Tea at Two, September 22

These are the cucumber sandwiches Emily and I made for the tea!

Jason and Emily provided the background music.

The Lord really helped them to play well and not be nervous.  Jason also played the piano while people were eating and everybody enjoyed their music.

Vernell and Karen, the ladies responsible for the decorations.  They bought many teapots so each table had one as a centerpiece; they also purchased more tea cup sets and donated to the Historical Society so we had plenty without having to borrow.  They are amazing, creative, and generous ladies!

The tables were all so pretty!

Close up of the table decor, and the program that Beth designed

Me at the quilt raffle table

One of the teen age servers, serving tea with the teapot Rowen got me for my birthday this year!

Another one of the teen age servers.  She is placing a piece of candy at each setting.  In the background, Jason and Emily are playing right beside the raffle quilt.

Folks coming in the door for the tea; the hats were a fun touch to the Tea.

Some of our favorite people with me in the picture: Dr. Cara Brown and daughters, Faith and Hope.

Picture taken when most of the people were there.  The lady at the microphone (click on the picture to see it larger) is Pat.   She was the organizer behind the Tea again this year.  Last year's tea was a Mother/Daughter Tea.

The serving line for the yummy food!

Our speaker, Preethi Burkholder, adding cream to her tea.

Preethi is from Sri Lanka.  She spoke on the history of tea and gave first hand accounts of visiting the tea estates in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).  She provided door prizes of Ceylon tea.

 Tea at Two was a fundraiser for the Johnstown Historical Society.  Everybody had a fun time and it was a beautiful event!

September Cabin Vacation

We were thrilled that Beth and Jason's boss let them off two days together, so we could go on a little family vacation Sept. 14-16!  Rowen had to work four weeks of Monday-Thursday 10 hour days, with Friday off, so it worked for us to leave early Friday morning Sept. 14.  We first went to Royal Gorge, since our younger three had not been there before, that any of us can recall.

The water clock inside the entrance

Waiting to ride the aerial tram car across the Gorge

This was obviously not when we were in the tram car, but Emily did such a great job of capturing the soaring bird with it!

Inside the tram car.  On the way back, it was empty except for operator and us.  Everybody else walked back the long way.  We wanted to ride again and walk later.

Next we went down into the Gorge via the incline railway.  This picture shows how the cars pass each other in the middle .  We were waiting at the bottom to go back up when we took this picture.

Taken down by the Colorado River.  The bridge looks so skinny from here!

On the stairs going down to the River.

Pictures taken down in the Gorge, with the background out of focus

On the bridge

A kind passerby took this picture for us, so we could all be in it.  The same wind that  made the flag stand out so pretty, also made my hair stand on end!  

We rode the carousel there.

After Royal Gorge, we drove an hour through the mountains to the Lake George cabin our dear friends, the Browns, let us use.

Last year, the cabin pictures had me either bald or hat covered.

Our "telephone hill" spot high on the property where cell phones work, if you hold your mouth just right!

Also a fun place to do pictures

We think this picture is funny, because it looks like Jason has an extremely long arm.  The hand on Beth's shoulder really belongs to Emily!

Jason wasn't feeling his super best because of getting two wisdom teeth out on Monday of that week.

We played horseshoes on Friday and Saturday evening.  Some people got their pictures taken after heroic throws.  ;) 

Beth entertained us by pretending to play a flute.

Rowen and Jason had a Bible study on the deck.

We went on a hike around a lake on Saturday.

Our kids like to rock scramble.

There was a pump well there.

and some pretty aspen.

Beth and I put our feet in at the lake, while Jason and Emily climbed mountains.

Packing up to leave on Sunday morning.

Hoping to come again next year!

Pictures Emily took on Sunday when we drove through Garden of the Gods