Splash - September 2020

Sepotember's splash is the Ball Team on a location hunt.  Rachel found that the oldest Quaker Meetinghouse on the Easten Shore of Maryland is located in Talbot County, so, without delay, we set out to find it.  This is the front gate to the property, which includes three little cottages, a brick meetinghouse and a large white painted commonhouse.  The grounds are in a terrible state and there are construction trucks working on the site.  We just caught a few pictures and left them to their work.  If I remember, we should go back and do an update.

We tried posing across the gated entrance, but, it was too wide for a group shot.  James, however, thought, he would help the trip by posing as Sasquatch.....

And Ezamay is getting so big.  She can do "so big" and clap.  Her laugh is like peace.

She's ten months old!

Josephine is 16

Josephine is turning sixteen, so her requests included a trip to IKEA and a hike with her sisters.  Being the reasonable creature that she was born to be, she chose a hike on the western shore, near an IKEA she hadn't previously visited.

Later in the week we had cheesecake on the side of the road with her grandmother to celebrate.  Of course we did.

the masked hikers - 2020 manifested itself constantly, but, the fun doesn't have to stop.

The birthday girl and her prize.

It's hard to light a cheesecake on the side of the road, but, we did it.

Our October babies - this year Josephine is sweet sixteen and sweet Ezamay is ONE!

Taming the beast

 James' hair is curly.  It's so curly that most people don't know how long it really is because all they see is curls.  It's beautiful, but it requires some work.  Here's James' before and after photos.

Very handsome!

On The Road to Recovery ....

James has been "down" since January of this year with a back injury and the resulting treatments, physical therapies and surgery. It's been a hard year. Last week, though, he had his follow up with the surgeon and got great news - his vertebrae are fused! James can now get off of the couch he has occupied for the last seven months and join us in living life.

On the down side, I had to iron a shirt for church for him for the first time in seven months; I haven't missed ironing....

Now he'll have seven weeks of physical therapy and exercise then, after another doctor's visit - back to work! Wow. He will back to his old basketball playing, rough-housing with the kiddos self before long.