This year’s Memorial Day weekend was filled with sweet celebrations of life and family and country…kicking it off, a birthday party for our cousin Rachel’s little girl Emily (now 5!). They live in Texas and it was so nice to see them. On Saturday we went to MA for our cousin Nicole’s wedding rehearsal, hot
A few weeks ago, Joel & Kathryn, Carolyn and Lydia went to a Photography Field Day at Kent Falls with James Staddon from Lenspiration, and his brother Jonathan. The weather was absolutely beautiful and we had a blast! We learned about the basics of photography: what is Aperture? ISO? Shutterspeed? (and much more), and got
We had a wonderful Mothers Day – all of our family was able to have lunch and spend the afternoon together! We enjoyed lunch together Then we took the opportunity to take family photos in the yard. It was starting to rain, but thankfully not too hard, so we didn’t get soaked and even were
Joel & Kathryn’s wedding was beautiful and Christ-centered. They both put a great deal of thought into the ceremony, and the whole day was a sweet testimony of their love for God. We spent time in prayer together before heading upstairs for the ceremony – just the moms and the bridesmaids. It was a very
Over the past year Daniel has been exploring the possibility of joining the military. The top question is always, “Which branch?” God provided guidance and confirmations and then started opening the doors to join the Connecticut Air National Guard. He passed the entrance aptitude test, scoring in the 99 percentile in all four categories!! Because
Kathryn, Julianna and Lydia babysit weekly for a mom’s Bible study at a church. The ladies worked with Julianna and Lydia, behind Kathryn’s back to plan a surprise bridal shower for her! It came together nicely, and it was so sweet of the ladies to do this for her. “Surprise!” And it really was –
We had a full and enjoyable Sunday last week! James and Jonathan Staddon from West Virginia emailed us that they were in CT that weekend. They joined us at church for morning service and lunch to follow. In the evening we had a concert at Harvest Baptist Church in New Hartford, CT. James Staddon has
We sisters held a bridal shower for Kathryn at our church last week – we enjoyed meeting some of Joel’s relatives, as well as the fellowship with close friends and ladies from our church. It was a blessing to see everyone’s love and generosity toward Kathryn! We had a gardening theme since Kathryn loves working
The house we live in was built in 1768, so this year we are celebrating its 250th anniversary. Our celebration so far has consisted of eating foods from our Colonial cookbook, and designing our New Year’s gingerbread village in the style of Cheshire, 1768. According to our Cheshire history book, our house was built by
Our homeschool orchestra recently closed out another wonderful season with two concerts. Kathryn Dr. Finney requested two Bennett accordions to accent the haunting oboe and flute melodies in two of Erik Satie’s Gymnopedies. Susanna and Julianna then transported us to a French cafe with a charming duet of Souviens-Toi de L’Auvergne. Our small but resilient