SEPTEMBER HAPPENINGS

 We started the month off with two weeks at Sea Pines outside of Avalon, NJ.

 My sister came and spent a few days with us. The weather was very warm and the water was great. We spent almost everyday at Wildwood Crest beach.

My son Bob brought his girlfriend down to Wildwood for her birthday in this Mercedes. This is her dream car, so he was able to borrow one from a friend. I think we look pretty good in it!

 For Bob's 35th birthday I gave him a tandem jump at Skydive Collegeville. The jump was scheduled for 11 o'clock on September 21. We were there in plenty of time, he checked in  and then we watched several people jump. When he finally asked when his turn was going to be they told him they had already called his name but none of us heard it. They had him get ready and he would be next.

 He was trained on how to position  his body during the jump.

 This was the plane they went up in.

 Notice how cloudy it has gotten. So the plane was grounded, the wind was too strong for jumping. Bob had to reschedule to October 6th at 9 o'clock.

 This is what the sky looked liked at 9 o'clock  on October 6.

 We waited three hours for it to clear. Bob sitting in his new (to him) 2012 Camry. since it didn't seem likely that he would be able to jump today we aborted the whole thing. I am disappointed for him, since I jumped several years ago and know what a rush it is.   I hope he can do it sometime in his life.

 Friday nights we have spent watching Hempfield football games, especially # 56, Brady Mathias.

 We have been golfing at least once a week at Evergreen Golf course. One Saturday we went out with Larry's son Brian and our grandson Chase. We played all 18 holes (usually we only walk 9).  Chase was getting better with each hole, it was his first time out.

 Brian was trying out his different clubs and shots. He is a pretty good golfer and was giving Chase a lot of pointers.

 One of the reasons my blog has been quiet for a few weeks is that Larry got a new computer and many of our WIFI minutes were used getting it up and running.

 The air chambers in our Sleep Number bed kept losing air each night so finally we called and had new ones sent. It took a little work to put them in the bed, but it sure is an improvement (Godiva supervised the whole thing)

 We broke down and got a Vitamix. I'm slowly learning all it can do. We started the Digest Diet and it has a lot of healthy shakes. I've made natural peanut butter and chopped a lot of vegetables. I'm sure I'll be using it a lot.

SUMMERTIME

Larry and I went with Mark to a Sportsman's club to go shooting .

Mark put up the flag so others would know we were down at the range.

Larry got his gun ready. He had some older ammunition he wanted to use.

I shot about 10 times. I hit the target with most of them but just not in the middle.

Mark fired a few rounds.

Larry was deadly with all his shots.

We went golfing with Tom and Barb.

Barb has her own clubs now.

On Sunday we went to church with Brian and Dorothy and then had a delicious steak meal at their home before we went to the lawn concert in Mountville.

Jerry Friday was the conductor. He was the band director at Octorara when  I was teaching.

We had Chase come back with us Sunday and stay overnight. Larry had an appointment in the morning so Chase and I played miniature golf, pickleball, and shuffleboard. It is fun having him with us.

 Thursday Larry went to York with Brady for his driving test. He passed, so now there is another Mathias on the road.

 We went to Cherry Hill Orchard a few miles down the road from Circle M where we are now parked. Peaches are in a little late this year.

They are so easy to pick. So we picked 20 pounds of peaches and 8 pounds of gala apples. ($1.00 a pound) Now I better get baking some pies.

 My plants have tomatoes! I  also have basil and oregano. The delicious foods of summer.

 

GIRLS WEEK AT THE SHORE

 The house we have rented for 15 years was no longer being  rented this year so we had to find a new place to stay. My sister's neighbor's son had this house for rent on Nashville Ave in Wildwood Crest, so we rented it for the first week of August. 

 It had a nice back porch with two tables, but we never got to eat out on it.

 It also had a nice front porch. Lynn went out on it to drink her coffee each morning.

 Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Friday we got to the beach.

 The water was great, clean and warm. Kathy and I were the water bugs.

 Thanks to Lynda planning ahead and realizing we would be walking to the beach this year and not driving, she bought a cart. It held four chairs, two umbrellas and all our bags. Pulling it through the sand took a little work, but other then that it made going to the beach very easy.

 I claimed the rocker but Kathy sat in it most of the time.

 Lynda knitted and Lynn read. No rush to go to the beach since it was cloudy and forecast was rain.

 Tuesday we went to Stone Harbor and shopped since it was rainy. On Wednesday we went to Ocean City and walked the boardwalk in pouring rain. Kathy said it was the first time she has ever walked the boardwalk in the rain. But they have a lot of nice shops to go into.

We ate a very good lunch at the Ocean Cafe.

 Lynda got us all our dessert - carmel popcorn. It took us the rest of the week to eat it all.

Each evening after dinner we sat around the kitchen table and played games.  The reason to go the the shore was met - enjoying the beach, catching up on friendships, and enjoying time together. We plan to go back next year.

MOVING ON

 Mark was thrilled with this car until it started to overheat after a month of ownership. He took it to the repair shop several times, then finally they said it needed a head gasket. Too costly a repair. So they agreed to take the car to auction and give back the money they were able to get for it. After having a car for two months Mark and Shannon realized how important having a car was to them, so they figured out how much a car payment they could afford. So we all went out car hunting again, but this time  not buying a car as is. We wanted a  car with a warranty.

 We went to several car dealerships and at Lancaster Toyota they showed us this 2006 Sebring.

 It is in good shape except for the scrape on the front bumper. It only has 50,000 miles and came with a 13 month warranty. It was in their price range, so the purchase was made. We hope this car will give them much better  performance and give them some good transportation for the next few years.

TOO DARN HOT

July sure has been a hot month, 90's with high humidity.Thanks to family and friends with pools, we enjoyed several cool visits.
We even played some golf, Larry really is enjoying it. He even got his sister, Barb, taking lessons and getting some clubs.
 Last Saturday Mystique and Jason came over and we all went to Mt. Gretna playhouse and saw Kiss Me Kate. The song Too Darn Hot is from the musical and it was to darn hot and humid, even at night.

Last Sunday was a party at Larry's  sister Georgine's. Her grandson, Austin,(in the blue top) was leaving on Monday to go to Kentucky for heavy equipment and crane operation school.

The guys had fun bobbing for apples and playing games. More then one way to stay cool.