Ricketts Glen!

We visited Ricketts Glen for a day during our "Staycation" this year.   

Thursday, June 28, 2012

A long and beautiful hike!

Farewell To The Hunting Cabin!

This Summer we made our last visit to the Hunting Cabin! On August 12th 2011 we set out on a great adventure to say farewell to the Hunting Cabin. We stayed there for the weekend then headed home. Here are some pictures of our time! Enjoy!

                                     

Geoff's off duty post...

I'm off duty for this year. After two 12 hour shifts and one 6 hour shift we have almost 100% of the groups safely tucked in here at Creation 2011. Now I get a chance to look at pix and post some. Some of these are mine, some are Karla's and some are Sarah's.

Dad enjoying the view from the deck.

Joy and Vinson camping "Indi's" as Vinson calls them.

Me, (Geoff) Margaret, and Joanie directing campers at "the bottom of the hill".

This is the line we faced for many hours...

Sarah heading out to help Vinson and Joy camp people.

Proof for my mom that I AM using sunscreen... Love you mom!

Erin being creative with canvas...

Mom enjoying the view...

My wonderful wife, reading a good book and relaxing. Thanks dear, I love you!

Congrats Joy!

Yippee!!!! Joy finally Graduated on June 7th 2011! (Which happened to be my last day of school!) The whole family (plus Sara Rankin) went to Joy's high school graduation from Conestoga Valley, at Calvary Church. We got pictures with her and pictures of her walking and with her friends. Then when we got home we celebrated with cake and ice cream! Congrats Joy! Here are some pictures taken by Geoff Sensenig (Daddy!)

The Creek Hill Road Weekend Newspaper

This is a newspaper I made for my siblings since they were gone at NEXT. Enjoy! :) (That's why it's in 3rd person!)

The Creek Hill Road Weekend Newspaper

Front page

May 28^th, 2011

By: Margaret Ann Sensenig

On Saturday, May 28^th 2011, Sarah, Erin, Joy and Vinson Sensenig left Pennsylvania to go to NEXT in Florida, with Karla (mom) taking them to the airport in Philly. Meanwhile, Margaret and Geoff Sensenig went to Gettysburg and Margaret was in a soccer tournament with CV Lanco. They had three mini games, which contained of twenty minutes each, to find out their seating. CV won all these games. And this put CV Lanco in 1^st place in their division. Then they played a longer game of twenty minutes per half, and CV also won that game. Then after their victory they went home, and Margaret went to her friend, Julia Pritchard’s house to celebrate her 13th birthday. There they had dinner, then played games and then finally watch “Monk”. Then Margaret went home and went to sleep.

May 29^th, 2011

By: Margaret Ann Sensenig

On Sunday, May 29^th, 2011 Karla, Geoff and Margaret Sensenig went to Gettysburg again to finish Margaret’s soccer tournament. The first game was at 8:00am. CV Lanco lost their first game of the day, 0-3. Then they won their second game 2-1. And CV Lanco got 5^th Place.

Since Margaret was reading the book, “Ella Enchanted” on their way home they picked up the movie, “Ella Enchanted” from Blockbuster. When they got home they watched it. “I just watched "Ella Enchanted" But I must say the book is ten times better then the movie.” – Margaret Sensenig. Then they relaxed and went to bed.

May 30^th, 2011

By: Margaret Ann Sensenig

On Monday, May 30^th, 2011 was Memorial Day, so Margaret didn’t have school, so she went to work with her dad, and help him install bathroom cabinets in the Ovalle’s bathroom. This was with Sensenig Woodworking. Then after they finished that they went home. And then after they got ready to leave, they went to Penn Cinema and watched “Pirates of the Caribbean 4, On Stranger Tides”. Then when they came home Margaret went to the Millen’s house because they got their two Golden Retriever puppies. Their names were Willow, and Serena. Then after playing with the puppies, Margaret went home and her mom and her watched girl’s soccer on ESPN 360.

May 31^st, 2011

By: Margaret Ann Sensenig

On Tuesday May 31^st, 2011 Margaret went to school at Dayspring Christian Academy. And had a party in Latin class, and they had snacks. Then in Bible class they made Welcome cards for the new people joining their class next year. Then Margaret got home at about 3:15, and went to her Grandparent’s house (Landis). And Margaret played with Kody and trained him a little. Then they came home and Margaret wrote this paper.

Now I am hoping to get my individual soccer pictures for my Dayspring Memory Mate, and one for the 3v3. Then I want to run later. (And I finished all of this!)

Joys Senior Prom

This year Joy is graduating from Conestoga Valley High School. She is our fourth child to survive 12 years of school. Graduation is on June 7. Joy attended her High School Prom, escorted by Nathanial Millen. She looked wonderful and they both had a great time. Congratulations to Joy on her graduation!
      Dad and Mom.

The finishing touches...

Waiting for her escort.

Comfort and style...

The perfect gentleman, Nathanial Millen.

 

Details...

...details...

...details.   The details are hand-made by Joy.

2nd Annual OneMission 3v3 Soccer Tournament

This past Saturday (May 21st) we had our 2nd 3v3 Tournament, and we raised $263.57 for OneMission. If you have facebook, you can view the slideshow here:
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=164553010273857

Older Girls

1st Place

Red

"Chariots of Fire"

Melanie Millen

Margaret Sensenig

Megan Crutcher

2nd Place

Yellow

"Yellow Jackets"

Julia Pritchard

Ashley Crutcher

K. Hope Privitera

Ahna Davis

3rd Place

Light Blue

"Dominos"

Sierra Stillman

Abigail Davis

Keaton Bunting

4th Place

Lime Green

"Electric Limes"

Ruth Anne Millen

Annaliese Stillman

Hannah Privitera

Younger Girls

1st Place

Orange

"Fire Blazers"

Coach: Margaret Sensenig

Joanna Boone

Morgan Heitland

Faith Privitera

2nd Place

Green

"Sour Apples"

Coach: Julia Pritchard

Elisabeth Millen

Claudia Heitland

Felicity Privitera

Erin Gifford

3rd Place

Darker Blue

"Blue Chargers"

Coach: Sierra Stillman

Celia Stoltzfus

Kara Bunting

Deirdre Gifford

Sad Day.

Today we lost our Kallie.

Grandaddy Sensenig is 78

Last weekend we celebrated my dad's 78th birthday. It was meant to be a surprise but sometimes things just don't work out as planned. My dad was not totally surprised but he was blessed and we had a great time. What a blessing to celebrate God's goodness with granddaddy.

Granddaddy and Grandma enjoying the performance...

...Strings...

...Keys...

...Oration...

...and the best for last, Blue Grass!

The admiring throngs

The birthday boy was finally able to extinguish all the flaming cupcakes!


Happy Birthday Granddaddy!

Margaret, the Tree!

Margaret has enjoyed her role as a tree in the play, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was fun being part of a fun school project. As promised I have uploaded some pictures of her and also a bonus, the slideshow we made of the play. Enjoy!

Margaret is a great tree!

She's in bad company here...

The curtain call bow.

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").