Week at Bible School

Hi! jack and I have just returned from a week at Vacation Bible School at our old church (Advent Lutheran Church in Harleysville PA). We attended with Sophie my niece and my sister Shirl. I was slated to help out as a photographer, a job I could handle. At the last minute the lady in charge of recreation got sick and they had me fill in there. (Yikes 80 kids to entertain each day) Thank goodness for a great teenager, Austin Shollenberger, he had done it before and knew what to do to entertain the kiddies!

Tuesday I had a Dr. appointment so I missed the festivities at Bible School. We had dinner with my other sister Karen, Perry and Aiden. We went to the Greshville Inn and had a great time visiting.

On Wednesday Jack went to spend some time with John and Joan Feldi and they went on a creek walk with Michah. Jack said that was his highlight. I watched at her horse riding lesson where she was riding Molly. I also delivered some antler mounts for Pete to my cousin Tom. I dropped them off at his parents house and visited with Harold and Jean for a short time. Then it was off to meet with some other people about a gas lease.

Thursday we got together with our cousins at my Aunt Edie's house. We had a swim party and a great time was had by everybody catching up on the things going on in our lives. We also got a cool picture of a butterfly.

When we returned to Shirl's house Uncle Jay was waiting to go to Sonic. Sonic is a drive in burger restaurant. We had a good time pressing the button and asking for more food! I 'm not sure I would like to eat in the car all that often. It was certainly a novelty.

On Friday we headed home to prepare for Bible school at St. Pauls lutheran church in Tunkhannock!

New Additions to our Family

Wow! I can't believe it! For the first time ever I am a cat owner. We had 2 beautiful kittens dropped off at our house today by a friend of mine! Welcome Mickey and Missy to the Waldenberger household! Pepper got along great with the kitties! I can't believe it! I guess we will have to call these two the Girlz! ( Since Bob Wilber has the Boyz)

Uncle Gus and Jack go to Steamtown

My Aunt Carol and Uncle Gus from Maryland have arrived at my Mother's house for the 4th of July weekend. Uncle Gus has brought along a lot of his model railroad trains to set up with Jack. He also is planning to take Jack to Steamtown. This is a great opportunity for Jack and Uncle Gus to get a chance to get to know each other better. They both love trains and hopefully they will have a great time. ( I know that Jack was really looking forward to his time with Uncle Gus) Last night we

dropped Jack off at my Mom's house to stay for 3 days. When Carol and Gus arrived at 9:00 pm , after an all day drive, Gus and Jack started setting up the trains. Mom had to chase Jack to bed at midnight. It sounds like their adventure is off to a great start!

Beautiful Summer

What beatiful weather we have been haing in Susquehanna county Pa this summer. the humidity has been bearable and we have been getting a decent amount of rain. This should make our garden very happy. I know it has been making me very happy!

Barnegat Weekend

Here are some photos from our wonderful weekend spent with our dear friends the Feldi's. As you can see we all had a great time and enjoyed some great hospitality from John and Joan!

Endless summer

Well our endless summer in the Endless Mountains has begun! Actually, it is not really endless. It is only 73 days to be exact. Now that we have ticked off 13 days from that we are only left with 60 days. I may have to reconsider the title to this post--maybe I should call it the summer that is flying by!

We have been busy this June traveling to graduation partys and birthday partys. This weekend we will enjoy some time at the shore. John and Joan Feldi are hosting us at their lovely Barnegat Nj home. Their house is located right on the bay and it is a lovely place to relax!

Here at home we have planted some food plots for the deer and turkey that reside on our property. We have one plot of clover , ryegrass and trefoil, and another of corn. We also helped to plant clover, corn and a brassica mix at the Loux plantation.

We have also planted a garden for our own consumption. Corn, zuchinni, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, eggplant, cucumbers, watermelon, cantalope and string beans. Hopefully, we will have a bouttiful harvest later this summer. We also constructed a makeshift fence around the garden to keep out groundhogs and rabbits.

This year we also planted another apple tree and a peach tree. Blueberries were another addition, however, I think the deer may have had an early treat with the bushes! These photos of the apple trees are from earlier this spring. Now they have leaves on them, however, I don't believe that we will get apples this year. Maybe next year!

I am taking the leap from dial up to DSL next Monday so I look forward to being able to

recieve and make phone while on line. I did not ge tthe fastest DSL out there but it should be significantly faster than the old dial up format! As I like to tell my friends--Welcome to 20 years ago!

Dinner Party Success

As you can see from the photos I was not able to do my dutch Oven pot roast http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/~papadutch/dutch-oven-recipes.htm at the fire pit. It was way to windy to start a campfire. So I comprimised and did the cooking in an ash tub

by our Outdoor wood stove. In actuality I think it worked out better this way. I was closer to the kitchen and I was able to run back and forth from my real kitchen to the dutch oven with no trouble at all. The roast beef turned out very good as did the veggies! I can't wait to try the next recipe. I also baked a loaf of crusty bread in my inside dutch oven. It turned out well but I neglected to take pictures of it. You can find the recipe here http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2007-12-01/Easy-No-Knead-Dutch-Oven-Crusty-Bread.aspx