Joseph

Joseph is our musician. As I mentioned a few days back he plays trumpet in his school band. But he is even better at the piano. While in New Jersey I heard him playing the song "Beautiful Savior" so I began singing along with him. It sounded so good that his dad arranged for the two of us to do the song the next Sunday at church. I had a great time with him. The video for this post is him playing the song. While there he also had me start him on the guitar. He's a very talented young man. 10 yrs. old! The pictures show him turning the end of a spoke for a wagon wheel and playing pickup sticks.

James

I always enjoy watching James as he gets into an activity. He becomes so enthralled with it. At Milbrook it was checkers. He played with his mother, and the fellow who taught fire starting. He would have played several more times if we had let him. In the first picture he is playing shuttlecock. If you look close at the photo you can see the white shuttlecock just passing over the "net". He also had a great time with the treadle lathe which can be seen in the video.

Ethan

Ethan is our mischievous grandchild. But he is so much fun. He has an infectious laugh that makes it so you just can't help but laugh right along with him. He enjoyed our trip to Milbrook. He found a caterpillar that kept him entertained for half the trip.

Maddison

Today I'm just posting pics and a short clip of our little blue eyed wonder. She and grandpa got along quite well. She's a real flirt too.

New Jersey Trip

Sarah and I went to New Jersey for a week. We had a great time with Ruth and her family. We did so many things I can't put them all in this one post. One of the first things we did was to attend the Memorial Day parade in Dumont, NJ. Joseph played with his school band but I didn't get any good video of that. The kids played whiffle ball and other games. I showed them how to make marshmallow shooters with PVC pipe. They thought that was great. Keep watching this week and I post more.
Ron