Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Weekend on the Farm

     Hello again everyone!  We've definately enjoyed this weekend here at the farm.  We arrived here late Friday and enjoyed a delicious meal with Grandpa and Grandma Shirley.  Everyone slept very well here at the farm that night, in comfortable beds at last.  Thank you Grandpa and Grandma for your gracious hospitality in allowing us to stay here!
     Saturday morning was spent adjusting to our new surroundings and time, as everyone slept in quite late and took some time getting settled in.  That night we went to an indoor football game for the Kalamzoo Xplosion team.  This was their last game to determine who went to the championship game, and they won!  It was quite the experience for our family, as none of us had been to an indoor football game before.  The stadium was about half the size of a regular football field, and they played music (quite loud!!!) nearly the entire game.  Not music our family typically listens too either ;)  On our way home from the game we had a nice rainstorm with a good deal of lightening, very beautiful.  
     On Sunday while Grandpa and Grandma Shirley went to church, our family had church here at home thanks to Pastor Sciarra's online sermon :)  Some of us have gone out various times over the weekend hunting for cherries.  Sadly, a few days before we got here, raccoons got to the rest of the red cherries.  So Dad, Grandpa, and Josh have been out almost every evening raccoon hunting.  There are still some yellow cherries left though, as well as some black cherries that haven't ripened yet, so we have been getting a few.  Sunday evening Aunt Denise joined us for pizza, and we got to see her new yellow bug, very cute car.  
Monday afternoon we had a special treat.  Grandpa joined our family to go horseback riding at a nearby farm.  All of us enjoyed it very much, especially Hannah.  She provided us all with a running commentary on nearly the whole ride.  While on our ride we saw a couple of deer, and also the scenery was just gorgeous.  I'll make sure to post pictures sometime this week.
Today we've just been hanging around the farm, our cousin Joe was here working today so all the guys were out working on the orchard.  This morning Mom took the three girls into Bangor, the nearest town to get groceries to make cookies.  While there we stopped in at a darling antique store.  My mom found some candlewick glass and a couple of old books, An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott, and The Little Colonel by Annie Fellows Johnston.  Also I found a cute hand crocheted pillow and an Anglo-Saxon grammer book.  But my favorite find there was a 1920s compact organ!!!!  Sadly we really have no way to get it home plus it's a bit beyond my price range, so sad.  I'm still sorta hoping against hope that I'll find a way to buy it since I've always wanted to play on an organ.   This afternoon the girls made chocolate chip cookies which everyone has greatly enjoyed.  And tomorrow our family is starting on a new adventure, learning to ride bicycles!!   Should be lots of fun and I'll be sure to post about it tomorrow!
Under the mercy,
Elizabeth Bush

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