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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Lauren's Birthday Dance
Our good friend Lauren celebrated her 18th birthday this past Saturday by hosting a barn dance at her grandparents' farm. A nice size group showed up and we enjoyed dancing, lawn games and food.
The Grand March
Lauren & Grant do the Virginia Reel
"Swing your partner..."
Pensive?
Spectators
Mrs. Erber having... um... shall we say difficulties learning the Postie's Jig (spelling?). Everyone offers their assistance... :-)
Clara
Maggie converses with Dad (notice that I did not say, Dad converses with Maggie) :-)
Ladder Ball
Lauren & Me
Tennessee Wagon Wheel
Lighting the Candles...
...and blowing them out!
Clara was being so cute - she climbed on the bean bag toss board and dropped the bean bags through the hole, and then took them out and did it again. :-) Simple pleasures.
Group Photo
Happy Birthday, Lauren! Thanks for having us!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
Independence Day Party
We had our annual Independence Day party this past Friday. We had a fairly small group, but hey, small groups are fun too. :-) Folks relaxed and chatted, Tara took the little ones on boat rides, I (with "help" from Emily and Joanna!) escorted some kids (mainly the Gould clan) down the path (where we discovered a mulberry tree...yum!). Croquet, badminton and the ever-popular egg toss filled out the afternoon.
The main attraction this year was a game called Sjoelen (pronounced "Shoo-len"), which is Dutch shuffleboard. My Opa had our cousins bring this game over from Holland when they moved here. Nearly everyone tried their hand at it, and since that is mainly what we have pictures of, I thought I would post each person's photo with their score (prepare to either be embarrassed or exalted, if you were there!). Sorry, some of the folks toward the end didn't get photographed, we didn't mean it!! :-)
Note that all (most) the men are totally focused and serious, and all (most) the women are smiling and having fun! LOL!
Husbands and wives are paired together to compare scores... he he he... some men were mortified that night!
Just so you know, 80 is a good score, above 100 is very good, highest you can get is 144 (I think...)
Jonathan - 1st try, 68, 2nd try, 120.
Joseph - 91
Josiah - 124 (way to go!)
Seth - 1st try, 89, 2nd try 111
Ethan - 58
Unpictured:
Emma - 94
Tara - 73
Joanna - 1st try, 94, 2nd try, she scored the highest score of the day with 126!
Sokea - 88
Emily - 93
Robyn - 51
Gracie - 55
Me - 105
Mr. Erber - 1st try, 66, 2nd try 91, 3rd try, 110 (progressively better! :-)
Mr. Webb - 101
Mrs. Webb - 1st try, 85, 2nd try, 105
Mr. Gould - 87
Mrs. Gould - 97
Mr. Chidlow - 1st try, 79, 2nd try 118
Mrs. Chidlow - 109
Amusing conversation after Mr. Chidlow's first round (Mrs, Emily & Sokea already went):
Mrs. C: Sokea beat you!
Mr. C: Aww!
Mrs. C: Emily beat you.
Mr. C: EMILY BEAT ME!?!?!?
(Emily is the non-competitive, non-game-savvy daughter)
Mrs. C: I beat you.
Mr. C (utterly defeated): YOU beat me...
I think that hurt to have all his women beat him... sorry, Mr. Chidlow!! :-)
The egg toss, as usual, was a lot of fun. And amazingly, we had the same winner from last year! Though not exactly the same, since instead of Josiah, it was Seth.
I think this photo is kind of funny because Mr. Chidlow is in the exact position of the previous picture (maybe it's his egg throwing technique? If so it didn't work...) and because I am making a ridiculous face. :-)
Poor Mrs. Erber had it the worst out of all of us and got egg all over her shirt and arm. We joked that she got high-end skin treatment.
Picking the perfect egg...
The winners and their egg :-)
I would have you know that we bought 7 1/2 dozen eggs and all of them were gone by the end of the day. Rumor has it that the young men had an egg fight, and the remainder left from that Naomi Gould threw against trees.
A few other random photos from the day:
Adelaide picking the raisins and M&Ms out of the trail mix.
Mrs. Webb not wanting her picture taken, but Mom took it anyway.
Fellowship
The main attraction this year was a game called Sjoelen (pronounced "Shoo-len"), which is Dutch shuffleboard. My Opa had our cousins bring this game over from Holland when they moved here. Nearly everyone tried their hand at it, and since that is mainly what we have pictures of, I thought I would post each person's photo with their score (prepare to either be embarrassed or exalted, if you were there!). Sorry, some of the folks toward the end didn't get photographed, we didn't mean it!! :-)
Note that all (most) the men are totally focused and serious, and all (most) the women are smiling and having fun! LOL!
Husbands and wives are paired together to compare scores... he he he... some men were mortified that night!
Just so you know, 80 is a good score, above 100 is very good, highest you can get is 144 (I think...)
The Guys...
Jonathan - 1st try, 68, 2nd try, 120.
Joseph - 91
Josiah - 124 (way to go!)
Seth - 1st try, 89, 2nd try 111
Ethan - 58The Girls...
Unpictured:
Emma - 94
Tara - 73
Joanna - 1st try, 94, 2nd try, she scored the highest score of the day with 126!
Sokea - 88
Emily - 93
Robyn - 51
Gracie - 55
Me - 105Ok, the big showdown... Husbands & Wives...
