Teresa Anne!!!!!!!

My new niece was born on June the 28th!! Teresa Anne Gerber 7lb 6oz, 201/2 in. long....... She's the cutest baby alive!!!! I got to spend almost a wk up in Ontaria with my sis and bro. in-law...... Twas awesome to help Emma out with housework and to hold Teresa lots n lots!!! I even got night duty time.... and i loved it!!...of course i knew i didn't have to keep doing it!:) She's got a head full of dark almost black hair....So adorable!!!!

Proud grandpa, mother, and auntie!!!

Vball tournament!!

A few wks ago Ivan n i went to western Pa and played in a vbal tournament! Our friend Leslie invited us, and it gave us a good excuse to hang out with our friends out there.... We had an awesome time!!! Competitive games.... i mean REALLY competitive games!! Especially once it came to the playoffs... Our team didn't make it into the winning bracket of the playoffs but we had tons of fun anywayz!! We did beat one of the best teams there tho.. so that helped us!:) Well ya'll know how much i love vball so i'll jus stop blabbing about it..... ;)

Leslie is delivering the spikes in this clip of us playing a team who ended up beating us...

Here are Ivan and my cousin David intentionally trying to crush Ivan's old van with a HUGE tree.... but..... they missed!!;-)

Yea.... I'm still in existence..... i think anyways??!;-) Sometimes i feel like i'm just too busy..... I guess i can say that God has mightily blessed me... Its my responsibility to use my time wisely tho......

Life has been wonderfully good!! I'm posting a few random pics of campweek in Va..... and of our new equipment shed building, when cousins were up and friends around. Since tho, I've been at Shippensburg Bible school, a friends wedding in pa, and i just came home from Maine.... where i had an awesome time with my oldest brother and fam, also hung out with some fabulous friends up there!!!:) but...my pics of all these recent activities are still on my camerea which is at my sisters house... so those will have to wait.

Playing human foosball in Va... yea that is the coolest, most fun game!!

I played defense...

Us girls ready to work... we were set on all kinds of cleaning jobs throughout the week.

we did get the closet clean.... eventually!:0)

Our new shed.... in the works

Ivan n Al workin...... (if you're wondering... i dID go out and help too.... I've left my trademark on it with a few crookedly cut boards!;)

My l'il cousin

Cousins workin....

Sam Byler's at work......

... yea.... thats Leroy way up there!

Well, take care ya'll..... As ever~Es

Hi!! This is merely an UPDATE!! I'm still fully-functioning... at least in most entirety!! I was in the BEAUTIFUL state of VA since Saturday a week ago- till yesterday..... Had a grand time at FMH( Faith Mission Home)....I will post pics soon and fill in a little more...... As Always~Es

New Orleans Reunion!!!

Ok.... finally an update about my last wkend for you who have been bugging me!;) Just to let you know it was a completely, totally awesome time!! There's just nothing like cousins and friends who you can be entirely cool and relaxed with! So props to the New Orleans crew and all the rest who made everything fabulous! .......Well we had been expecting them around 7 Friday night, but................. due to Al's overload of work and putting the rest off 3 times they didn't leave till 7 , and didn't get here till bout 11 for a very late supper..... but of course no one was ready to settle down that early...so we all headed to sarah's basement and played pool n ping-pong n looked @pics just hung out till about 1:30 A.m! Saturday was broomsock in the barn:) and vball in Whitney Point where we finally managed to find a gym.... then McDonalds, then singing and listening to my cousin play keyboard at home till after midnight.... all in all it was a great weekend and i'm still recovering from sleep loss!! So here's a few pics...
My cousin Hoyt.....(The coolest guy around!)

Me....

The crew.... playing broomsock in the haymow (for all you non-culture folks, thats an Amish version of paintball!!;) That was such a party!!

Making our weapons with the trusty baler twine...

The guys admiring Ivan's Scout .... one of his projects!!(He does plan to get it on the road!)

Paul and Joe fighting..............

Vball.... *sigh* we had such awesome games!!

Jamie up for the serve...

Al and Paul up...

The guys cleaning up the Filthy floor.... Al with his "little" broom!

Twila n I.... i miss you girl!!!

The cousins with my mom.....

Joe reading to the young 'uns on Sunday

Kenley(a girl Sarah babysits) in her Sunday dress..... she is one of the cutest li'l girls out there!! Well i gotta run...... Love to all and God Bless Us Everyone, Always~Es

"To be or not to be- that is the question."

so...... anyone????? You have any idear who that is??:) Come on........ well let me tell you... its Shakespeare.... Hamlet...... and just to clue you in, i read it in a devotional..... trust me-i'm not that educated!!! In poor melancholy Hamlet's situation, he was contemplating committing suicide. No, i'm not where he was(Thankfully!)... but i really do like that phrase- Its plain down black and white... It applies to every bump in the road. ....Will i be thankful on this problematic day?? .....will i be responsible enough?? will i cooperate when things don't go my way?? will i remember to take everything to God in Prayer?? Will i talk when i should SHUT UP?? ........ well you get the picture! The last week has been very interesting for me.... a learning experience. Sometimes i just cant do everything that i had planned.... i had to choose what is more important..... and i know i failed in at least one area. Its been good for me!! Well right now i need to choose to either please Ivan by getting to chores on time.... or procrastinating longer!!:) well me thinks i'm gonna run!! ;-) As Aways~Me