week end musings

where has the summer gone?!

...something i say every labor-day week end...

but here we are...

thursday evening we had Loren & Bev at our house for her birthday, an event when pizza is on the menu...

several pictures...

adorable Bryant @ seven weeks

love this!

...safe in daddy's hands...

we tried to play sequence but got interrupted by a fire call...

Loren is a voluteer fire fighter & hubs is a volunteer fire police...

the call didn't amount to much...just enough to put a stop to game playing...

Bryant was ready for his night time comforts.

nice evening....

friday noon we left for Ohio to spend time at the Haiti benefit auction and my sister Marie in Holmes Co Friday evening & Saturday...

a few pictures....

 

sista Marie & myself...

at our favorite spot...

...the food tent!

where delicious food was served...

Haitian meals, Lancaster Co. soft pretzels, fry pies...a local specialty, a salad bar served out of a canoe...

...all of it de-lic-ious!!

then there was a child's delight...

...cotton candy!

the Haiti auction is held annually in approx six states at different times of the year...this is the biggest w/ several thousand attendees...a fun event! 

we spent the rest of the week end w/ our daught, Judith and her family, about an hour south of Holmes Co.

...it was catch-up time for the boys birthdays...

                        Brandon - 7                              Sheldon - 6                           Carlin - 2

busy boys....

who love to play ball....

...be pushed on the swings, esp by grandpa...

...picture shy Carlin...

...and play in the sandbox.

sunday evening we enjoyed a campfire with our outdoor meal of burgers, salad, dessert and marshmellows... 

a lovely, lovely evening!

monday morning we drove to a train to trails that is open to the public for biking or walking...

...the bikers...

Judith and i walked...

...three miles - a lovely walk...

Titus and Judith have a beautiful view and it's quiet, quiet!

a few pics of her artistic touches...

grandpa posing...

...feeling a little left out?

not really! 

he makes sure everyone stays sweet by supplying lolipops and smarties...

hides them upstairs in the boy's bedroom...

they have fun looking for them but soon find them...

...a lovely, lovely week end!

  

ox