JULY ACTIVITIES

 July 6th Chase took his drivers test. Grandpa giving him  pretest instruction.

 Passing parallel parking! He passed it all and  is now a licensed driver.

 Friday we met Marie for lunch at Oregon Dairy. Sorry I forgot to take a picture. It was good seeing her and glad she is doing well. We then went to Green Dragon to do a little shopping. We hadn't been there in a few years. It was a hot day and after walking around for awhile we were ready to go home.

 Saturday we went to Washington Borough Tomato festival. Lots of good food and lines were long. Larry waiting patiently.

There was a  good band, could have done some dancing.

 Some games of chance to play by different organizations. The fire company had a unique activity, Smash a Car, three hits for $1. By the end of the night there wasn't any bumper, lights or windshield.

 On Sunday we moved to Gettysburg Farm. Mystique and Eric only lives 10 miles from here. I watched the girls on Tuesday while they went to the doctors and returned with pictures of our grandson to be born in November. Can you find Ashtyn in the picture?

 There are lots of animals here to see and pet. Many goats and they all were kid friendly, not bothered by Ashtyn petting them at all.

 Grandpa had a VA doctor appointment in Lebanon, but he made it back in time to sit with Averie.

 We like playing golf at this course.

 Larry and I played the back 9 on Monday. He had his game on and almost made a hole in one!

 Barry and Donna are here at the campground. They hadn't been golfing for a long time but had their own clubs so we payed the front 9 on Wednesday. It is a nice par 3 golf course, a good place to get back in the game.

We had a good time and it is nice visiting with them.

DAYS OF CELEBRATIONS

 On Saturday we went to Brian's and Dorothy's for their annual July party.

 Dorothy sitting with Mark waiting for the storm to pass.

It was nice seeing Mark and Danielle and her daughter.

 Rain is over and the games began. Chase playing the Frisbee game.

 Brady looking cool in his colorful summer outfit.

 Brian getting the area for the corn hole game cleaned and set up. We left before the tournament began.

 We went to the Buck for demolition derby. Because of the rain they really had to work to get the area ready for the derby.

 We had a smashing good time, but left before the fireworks.

 On Tuesday, the 4th we went to Lynda's for the day. Lots of good food.

Lynda and Bob watching the Philadelphia celebration. It started pouring when we were getting ready to leave so we waited for it to stop. Collingsdale fireworks were not starting till 10, so we decided not to stay for them.  We saw fireworks all the way back to Lancaster off in the distance. It was a full few days of celebration.

GRANDPARENT TRAINING 101

 On Tuesday morning we went over and picked up our two granddaughters to watch them until Thursday afternoon. Averie is standing but not walking yet.

 The sofa was a great place to play for she would pull herself up and look out the window or go to the end and reach as much as she could from the counter. She is a very happy, contended baby.

 Ashtyn and I made some purple play dough. She had fun playing with it with Grandpa. She is growing up fast. She is talking clearer now, knows her colors and started counting. She just got potty trained and didn't have one accident.
We had a stroller for Averie, so we took lots of walks around the park. Ashtyn was a good hiker. Ashtyn and I went swimming one day. It was fun having the girls.

Mom and dad back from their anniversary trip to the Poconos. There will be a little boy added to the family in November. We enjoy getting to know our grandchildren.

FAMILY TIME

 June 18, Sunday, we drove to Millersville,PA from Virginia. We arrived about noon and by 1 we were at Brian's for a Father's day cookout.

 Chase showed us his car. He goes for his drivers licence in a few weeks. On Monday Larry and Chase played golf at Evergreen.

 Wednesday Larry, Eric and I played 18 holes of golf at Briarwood.  Well, I only played 6 holes and was the driver of the golf cart and had fun putting at each hole.

 It was a beautiful day and a beautiful course.

 We then went over to Eric's and Mystique's for  crab.

 Ali, Mystique's friend, taught me how to open the crab. Lot of work for a little meat. Tim holding their new little girl, Sadie.

 Our grand daughter, Averie. She is nine months old. She sure has grown since we last saw her.

Our other grand  daughters, Alivia giving Ashtyn a ride in the go car. It was a nice gathering of family and friends.

Sunday we played pitch and putt at Evergreen with Larry's sister Barb and her husband before heading to the Park City Diner.
This week we also had a visit from my son, Bob.  My sister, Lynda, came and we went shopping and then I went shopping with my friend Ruthann. A full week of seeing our family and friends after being away for 9 months. It is the reason we spend the summer each year in PA.

BACK AGAIN

 We were having problems with squirrels climbing on our screens on the lanai so Larry put some peanut butter in a trap. the next morning we had caught us  a possum.

 Larry let him go.

 The next morning he was back. We let him go again, but I guess he had his fill of peanut butter for he hasn't returned. We never  did get a squirrel.

On Memorial Day weekend we took our last trip to Epcot before leaving to hear the Spinners. More our kind of music and I love their choreography.

HOME IMPROVEMENT

 We decided it was best to get a new heating and cooling system put in before we headed north, so they came at 7 this morning.

Working on it. It should be more efficient and save us money in the long run. We are having a new thermostat put in we can adjust from our phone.We knew we were going to have to do it soon but were thinking we would do it when we came back in the fall, but were afraid  it may fail while we were gone, so why wait.

LOOK AND LISTEN

 Last week we spotted this little gator in our back pond. The next day he was sun bathing on the driveway of a neighbors down the street. He then laid by their front door, some boys "encouraged" him to move on to the pond across the street.

 We are amazed at how low the pond is getting. We never saw this pipe and piece of concrete before. Sure hope rain this summer fills our pond back up.

 Went to see Guess Who at Epcot on Monday.  They were a little too loud and rocky for my ears. We have seen Herman's Hermits before much more our taste in music and plan to go hear them this weekend.

Since Sunday I have been working on this puzzle. 750 pieces, a little bit of a challenge, especially cause you couldn't pick up a group of puzzle pieces to move them. You had to work the pieces in the puzzle where they belonged. Now it is time to stop playing and start packing up the RV and get the house ready to close up.