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.
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- Decorating the house for fall.
- My kids get creative and I watch as beautiful things emerge!
- Gin adds her unique flair this year.
- Piano
- The girls used old books this year to add a touch.
- Rosie does the high stuff.
- Our decorations are from our favorite thrift store/coffee shop.
- Our Lady comes next….
- Lovely!
- Rosie’s fall doilies!
- Gemma and Angelo…
- Annie pitches in!
- A beautiful bouquet from Hannah
- Kansas sunflowers
- Our beautfiul Mary garden
- Setting up for the Shakespeare festival!
- Gin adds some touches to our booth.
- Rosaries, jewelry, etc.
- Gin and Jeanette’s Kanzashi flowers are always a hit!
- Theresa’s soap side of the booth gets decorated.
- Soap, soap, soap!
- Beautiful Spanish mantillas!
- We bring everything home each night and set it all up again each day.
- Hold the ladder, Ben!
- Hubby’s Mushroom Shop was a hit!
- He offered Gourment mushroom soup and deep fried mushrooms!
- Step up and get your deep fried mushrooms!
- This is the back of our booth where Adam is devouring a big bag of chips!
- Tony and Ed get their game booth ready.
- Devin, Theresa and Sophia
- Theresa and Sophia
- Virginia
- Theresa and Virginia (Gin)
- First night…a quick snap of some of my girls.
- Sophia
- Evening hubbub…
- Mushrooms coming up!
- Father holds up the roof.;)
- David and Sean
- Avila’s big smile!
- Theresa’s Sienna at the booth
- Festival artist
- She does very nice work!
- Some friends visiting from Idaho.
- Wholesome hubbub!
- Watching the rope climb was a favorite this year!
- Games
- Ernie and Steph singing on the stage. They did a wonderful job!
- And they have a captive audience!
- Singing at the festival
- Father Eichman and friends!
- Good friends! Robert, Joseph, Jerome.
- Mike and….Groucho Marx??
- Ready for the deep fryer!
- Breading mushrooms for festival
- Oldest grandson, Edward, making up some expresso.
- Ooooo…Jeanette’s lovely sourdough!
- Yum!
- A little skeet shooting…
- Pull!
- Sean has to sit on his blanket while praying the rosary.
- Dogs anyone?
- Toby….Just hangin’ with the watermelons.
- Cozy around the warm, crackling fire.
- Rosie, Hannah and Madeline do some ziplining.
- Esther and sister, Agnes
- Grandkids playing in the fall leaves
- Vin and David
- Gin and kiddos at their favorite haunt, God’s Storehouse
- Esther in the hospital
- Puppy love
- Theresa’s tea ring
- Esther and Godmother, Rosie
- A boy and his ducks….
- De-kerneling the corn for the ducks.
- Esther and Jeanette
- Friends and family around our campfire
- Talented friends, Robert and Joseph
- A little “Secret Hitler” (a game) anyone?
- Beautiful October days in Kansas
- Singing with friends.
- Z’s pumpkin cheesecake
- Bow Shoot!! Rosie and Jeanette
- Jeanette
- Angelo and Jeanette
- You’re going down…
- Angelo and Rosie
- Angelo aims. We have some amazing 3D targets for the Shoot
- Hannah takes aim.
- Rosie
- The kids do a lot of practicing before the shoot
- Rosalie provides delicious food!
- Sons, Colin and Sep with Dad
- Trophies are ready
- Son-in-laws Devin and David on right and left win trophies at the Bow Shoot! Good friend, Martin, in the middle.
- Grandsons, Ben and Toni
- Grandson’s middle and right, Johnny and Jacob, with friend, Philip
- Daughter Jeanette, on the left and Maria win at the Bow Shoot!
- One of Gin’s creations
- Rosie gives Angelo and grandson, Ed, guitar lessons.
- My grandkids love Dr. Suess. So I gifted them this game.
- Cheers!
- Puzzle time with Father!
- A little love fom David.
- David…aha
- Theresa surprised me with a visit without the kids. We had tea and chatted.
- Gin and Vin’s new porch
- Hannah with Esther and David.
- Sunday Potluck rosary
- We start each potluck with the rosary.
- Reading from my new Advent/Christmas book.
- The last of Gin’s flowers before the freeze.
- Visiting and playing music with Sep and Molly.
- Z has her “pumpkin patch”.
- Ahhh….Z’s snack looks and I am sure, tastes, lovely!
- Jeanette’s sourdough English muffins
- A boy and his chickens! (Sean…Margy and David’s little guy)
- I took this on my walk one morning. A beautiful fall day!
- David and Margy
- Sean
- Little character!
- Mushroom foraging
- Vincent will make tinctures out of these.
- Decorating boxes for my jewelry and rosaries
- Emma helps.
- Haha!