Many good times over here this fall. Below is a gallery with some captions to follow….
First a few videos from the Shakespeare Festival Weekends….
And now…a Gallery. Click on the first picture to view.
(Comments below the photo)
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- Decorating the house for fall.
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- My kids get creative and I watch as beautiful things emerge!
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- Gin adds her unique flair this year.
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- Piano
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- The girls used old books this year to add a touch.
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- Rosie does the high stuff.
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- Our decorations are from our favorite thrift store/coffee shop.
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- Our Lady comes next….
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- Lovely!
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- Rosie’s fall doilies!
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- Gemma and Angelo…
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- Annie pitches in!
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- A beautiful bouquet from Hannah
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- Kansas sunflowers
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- Our beautfiul Mary garden
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- Setting up for the Shakespeare festival!
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- Gin adds some touches to our booth.
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- Rosaries, jewelry, etc.
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- Gin and Jeanette’s Kanzashi flowers are always a hit!
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- Theresa’s soap side of the booth gets decorated.
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- Soap, soap, soap!
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- Beautiful Spanish mantillas!
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- We bring everything home each night and set it all up again each day.
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- Hold the ladder, Ben!
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- Hubby’s Mushroom Shop was a hit!
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- He offered Gourment mushroom soup and deep fried mushrooms!
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- Step up and get your deep fried mushrooms!
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- This is the back of our booth where Adam is devouring a big bag of chips!
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- Tony and Ed get their game booth ready.
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- Devin, Theresa and Sophia
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- Theresa and Sophia
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- Virginia
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- Theresa and Virginia (Gin)
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- First night…a quick snap of some of my girls.
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- Sophia
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- Evening hubbub…
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- Mushrooms coming up!
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- Father holds up the roof.;)
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- David and Sean
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- Avila’s big smile!
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- Theresa’s Sienna at the booth
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- Festival artist
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- She does very nice work!
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- Some friends visiting from Idaho.
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- Wholesome hubbub!
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- Watching the rope climb was a favorite this year!
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- Games
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- Ernie and Steph singing on the stage. They did a wonderful job!
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- And they have a captive audience!
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- Singing at the festival
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- Father Eichman and friends!
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- Good friends! Robert, Joseph, Jerome.
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- Mike and….Groucho Marx??
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- Ready for the deep fryer!
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- Breading mushrooms for festival
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- Oldest grandson, Edward, making up some expresso.
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- Ooooo…Jeanette’s lovely sourdough!
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- Yum!
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- A little skeet shooting…
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- Pull!
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- Sean has to sit on his blanket while praying the rosary.
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- Dogs anyone?
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- Toby….Just hangin’ with the watermelons.
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- Cozy around the warm, crackling fire.
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- Rosie, Hannah and Madeline do some ziplining.
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- Esther and sister, Agnes
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- Grandkids playing in the fall leaves
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- Vin and David
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- Gin and kiddos at their favorite haunt, God’s Storehouse
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- Esther in the hospital
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- Puppy love
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- Theresa’s tea ring
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- Esther and Godmother, Rosie
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- A boy and his ducks….
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- De-kerneling the corn for the ducks.
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- Esther and Jeanette
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- Friends and family around our campfire
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- Talented friends, Robert and Joseph
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- A little “Secret Hitler” (a game) anyone?
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- Beautiful October days in Kansas
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- Singing with friends.
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- Z’s pumpkin cheesecake
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- Bow Shoot!! Rosie and Jeanette
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- Jeanette
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- Angelo and Jeanette
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- You’re going down…
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- Angelo and Rosie
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- Angelo aims. We have some amazing 3D targets for the Shoot
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- Hannah takes aim.
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- Rosie
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- The kids do a lot of practicing before the shoot
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- Rosalie provides delicious food!
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- Sons, Colin and Sep with Dad
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- Trophies are ready
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- Son-in-laws Devin and David on right and left win trophies at the Bow Shoot! Good friend, Martin, in the middle.
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- Grandsons, Ben and Toni
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- Grandson’s middle and right, Johnny and Jacob, with friend, Philip
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- Daughter Jeanette, on the left and Maria win at the Bow Shoot!
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- One of Gin’s creations
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- Rosie gives Angelo and grandson, Ed, guitar lessons.
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- My grandkids love Dr. Suess. So I gifted them this game.
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- Cheers!
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- Puzzle time with Father!
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- A little love fom David.
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- David…aha
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- Theresa surprised me with a visit without the kids. We had tea and chatted.
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- Gin and Vin’s new porch
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- Hannah with Esther and David.
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- Sunday Potluck rosary
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- We start each potluck with the rosary.
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- Reading from my new Advent/Christmas book.
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- The last of Gin’s flowers before the freeze.
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- Visiting and playing music with Sep and Molly.
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- Z has her “pumpkin patch”.
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- Ahhh….Z’s snack looks and I am sure, tastes, lovely!
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- Jeanette’s sourdough English muffins
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- A boy and his chickens! (Sean…Margy and David’s little guy)
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- I took this on my walk one morning. A beautiful fall day!
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- David and Margy
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- Sean
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- Little character!
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- Mushroom foraging
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- Vincent will make tinctures out of these.
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- Decorating boxes for my jewelry and rosaries
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- Emma helps.
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- Haha!
Nice times! Fall is so beautiful! Glad Esther is better.😇
Beautiful gallery, as always! The closeness of your large family is a great gift. My own family doesn’t get along, so a true treasure to have a large, loving family.
Awesome! Our family went to the Shakespeare Festival too, we had hand pies, pizza, and cotton candy which lit up! We didn’t get to see too many booths but did see some swashbucklers and their trusty swords, and the Shakespeare play. The grandkids were exhausted, but in great spirits, even the baby. It was a beautiful night, so glad I wore my walking shoes! Looked for your booths, but, we obviously didn’t look in the right parts. We could hear the music which seemed to come from down the hill, close to where the horse rides were, but we mostly stayed in the upper part. Sorry we missed you! What wonderful decorations you have for fall!
I’ll move by your home and ask you to adopt me!! Mind if I take my seven children with me?
Haha… as long as you don’t mind the 41 grand children popping in weekly! 😅