July 4th is one of my favorite days!  I love celebrating independence, and those men and women who risked everything to make us a nation, a great nation.  Several years ago we spent the 4th in Williamsburg VA and that…

We interrupt our regularly scheduled posts (the Philly trip!) to take you on a little journey back to Court Days 2018 at Hanna’s Town.  I have posted LOTS of pictures and information about Hanna’s Town, which was the first English…

It’s no secret to anyone who knows me even just a little bit that going to Philadelphia and getting ‘historic’ has been on my bucket list almost forever!  When Kathy and I finally decided that 2018 was going to be…

Today was an especially important day in our church history:  we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the first service of the Hempfield Church of Christ.  Out of the 100 original charter members, seven were in attendance this morning, and three…

The first Sunday of May each year is Free Museum Day in Ligonier.  This year, as part of their home school program, Kelly and Matt brought the boys up and we made a day of it.  The cloudy drizzle did…

The Hempfield Area schools are winding down for another year, and with it comes activities and concerts to share the student progress with parents and friends.  Last night I went to Harrold Middle School for their band concert performance.  Chrissy…

Last week I decided that the lilac shrubs needed cleaned out – they were too thick and too tall.  Got them thinned out, but didn’t want to cut them short until after they had bloomed.  So on Sunday night I…

Last week I had the pleasure of attending Hempfield High School’s spring choral concert.  I haven’t been in the high school auditorium since Nate graduated from High School!  But Autmn was in the chorus and I was not working that…

Our family plans for Mother’s Day this year were very low key – which was happily fine with me!  After church, Chrissy and I stopped at Aldi’s to pick up a few items.  The store is closing for a massive…

I decided I would work backwards – I am behind 3 or 4 posts and will try to catch up quickly.  But I’ll start with this past weekend, as Kath and I took our monthly journey up I-79 to visit…