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Civil War event – Part II

On Sunday, when I went back to the Civil War Event at Hanna’s Town, I had Autmn along with me.  She was my photographer and did a good job of it!  She also took a video of the skirmish in

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Civil War at Hanna’s Town

This weekend at Historic Hanna’s Town was the first annual Civil War encampment.  I was so excited to be a part of all the activities!  The day started with a parade of all the regiments and the reenactors.  There were

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Painting rocks!

Tuesday was a very fun day for me!  I was blessed to have Kelly and the boys come up and spend the day.  Jen brought the girls over a little before lunch, and the cousins could have a great time

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Snoopy and Purple!

This has been an adventurous 10 days for me!  According to my uncle, I have sort of gotten myself ‘stuck’ in a rut, and I have decided to climb out.  So, step one and step two, accomplished!  And even a

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Skunk Hollow Girls at Hanna’s Town!

Saturday was our annual Spring (a little late….) get-together of the Skunk Hollow Girls – all cousins, all friends.  We started the day by meeting at Historic Hanna’s Town, where I was able to give the girls a ‘deluxe’ version

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Amelia Jane

We had a very lovely time yesterday celebrating the pending arrival of my niece Sarah’s baby in September.  It was all things PINK and elegant as we enjoyed sharing our love, time, and the showering of gifts on the Owens

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Court Days

This weekend was Court Days at Historic Hanna’s Town.  Westmoreland County Historical Society – with a huge array of volunteers – present life as it was in the late 1700’s, right down the road.  And I loved it!  To give

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Birthday

I have mixed feelings about the birthday that I just ‘celebrated’.  It’s wonderful to know I am loved and appreciated, but my heart was a little heavy with so much concern over my parents.  Although they are doing very well,

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A turn for the worst….

Since my last post, we got word that my step-father fell in the kitchen and broke his shoulder (turns out he bruised his hip as well).  It was a scary, rough couple of days, shuffling schedules and making care-giving phone

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HAMMER-EATING TREE!

I’m sure you are familiar with Charlie Brown’s kite-eating tree.  Well, we have a hammer-eating tree!  It kind of started when Kelly’s boys (Peyton, Logan, Chase) were tossing football with Kelly’s friend Jamie’s daughters (Josie and Julia).  The group came

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