Thanksgiving Vacation! Nov. 15-25

First leg was to head east to Lancaster Thursday eve.  Fri. Petra went to LMH w Olivia, Linden went on some history errands and I spent the day w Bev.  Sat (17th) we headed west to Goshen.  Had supper w Gloria and then made our way north to the Smucker/miller cabin in Michigan.  Too bad... no pics.

Sunday we went to church w Gloria and got to hear Parables!  Took Gloria with us back to cabin for lunch and naps then we all drove to South Bend to pick up Anna from the train.  After dropping the 3 girls at Gloria's house.  Linden and I went back to the cabin for almost 2 days to ourselves.  Tue we went back to campus to hear Gloria sing at a master class at 3:00 in the afternoon.  We had tamales in town and then we went to Hymn Club at 8:30.  Next day, (Wednesday) I drove to Goshen to pick up all three girls.  We did a little shopping in there too.



Thursday, we packed up and all drove to Archebold, Oh for Thanksgiving Feast with Sarah's family.  What a feast!  Sarah had been surprised Austin by showing up at his apartment last Friday.  The two of them drove to Oh on Tue.

Glitch

I can't seem to get my picture to come over here to my blog.  So I'll give you my new favorite quote.

"Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos." 
 I Ching, the Kanji

Stray Photos from 1211

 

Levi stops in to see Grandma every now and then.  This time Gloria was home on Christmas break.

Braxton

Christmas Eve, Bethlehem Cafe

Kelsey, Mike, Matt, Jason, Linden playing Friendly Beasts

Anna in Paris and Amsterdam Jan 17 - Feb 2

Anna and 3 classmated from USF after their performance in Paris.  Melena, Ivana, Anna, their hostess, and Josh

Sight seeing in Amsterdam with Melena and Ivana.

with Jan Gleystien's sister at Singles Mennonite Church in Amsterdam.

Anna stayed in Amsterdam a few extra days and then flew directly to PA for Lena 's wedding.   She stayed with Onijdas Sijtsma and he arranged for her to play for two additional recitals.  

Anna was with an armful of tulips after a recital.  She hate leaving them behind the next day.

More Miscellaneous

Grantley and Monica's commissioning service w y group.

Church retreat - Deanna, Skrobee, Logan, Petra, Katrina, Alyssa, Moriah