautiful this year.

We already found a bird egg shell on the ground. We found the whole egg at about this spot last year.

I love these trees. I don't know what they are but they are blooming everywhere.

One of my favorite signs of spring, daffodils. I pass these on the way to school each day. One sign I should have taken a picture of was the yellow pollen on my car.I hope spring has come where you live. I love having the windows open and working in the yard.

Can You Say Way Behind And Busy?

Sorry I have not posted in a while I have been substituting a lot at school and trying to keep up with everything else.I have done some traveling too.  The picture above was the sky Rachel and I have been enjoying on the way to school. It really makes you sort of want to go to work.

Rachel has been working on her card making skills. The sympathy card was for her teacher when her mother pasted away suddenly. The thank you  was for some gifts she got for Christmas.

Rachel and Miss Sharon (our pastor's wife) at our church Super Bowl party.

For valentines day I got up and made Philip heart shaped eggs. The hard part was getting all the egg off the cookie cutter.

Rachel's flowers for valentine's day from her Aunt Lizzie, Aunt Kathy and Uncle Paul.

Rachel made heart shaped meatballs, jello and these cookies as part of her dinner for her Daddy for Valentine's Day. My gift from Philip was a getaway. We left Feb 18th for a five day cruise from Charleston. What a surprise!  We really relaxed and just enjoyed being together.

This was a model of the ship we where on made out of Legos. Even the waves were Legos.

Our ship when we were in Freeport, Bahamas. This was Carnival Fantasy. Thanks for a great getaway Honey!

A picture of Philip and me taken on the cruise.

Christmas Eve

I am so sorry it is taking forever to post these. It has been crazy here. These are  pictures from Christmas Eve. Tania trying on her apron.

Aunt Tania always makes sure Rachel gets new purses. This time it had a gift certificate for The Dollar Tree. Rachel loves to go there. I think she may use it for some spring stuff for her garden or outside playing.

Taylor opening her apron from Rachel. Note to self : We need to start Christmas presents earlier this year.

John, Taylor's boyfriend came along to celebrate with us. ( Don't worry by now he knows we are all crazy.)

Grandma, Tania and Taylor all trying on the aprons that Rachel made for them. Rachel was so excited to see them all wear them.

We saw more snow at Grandma and Grandpa Knepper's house. As you can tell it wasn't much but Rachel was still dieing to get out into it.

Rachel trying to make a snow ball or snowman but the snow was just to dry. We also got together at Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Dick's house to play some games on New Years Eve. We had a good time.