Water war: A father vs. daughter fight to the finish...

The war was on! Emily with her super-soaker and Dad with his teensy water gun and ink syringe (that also doubled as a water sprayer). Believe me, it was a sight to see! Looking at the last photo you should be able to guess who won....or rather, who lost.

Sounds of the Syracuse Symphony at Fort Ontario

WORK DAY AT RICHLAND CAMP


Our Family spent several days this week helping the Lambeth family get ready for Richland Campmeeting........ That included tearing downa chimney, raking leaves, and cleaning cabins etc. We enjoyed being part of the demolition crew for the chimney removal, especially when we got to use the sledge hammer! After the chimneywas taken out, I slid down the 1st floor hole to the basement. It was a longer drop that I had thought, but it was still worth the excitement! (The photo was taken looking down into the basement where we were working to clear the away the debris.)

The flames of a campfire....

A foreboding waterfront...

Sisters

Portrait by the Lake

A tiny fern under the microscopic lens....

Our Cousin's wedding....

Last weeekend our cousin, Crystal Trayer, was wedded to Nathan Hodge. They had a beautiful wedding and reception that we all enjoyed. Evangeline and I (Elizabeth) were asked to play the piano for the ceremony - a 45min. prelude, Bridal Chorus & Wedding march, Trumpet Voluntary, and then some more while pictures were being taken. Whew - what a lot of music to learn! Thankfully, we were able to practice the music ahead of time except the Trumpet Voluntary, which was given to me the night before the wedding! I had to sight-read it for the rehersal, (which I'm not very good at) but thankfully it wasn't hard so I made it through all right.

The Hostetter Clan - Mom's side of the family

Hostetter Family picture
Sarah Kline

Hiedi Kline up on the roof.

Christopher Kline
Elizabeth, Jonathan Jr. and Evangeline at the church before the wedding






















Uncle Jonathan with son Caleb

We had a blast with our Kline cousins! Since they live in Florida, we don't get to see them much, so it was a treat to spend the weekend with them! (They came up for the wedding...) We had a great time and made some wonderful memories!

Tom DeLadurantey:

The DeLadurantey Visit

We had a wonderful time having the DeLadurantey family stay with us during the homeschool convention. (They manned the Vision Forum booth.) We had great
conversations and late night talks! Come back again Del's, and bring the whole gang!

The Homeschool Float - Memorial Day Parade

The homeschoolers participated
in Fulton's Memorial Day parade this year.
We had a float, band and chorus, and some
of the kids dressed up in uniforms representing
all the wars.

Photo's

- Picture of the Month: The serious little patriot!
( The boy in the little red wagon..)

- Elizabeth with her little friends before the parade began.

- Some of the patriotic singers

- the float, banner etc....

- Our uniformed soldiers..

- Elizabeth at the keyboard (we twins took turns accompanying
the band.)

After the parade....

We were thrilled to help the Fulton Police set up their booth
after the parade!

Photo's:

#- Officer Curtis talking to another officer.......

#2 - Evangeline and I stole loads papers from the police - right
out from under their noses....Ha! Just kidding.

#3- More of the FPD officers at their booth...

Memorial Day picnic at our house.....

Photos:

- After the parade we had our friends and family over for a picnic. It was a great time to fellowship and discuss the day's events!

- Our grandpa, a WWII veteran keeping an eye on everything.....

A summer snapshot.......

Elizabeth Ann

Emily's new pet.......

Look what Emily found in our backyard last week........ or did she?

Snapshots from camp workday........

Photo #1: friend Joanna with her niece at lunch break

Photo#2 Karen Blowers ( also rainydays15o - check comment post)

Photo #3 Evangeline, me, Emily, Shonnah Kastler and Kathy Yerton had a sleepover the night before and had a blast chatting 'till the wee hours of the mourning!

Just incase you were wondering, we did work but I just didn't get any photos of it.........

Emily's Piano Recital

Last Wednesday Emily played in a piano recital with other students of Kim Yerton. She played two pieces, then we joined her for a piano trio. ( We used to take lessons from her, too, but then switched to the college ..... ) It was hard to get the right finger out of the way, at the right time, so someone else could hit the note they needed, then get it back in time to play the note again! ( It was almost as confusing as it sounds!) Anyway, it was a great evening and everyone had an enjoyable time!

Cousin Kisses