Mr. Erber - 1st try, 66, 2nd try 91, 3rd try, 110 (progressively better! :-)Mrs. Erber - 115 (beat him in one fell swoop!) LOL!
Mr. Webb - 101Mrs. Webb - 1st try, 85, 2nd try, 105
Mr. Gould - 87Mrs. Gould - 97
Mr. Chidlow - 1st try, 79, 2nd try 118Mrs. Chidlow - 109
Mom & Dad (no pics)
Dad - 85
Mom - 105
Dad - 85
Mom - 105
Amusing conversation after Mr. Chidlow's first round (Mrs, Emily & Sokea already went):
Mrs. C: Sokea beat you!
Mr. C: Aww!
Mrs. C: Emily beat you.
Mr. C: EMILY BEAT ME!?!?!?
(Emily is the non-competitive, non-game-savvy daughter)
Mrs. C: I beat you.
Mr. C (utterly defeated): YOU beat me...
I think that hurt to have all his women beat him... sorry, Mr. Chidlow!! :-)
The egg toss, as usual, was a lot of fun. And amazingly, we had the same winner from last year! Though not exactly the same, since instead of Josiah, it was Seth.
I think this photo is kind of funny because Mr. Chidlow is in the exact position of the previous picture (maybe it's his egg throwing technique? If so it didn't work...) and because I am making a ridiculous face. :-)
Poor Mrs. Erber had it the worst out of all of us and got egg all over her shirt and arm. We joked that she got high-end skin treatment.
Ethan and Joseph won the second toss (Jonathan & Seth won the first) and then Dad had the two winners play each other for a "championship" you might call it. He also made them do it with the opposite hand to the one they were used to throwing with.
Picking the perfect egg...
The winners and their egg :-)I would have you know that we bought 7 1/2 dozen eggs and all of them were gone by the end of the day. Rumor has it that the young men had an egg fight, and the remainder left from that Naomi Gould threw against trees.
A few other random photos from the day:
Adelaide picking the raisins and M&Ms out of the trail mix.
Mrs. Webb not wanting her picture taken, but Mom took it anyway.
FellowshipThanks everyone for coming... it was fun!
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Slip n' Slide at the Hills'
I have to apologize for not posting sooner, I have had a bunch of ideas for posting but haven't gotten around to actually sit down and do it.
A few weeks ago, Wendy had us and the Beatty girls over to go "slipine an' slidine" (as Justin says) on their incredibly fun and unique creation. TOO FUN!!! There's a video on Dawn's blog HERE . You'll see some of the same pictures on all of our blogs since everyone has a copy of my pictures :-) (thanks Mrs. Hill for taking them!).
We arrived about an hour to an hour and a half before the Beatty ladies, so we went ahead and slipped and slid (slided??) for a while.
Then we got tired after a while and were sitting in the puddles of warm water at the bottom, so Mrs. Hill put us to work picking strawberries. :-)
Then the Beattys arrived... and here's Dawn, all pretty with her hair up and her make-up all nice. We all laughed inwardly and made an extra big puddle at the bottom of the slide (aren't we nice?).
Wendy giving Dawn a lesson on slip n' slide preparation... first you poke 2 holes in the corners of a black garbage bag, put your feet into them, and then knot the bag and tuck the hanging end in (it's more fashionable that way).
Next, get sprayed down with water.
And lastly, get your hands soapy and "soap up" your...um... ;-)
(*lots of laughter*)
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Dawn's First Slide:
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Ok, isn't this absolutely HYSTERICAL?? Justin's bag is a plastic shopping bag, with holes for his legs and then he wears the handles over his arms like overalls!! LOL!
Love the facial expressions...
Beth grilling burgers in the rain!
Thanks SO much, Hills, for having us over!!! We had SOOOO much fun!!!!
A few weeks ago, Wendy had us and the Beatty girls over to go "slipine an' slidine" (as Justin says) on their incredibly fun and unique creation. TOO FUN!!! There's a video on Dawn's blog HERE . You'll see some of the same pictures on all of our blogs since everyone has a copy of my pictures :-) (thanks Mrs. Hill for taking them!).
We arrived about an hour to an hour and a half before the Beatty ladies, so we went ahead and slipped and slid (slided??) for a while.
Then we got tired after a while and were sitting in the puddles of warm water at the bottom, so Mrs. Hill put us to work picking strawberries. :-)Then the Beattys arrived... and here's Dawn, all pretty with her hair up and her make-up all nice. We all laughed inwardly and made an extra big puddle at the bottom of the slide (aren't we nice?).
Wendy giving Dawn a lesson on slip n' slide preparation... first you poke 2 holes in the corners of a black garbage bag, put your feet into them, and then knot the bag and tuck the hanging end in (it's more fashionable that way).
Next, get sprayed down with water.
And lastly, get your hands soapy and "soap up" your...um... ;-)(*lots of laughter*)
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Dawn's First Slide:
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Ok, isn't this absolutely HYSTERICAL?? Justin's bag is a plastic shopping bag, with holes for his legs and then he wears the handles over his arms like overalls!! LOL!
Love the facial expressions...
Beth grilling burgers in the rain!Thanks SO much, Hills, for having us over!!! We had SOOOO much fun!!!!
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