Count down begins....

Grandson Jesse will be leaving for boot camp on August 27...just 5 days left to spend with his wife and son. I didn't get to see baby Julian before I left Texas, but Jesse's first leave will be for Christmas. He will be coming to Lancaster for the Holidays!

This past weekend they had a combined birthday party for Jesse's 20 th birthday and a going away party. Julian has grown so much since his arrival! It looks like everything was military themed. Blow out Daddy's candles, Julian!  Good Luck Jesse, can't wait to give you a hug.

Here's the cool kid in his sunglasses

Plow?

Every Farmer in Lancaster has a plow...so I got this one for my son Dave...good luck Dave!

Color choice

I understand guys loving John Deere Green for farm equipment...but when you lay in bed at night this is not the color I want to see...

So I had to go with a more peaceful color...

Dave's shopping trip

Friday night Dave announced that he and his friend Amos were going shopping to look at tools...what ??? I'm exhausted from this move and it's not over yet..shopping???  Are you crazy!  I went to bed and dropped into a deep sleep.

Saturday morning I got up and went on the enclosed porch to open the shades and see if it was still raining. Some how Dave managed to go out the back door, into the garage and around the house to the front porch. At first I didn't see him. Then he said.."Happy Birthday Mom"!  Birthday?  Couldn't be the end of July already...and Oh My!  Love the "tools" he and Amos were shopping for!

Cracker Barrel is not my favorite place to eat because it just seems too much is on the plate, but I LOVE to sit on their rockers and just watch people. Now Dave and Amos can eat there because I can sit at home on my rocker, watch from my porch and eat a salad...Isn't it beautiful!

The rocker is sitting where our pellet stove will sit. The Amish cradle I bought for myself a week ago instead of the bureau I needed....life is fun when you just go for it and ignore the real.

Just have to show you my winter project

I live in the corner house on our road. This is the site I have out my kitchen window. This will just have to become a wall hanging for over my sofa! Maybe a winter scene with a courting buggy going through it.

Here is the sign just inside the entrance of the bridge

July 2, 2012

What were the chances of us getting this truck to head home in??

I can't say it was a good trip...3 days turned into 6 days...but we are here. In the 2 years we were in San Antonio I only saw one horse. It was pulling a fancy tourist cart in the center of town. I guess I expected to see real horses, like cowboy's and horses. Doesn't matter, we have lots of horses in Lancaster, Pa.! Here are my new neighbor's who live next door.

Cluck, Cluck...

Here's the fat happy Hen for this month. After looking at all the chicken's together, I've decided, somewhere down the line, that these gals will need to have some bling. I most likely won't get to print out and work on July's chicken until late July. We are pretty much down to living with totes for tables and plastic outside chairs.