Our 25th Anniversary Trip

This is our view for 2 hours during rush hour in Orlando.

Ft. King George
(Georgia)

The biggest Bellows we've ever seen!

This little critter scared me to death!

I was climbing stairs when he darted out and I about

broke my neck flying back down the stairs, backwards!

The accomodations.

A SPECIAL VISIT WITH SOMEONE SPECIAL.....

JULIA

I was so happy to see that sweet smile again. Some of her friends.

(She has lots of them.)

Her roommate that she loves,

and of course, their room.

It was good seeing her so happy at Ambassador College.

She's made lots of friends and is attending a small church that she loves.

See in you in December, Julia.

Our Host....

(Mr. McIntosh, Aunt Esthers sisters husband.)and Hostess, (Mrs. McIntosh, Aunt Esthers sister)

while we were in NC,

and believe me, there is no better place to stay!!

Southern Hospitality at its finest.We enjoyed so much just sitting around and visiting.

It's so nice just to be able to relax and enjoy life

without all the busyness.

Mark McIntosh took us out to one of the many "Mom and Pop" diners.

Three sister with their mother.

(So many testimonies of the Lord.)

L to R, Fern, Vaughtie, Aunt Esther.

Ahhh, what a sweety.
(Silas)

My favorite place.

(The Cabin)

Peeling potatoes in 68 degree weather.

(Why am I in Florida, again?) These sister know how to make a feast in a short amount of time,

and it's the best southern cooking I've eaten.

We decided to cook dinner in the cabin on the wood burning stove.

Cheesin for the camera :)

The Brocketts surprised us all the way from New York.

Eugene and Vaughtie loved them and Mark and Amy loved them as well.

(I told you. Southern hospitality at its finest.)

We were so thrilled to see them again and spend a few days together.

(Thank you Brocketts, for making the trip extra special.)

Mr. McIntosh serving his "Strong" perfectly brewed Java,

that he cooked on the stove.

(I ask you, what more could one want?)

Wonderful Fellowship

(Uncle Jim and Ben)

Our Anniversary Present.

Amy showing the ladies how to make an Amish Toothbrush rug.

TIME FOR A TRAIN RIDE

We took a 5 hour train ride through the Smokies.

The following pics are some of the sights from the train.

When you get to the end of the line, you get 45 minutes for lunch.

We found the perfect place on this bridge, right over the rapids.

(Ben brought his red "Treasure Chest" that's always full of surprises.)

These bridges are all over the place.

You have to park on the opposite side of the river from your house and walk to your house.

A small delay on the trek back.

A tree had fallen on the tracks, so it has to be sawed down.

After visiting Cherokee, NC, we decided to eat dinner at this wonderful Steakhouse.

The APPLE ORCHARD

This was a beautiful place to get lots of apples for canning.

(Of course, they were relatives of Mr. or Mrs. McIntosh, which most people are in that area.)

Golden Delicious

Talking about the family heritage.

"Now who lives over that ridge......"

"Rome" or "Red Delicious"

All of the sisters together.

It's such a testimony to see sisters stay this close all their lives,

which is how it should be, but is very rare.

What a blessing

Rubies Herb Garden

(That I'm so envious of.)

(I got a few cuttings, so we'll see what happens.)

Ruby giving me some of her magnificent flowers to seed.

They are so beautiful, I sure hope I can grow them down here in the HEAT.We'll miss you all so much.

Till next time......

On the way home, we saw this sight and thought it was blog worthy, haha.

What a blessed time we had, with such sweet friends and family.

Thank you all and thank you to our precious children and Granny, who made it possible.

We will cherish it, always.

~Happy 25th Anniversary~

September 28th was Daddy and Momma's

Silver Anniversary!

~25 years of True Love~

"Behold, the eye of
the LORD
is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy;

Psalm 33:18

We love you Daddy and Momma,
And hope you will have 25 more wonderful
years of
Love~Joy~Peace
and
~Happiness~

May our precious Lord Continue to draw y'all
Closer to Him!

Much Love From your Children,

Happy Anniversary

And They're Off......

And so the anniversariers leave their

humble abode for a much needed week of rest and relaxation,

in the mountains of North Carolina.

We send them off with lots of hugs and kisses,

awaiting the day they shall return.

Farewell, Father

Farewell, Mother

....

......

And the littles wonder to themselves...

What shall we do without them?

And off they ride on their white
steed into the night...

;)
Now, the next few minutes of pictures are
what we did while the parents were vacationing..

We tilled up our back yard, and turned it into
rows and rows of seed beds. Mostly broccoli, some
cabbage, onions and raddishes.

Liv and her toy!

This is a sad sight indeed!!!
To you it may seem like just another picture of an old boat,
but to some of us its more that!! Ole Gray is leaving us :(
Our fathful little boat is being halled away to the road to be sold.
Lots of good memories in that old boat....

But no time for weeping,
the garden must be planted.

Make it straight!!

Water is a very important part of gardening!!

After Church Sunday, the Huron family
invited us over for lunch!
Thank you Huron family, we had a wonderful time!

Gabriel telling the boys the story about the Shipwreck.

After lunch we all played Taboo!
It was alot of fun.

Mary was our "Timer Person".

"Um.. Ok, it's um, Something with a..."

Our team won!!

After Taboo, all the girls adjourned into the kitchen and made
Pretzels!!

The skilled, teaching the, not so skilled.

Titus can't wait for them to be done!!

At last :)

Mr. Huron making sure we don't get lost on
our way home!
Thanks again for the great day!

Tuesday, we all loaded up with Granny and headed
off to go spread some cheer with a local Nursing Home.

Everyone was so lively!!

The Birthday girl in pink! Today was her
95th Birthday!

They asked us to stay and celebrate her
Birthday, so we did!! We had ice cream!!

While we were plowing up our back yard,
for some strange reason, our internet stopped working
and our phone went dead.
We couldn't figure out why on earth it did that!!!
(We cut the line with the plow.)
So the boys moved it over and buried it deeper!!

While Gabe tilled it up a little more...

we finished the short rows.

Some of y'all may remember that awhile back
Christiana got her finger stuck in the pea sheller,

This is what it looks like now ;)

~Art~

Well, to make a long post a little shorter...
We got the garden planted!

And to make this blog post even shorter, (with just one picure),
we had game night at Aunt Mary's....

We went a few other places, but this will have to do for this post.

Mamma and Daddy got home safely after 9 days of beautiful North Carolina:)
The house was still here when they got back!
They had a wonderful time. Mamma took her camera, so she
might put a few pics up here for yall some time.

Well folks thats all for now.

Good night and God bless

Posted by Ariana