September Fun

Hi All,

This has been a wonderfully busy weekend. First and best, my brother Tim is home from A-stan. Yeaaaaaah!

As you can see, I put together a slideshow of some of the rest of the weekend, although I did not capture anything from our church's hot dog and music fest, which they put on Saturday. The event was quite successful, even though the crew and church band are all a little tired. Our family helped with set up and tear down.

I also didn't attempt to capture the sewage that backed up in our neighbor's basement, with which Paul and the bigger kids have been helping to haul wet-dry vacuum loads up the stairs for her. Paul even got to contain a small amount in our own basement. When the county put pressure on the blockage, it forced a small amount up in our house too. Yuck! Glad I was at Young's and the music fest during those episodes!

What I did catch on film was another session of Amelia and Riley enjoying each other. OK, I'm not sure how much Riley enjoys those sessions, but he does like all the food scraps from the toddler. I also caught a few shots of spaghetti and meatballs, with a little kid somewhere underneath.

In between, I've thrown in a few pictures of Kristy, my high school friend, her daughters Katie (3) and Scarlett (8 mo), her husband Don and her mom Cindy. I took Amelia out to Young's to meet up with them. Kristy lives in Cuyahoga Falls, but was in town to visit "A Wool Gathering". This is a pretty large fiber show for our area, encompassing three large tents and a few smaller ones, all staked out on the back 40 at Young's Dairy. Kristy knits, so she was having a lot of fun shopping while her mom and husband let the kids play and pet farm animals. Of course, Amelia slept until Kristy and her family had left for dinner, then came awake to see angora rabbits and sheep.

Well, it's time for me to go, Enjoy!

Teri

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Late Summer Catch-Up

Hi All,

I apologize for not posting for quite a while. The end of summer and beginning of the school year hit us with both feet. We have been very busy.

Therefore I am doing a multi-purpose post. The first slideshow I am posting is a collection of photos and videos of the youngest family member. Of note, we took the family to Young's Dairy for putt-putt golf, ice cream and a visit with their farm animals for our "Last Weekend of Freedom" celebration.

The second slideshow is of our trip to Cleveland for the Bement Family Reunion. Paul, Amelia and I drove up for the day. Aunt Phyllis sent us some pictures to augment those we took. After the cakewalk, we slipped away to visit John Christ Winery and then Huntington Beach. Since the older kids have been to all five Great Lakes, we had to initiate Amelia with a dip in Lake Erie.

This has been a season for reunions. Paul and I attended my 20th high school reunion. We had a nice dinner and then a picnic for the families the following day. It was kind of cool to encounter people you once knew so well, seeing them daily. The women are fairly easy to recognize but the guys, well forget it. We did take Amelia to the picnic. Kids ranged in age from 19 to just a few months. I guess we fit right in, with an age range of 1 to 17 years.

Third, I am posting a slide show of our trip to Tennessee over Labor Day weekend. We swam daily, saw most of the families and ate great food. Paul, James, Amelia, Riley and I went to Red Clay State Park, the site of the last Cherokee Council before their removal on the Trail of Tears. We also went to Mountain View Winery. I have included some really nice mountain views from there.

Enjoy,

Teri

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