Made it to MONTANA

We finally made it to Montana and worked at Beartooth Mountain Christian Ranch this June. It is such beautiful country, and we truly enjoyed the chance to work at a busy summer camp. Scott did painting and various repairs. Cynthia, Sadie and Emma worked in the kitchen.

Fun in North Carolina

We stayed with friends Darlene and David Bone, from Murphy, North Carolina. They have a lovely mountain home and took us sight-seeing to the Nantahala National Forest, and Fields of the Wood. Darlene set up 2 concerts for us at nearby churches. We had a great time there.

Sweet Home Alabama

Calera, Alabama, just 30 miles south of Birmingham was where we spent February, 2010. We made several trips to the city for fun and sightseeing. Below is the world's largest cast iron statue: The Vulcan. Created for the 1904 World's Fair. From the observation deck, we got a great panoramic view of the city.

On another day, we took a homeschool field trip with the Gober family and went to American Village. One of the buildings featured an exact replica of the Oval Office. Here's Emma on the Eagle rug.

....and Sadie at the executive desk!!
We had a great time rollerskating twice while in Alabama.

Christmas 2009

While at New Start Church, Cynthia sang with the choir in the Christmas program.

At the church Christmas party, here are Ernest and Dale, and Rose and Jerry Davidson. Walking behind them is Emma and Sadie's friend Caitlin. This is the church fellowship hall, where we enjoyed many lunches during work weeks, and a bluegrass music jam one Friday night.

Chris, Crystal and Tara at the Christmas party.Emma participated in the children's Christmas program and played the part of Mary. She sang a solo in "Isn't He?"

One evening we went to Karen and Bobby's house for food, fellowship and music. Here are sisters Karen and Donna showing us some hot licks.

Washington D.C.

Here we are standing between the Washington Monument and Lincoln Monument.

We visited our nation's capitol in late October, 2009. We were in awe of the magnificent buildings and monuments - and didn't have nearly enough time to see all that we wanted.We toured 4 of the Smithsonian museums - entrance is free, but parking is not - and that was a hassle. The museums are great - and we can't wait to get a chance to go back.

We took a guided tour of the Library of Congress. A truly magnificent building - and I hardly saw any actual books inside! We couldn't go in the reading rooms!

GOD BLESS AMERICA - the LAND OF THE FREE!

New York City ! ! ! !

Our first trip turned out to be a cloudy day - but we enjoyed the train ride down from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Station. Then we rode a city bus down to Battery Park. After 2 security checks, we were allowed aboard the ferry that took us to Liberty Island. There she is...We walked around the base, then inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. It was quite a view of Manhattan from just the pedestal balcony.On our second visit to "the city". We met up with our friends from Kansas, the Hanson family. We toured Central Park, and the Natural History Museum. There are a lot of bones in that place!! Then a subway ride over to the Astor Theater for a matinee performance of the Blue Man Group. It exceeded our expectations - we were thoroughly entertained!!

After that - a trip to Times Square and then to a famous Pizza place.

If I weren't such a country girl, I'd move here. :-)

We made it to the BIG APPLE!

Made it to Maine

One Saturday we headed out in the car from Windsor, New Hampshire and drove all the way to the Atlantic coast in the state of Maine. Sounds far - but it was just over an hour's drive.
Below is the Nubble Lighthouse.

A little too chilly to swim - but warm enough to enjoy a walk along the beach in Maine.

As we drove through Ogunquit, Maine, we saw this beautiful stone library. Just had to take a picture.