{Tim & Khara}

Happy 3rd Anniversary!!!



{Khara}

Happy 30th Birthday, Khara!!!

We love you SO much and hope you have a great day!

"You can't start

the next chapter

of your life if you

keep re-reading

the last one."

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{Corn}

This year, we were able to grow some corn in our garden.
(We haven't had much success growing corn in the past few years.)

We got several bushels of corn to freeze from one of Tim's customers.
Tim & Kaleb did all the husking.

It takes alot of people, alot of dishes, and makes a big mess to
do up corn.

Kaitlyn & Karissa are the designated cutters.

Katrina washed it all.

I handled the measuring and cooking, etc. - kept things moving.




It was sooo nice to be able to keep all the mess of doing corn in the basement.
Thanks, Dianna, for some of your old cabinets!!!!

Corn cooling before it was bagged for the freezer.


Tim, Kaleb, & Katrina picked the last of the green beans while the
rest of us bagged the corn, and cleaned up the mess.

Everything went so smoothly and quickly this year!  It was a great day.

~Cindy~

{Have an Awesome Autumn}

~The Wagners~

{True Beauty}



"The curve of a smile
is a woman’s most perfect curve
and the only tag that matters
is the one that says

Robed in the Righteousness of Christ."

~Ann Voskamp~

{Finished}

Well, after two weeks and a little bit of trouble with my serger machine

(thanks, dad, for fixing it and saving me a lot of money and a trip to LaVale!),

I finally finished about 45 potato bags!!!

I usually only make them once every season, but I got my fabric for a really good deal,

so I ended up making the ones for Fall/Thanksgiving and Christmas all at the same time.

Now I all I have to do is drop them off at Penn Alps!!  

Grandma, I hope I have made you proud!

Thank you for teaching me how to make them!!!

~Karissa~

{What's New with Kelley?}

#1. Kelley is now a certified Medical Transcriptionist!!!

She finished her courses the middle of July and received her diploma mid August (yes, I'm running behind, I'm sorry!) She's not employed yet, as she started her third semester in college last week, but is excited about getting a job later on to help pay her way through medical school!

#2. Kelley is now trained in CPR!

#3. Out of 900 students, Kelley was one of 19 students invited to be in the Honors Program

at Garrett College! This will be the third semester out of 3 semesters that she has been invited to this program!

God has blessed Kelley's diligent work.

Congrats, Kelley!

  

{Cindy}

Happy 52nd Birthday,

Mom!!!

Thanks for being the greatest mom ever!!!



{Riley Reunion}

Saturday, August 11, 2012 the Riley Reunion was hosted by Doug & Terry Riley,

at their Pleasant Valley home.  This was our last family reunion of the season.

Nancy Fike, Gladys Paugh, Aunt Eileen and Uncle Melvin Custer, Glen Custer, and Dale Fike

Katy Riley and Amy playing Bananagram

Sisters-in-law: Aunt Helen Friend & Aunt Peggy Riley

Uncle Melvin and Judy Moore

Aunt Peggy

Teresa Chapman, Terry Riley, Linda Ford

Karissa, Tim, Kaitlyn, Aunt Helen and Glen Custer

Doug and Terry are great hosts!!!  We appreciate all the work they put into this reunion every year.

My Dad's sisters:  Ada Jane VanHorne, Helen Friend, and Eileen Custer

Uncle Bruce VanHorne

Another pair of sisters:  Nancy Fike and Gladys Paugh

Katrina looks forward to riding Doug's horses every year!!!!!!

Doug, Alli & her son, Blake

The pinata is an another annual tradition.....(Kaleb, Andrew, Katrina, Nathan, and Doug)

and Doug has the most fun of all!!!

Kaleb swung at it............and Doug jerked it away in the nick of time. :)

Melvin Custer, Nancy Fike, Doug Riley, Eileen Custer, & Gladys Paugh

What a blessing to have a time to visit and laugh together.

-Cindy-