40 Years

October 19, 1973

 

And Then - - -

Jason Michael

Jaclyn Diane

Rachel Hope

Emily Caroline

Laura Christine

Hannah Grace

 

 

And Then - - -

Jason and Jennifer Robinson

Jaclyn and Daniel Frankenberger

Rachel and Jimmy Isbill

Emily and Jon Thomasson

Laura and Michael Henshaw

 

 

And Then - - -

Caleb Frankenberger

Jack Frankenberger

Lilly Isbill

Sam Frankenberger

Lucy Isbill

Jonas Robinson

 

 

And Now - - -

October, 2013

What's Next?

 

We don't know, but we trust God that the next ?? years will be as exciting and blessed as the past 40 have been.

Lake Lure Flowering Bridge

Phillip took a vacation day on Friday and we went to the mountains.  We found this delightful place in Lake Lure, the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge.  When a new bridge was built, the community got together and turned the old bridge into a garden.  It was a wonderful place to explore, exactly the kind of garden I'd plant if I had the expertise and creativity.  We couldn't figure out how we didn't notice this when we were there in March for Laura's wedding.  When we read the literature, we realized that it wasn't planted until April so the plantings are very recent. 

 

Notice the mirror in this picture.  

This planter was in the tropical garden.  It's made from an old tire cut and painted to look like a parrot.

Every garden had its own "gardener," characters made of pumpkins and gourds.  

This guy was our favorite.

 

This one is for Lilly, who loves fairies.  I doubt if this kind of fairy has visited her fairy garden at home, but she seems happy in her Lake Lure fairy garden.

September

September at our house -

 Lilly lost another tooth.  She pulled it herself with some coaching from her Pom-Pom.

My great-nephew Devin picked roses for me.  He was really proud of them.

We celebrated Hannah's 19th birthday with Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

 Lucy took our pictures.

We visited Jaclyn and Emily in Virginia.  This is Phillip and Sam.  The older boys had a busy weekend and we didn't get any pictures of them, but we did get to see them.  Emily had to work but we got a brief visit with her, too.  No pictures, though.

 Jaclyn and Daniel

Sam sent some of his toys for Jonas to have.  We kept some of them at our house so he would have more boy stuff to play with.  You are witnessing a battle between Woody and Batman. It wasn't nearly as vicious as the Barbie battles he used to mastermind.