The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ...and Margaret

This year at school Margaret is in the play "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". I went to one of her practices last week and took some pictures. She is a tree and has no spoken parts but, in my opinion, the play just wouldn't be complete without her part! :) Since I only stayed for an hour I did not get any pictures of her on stage but will take care of that on the night of the play, so keep posted for that. I really like taking these type of pictures. It is a challeng getting good shots in the lighting and rewarding when a couple turn out nicely. If you want to go to see Margaret on stage you can see her March 30 and 31 and April 1 and 2. Call her school for more info at 717-285-2000. Or you can call me! 717-808-8650. Here are three of the pictures I took.

The battle against the White Witch.

Lucy giving Edmund a drop of the cordial to heal him from the battle wounds.

Susan and Lucy after the battle.

Get-Away

The ladies from my parents' and the Minichs' caregroup had a retreat at a cabin, about 2 hours west of us, Friday night until early evening Saturday. We took advantage of the second weekend night when my parents, sisters, some of the Minichs (Mike & Sue, and Kiera), and I spent Saturday evening through this afternoon out there as well. I cannot tell you how much I appreciated some time to get away and rest. Being disconnected for even such a short time was a wonderful blessing to just stop and do not much of anything but enjoy the goodness of God in the moment. I only wish it could have been longer. Although I am right back to the start of another week, I am nonetheless still thankful for the bright spot of this short "vacation". It was a little treasured nugget of time, filled with rest, contentment, peace, joy, and enjoyment in simply being with some of the people I love most. Both of my parents took the below shots.

Dad captured our reaction to a spider.

Mom was very interested in showing us some frogs she had seen, but we saw frog eggs instead. *ick* Not my idea of a lovely shot, but I think my parents were slightly engrossed (key-note from that word: "gross").

Congratulations Vince!

Saturday we had a celebration for Vinson's Graduation from Millersville University. He graduated this past December with a B.S. in Business Administration, Marketing and a B.A. in Economics. He also was inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honor Society for Economics. He managed to complete all this in 3. 5 years! We had two parties in one. The earlier was for families and the latter was for the rest of his friends. Needless to say the house was packed from 4 PM till 1 AM. We enjoyed food fellowship, and a time to roast, encourage, and pray for Vinson. It was a full day and we all enjoyed the celebration. Congratulations Vince!

24 Candles

Dear Sarah, Happy Birthday to you!

Every year on Sarah's birthday we celebrate with cake, presents, prayer, memories, encouragement and a song. This year once again the family gathered to celebrate her birthday and sing the song, "This Little Light of Mine" that, for me has become the anthem song for my oldest girl. We are blessed to still have both sets of her grandparents with us and here to celebrate Sarah's birthday.

Our chalk board is decorated, as usual, for the party. Margaret wrote this one.

Granddaddy Sensenig is reading his poem to Sarah.

Praying for our girl.

Sarah and Margaret with the cake that does not have 24 candles but we just pretend... :)

Aww! Spring!

Aww! Spring! A word I love the sound of, especially during the end of Winter. I love the white fluffiness and all, but when you have a long winter you can get pretty tired of it. Now I am ready for that lovely smell that floods through your nose as you step outside. Aww! The smell of Spring! Breathe it in! In case you haven’t noticed yet, Spring is my favorite season. It’s when all the little flowers pop out of the ground, aching for air. When the birds sing their morning delight. The sun warms the air. And pollen flies through the clear air! AWW! SPRING! HURRY SPRING HURRY!