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!

Sad Day.

Today we lost our Kallie.

Joy turns 18!

We celebrated Joy's 18th birthday today. It's so amazing to have 4 of our 5 children in their adult years. We spent some time telling stories and praying for Joy.

Joy's "Earthquake Cake"

Sarah gave Joy the US Open cap. Joy was at The Open this year.

Joy with Grandma Landis and the sweater she gave her.

Joy being funny...

Nice smile.

Bummer, one candle left!

Joy it is a real blessing having you in our family. We are so grateful to God for you!

Oh Christmas Tree and Our Family

This past weekend we finally found a day that all our kids would be together so we could go get our Christmas tree. (It was Saturday on the way to my parents’ home for our Christmas with the Sensenig clan) So we left for Esbanshades in Lititz for our tree. This year we had a gift card for the store so we could get a better tree than normal. We chose our tree in record time because of the budget freedom and the fact that they only had about a dozen trees left. So we got our tree and had a great time walking around admiring the Christmas decorations in the store. Afterward we arrived at my parents’ home for an excellent Christmas celebration. We ate, slept, played games, slept, eat, talked and laughed… We stayed late and enjoyed what is probably the last Christmas ever at my childhood home on Pine Hill Rd.

We set our tree up in our living room Sunday afternoon and over the next day or two got the decorations on. (I think we might be done decorating at this writing) Since we celebrate the larger Sensenig Christmas the Saturday before Christmas we have a very long celebration season this year. It seems we just got done with it and yet we still look forward to it next Saturday. Fun!

Below are a few pictures from our day.

 

 

2010 Calorie Houses, Better know as Candy Houses!

Karla and Margaret in the designing stage

Sarah with her "Park"

Vinson and his "Mansion"

Erin's "Gift"

Joy's "Flower Planter"

Margaret's "Sledding Hill"

Grandma Landis' "Cottage"

"Karla's Kottage"

Geoff's "Candy!"