Summer is here!

It is summer and we are feeling the heat!!!!  The tempts are in the 90's and the grass is drying up.  We need rain and hope it comes soon!  The garden is being watered daily by the sprinkler.  The fireflies are out at night.  The AC is on!  Watermelon and berries and garden goodies are picked from the garden!  We spent time at the pools already!  We stay up late and sleep in!  Summer is here and we are loving it!

It's warm outside and that calls for a drive into town and grabbing some Rolled Cold Creamery Ice cream!!!! 

We got home one afternoon to flowers setting in our garage.  It said "just because".  We didn't know who sent them to us but soon figured it must be from my parents if it came from "Florals in Time".  How sweet!  Found out later that all siblings were sent a bouquet!

The lavender in the garden is blooming and smelling wonderful!

Our summer evenings are gorgeous!  The garden is lite up slightly with string lights on the play house.

The gazebo is lite slightly by the lights on the pines. We put a roof over the back patio last winter and we are thoroughly enjoying this new space!  We spend so much time out here and have watched many, many Phillies games on the back porch!  I love it!

Phillies VS Padres.

 Austin likes the Padres and Mike got some tickets for him, Austin, Matt and Adrian to go watch a game in celebration for Austin's upcoming birthday!  Instead of four tickets ordered, there was a mistake and five were ordered.  Austin invited Ashlyn along but she didn't want to go just being the only girl, so we added one more ticket and I went along!  We tried to keep it a "boys trip" and I drove for them and dropped them off at the Rockie Steps first.  

Then we headed for Cittizens First Park for the game!  It was so hot!  We had the best time!!!!

Ashlyn and I ended up moving seats three different times because her and I's seats weren't next to each other because of the ticket mix up.  We both had tickets but not next to each other.  We grabbed two empty seats together but ended moving three times.  We finally got settled and we had a blast cheering our hearts out for the Phillies!  We love this team and it's been so fun watching a lot more of their games on TV and now in person  this summer!

The Phillies won and we didn't get home till after midnight!!!!  What a very fun outing!

Father's Day!

 We smothered Mike with gifts, words of thanks and just extra love on Father's Day!  He's such a good dad and we enjoyed having lunch at Hudson Botanical, relaxing on the back porch and then celebrating my dad later that evening.

We miss Dad Lapp on days like this too!  He passed away from cancer 7 years ago.  He was too young and we miss him a lot!  I will always honor is views and beliefs.  He was so much fun to play Settlers with!  He loved Mom Lapp and traveling!  I miss him and wish the grand babies would know what him today.

My dad is very special to me and is doing well!  He made it through open heart surgery and had a new Aorta Valve!  He works hard to keep the cabin in tip top shape for our whole family to enjoy every single holiday!  I love my dad and all the things he taught me growing up!

Thank you FATHERS!!!!

Happy Father's Day!

Strawberry jelly.

June has us buying quarts of fresh, red strawberries and all going down to mom's to make jelly!  We love mom's jelly and with the family helping out, we had it all accomplished in a few hours!  I treated Ashlyn and Austin to Chicken Minis before heading to moms for the day!

We visited Mommy D. and she was happy to see us again!

The Riehl reunion happened once again and it's always great to see extended family!  I love my aunts and cousins and we had one big party!!!!  Austin and Colson joined the ballgame.  What a fun night!

And this is what I love to see ... children in the garden helping themselves to fresh peas!!!!  Bryce and Ashlyn were enjoying their snack!

Austin's team, the Flames, got first place in the tournament this season!  Good job boys!!!!

The hydrangeas popped and they sure are a beauty!

Ashlyn was invited to a pool with Zoey, so we invited Lena and her clan to join us at LCC!  Swimming with cousins is a blast for Austin and it was a warm day to enjoy the water!!!!

Summer is here and we are feeling it!

 

June is here.

 

We are members at Lancaster Country Club and what an honor it was to attend the US Women's Open Golf Tournament!!!!  I was amazed at how they can turn our country club into a world event and host thousands of people for a week!  Mike got us tickets and it was so fun to walk the course, watch pros golf and spend two days in a row with Mike on the golf course! 

I kept telling myself that we are making history!!!!!  It was great!

 

It was two warm days and we got lots of sunshine on our faces!

We are spending lots of time outside at the ballparks too!

Fresh picks!

Our community does such a good job with lots of amazing events!  There was a fundraiser for cancer patients and those who are fighting that terrible disease.  I really wanted to go watch Mary Kate ride her house through the event, listen to the National Anthem sang from a local, Amish gal and watch the Wounded Warriors play baseball with missing limbs.  These men have fought in wars for country and all of them had a missing leg or both legs because of battle.  They have new legs on their amputees.  Truly amazing!

Mother/Daughter Night!

 We really enjoyed the Mother/Daughter Night at church!  This was a white themed event and everything was so pretty!

Everyone was asked to bring a bouquet of flowers and a dessert.

Ashley made her own refresher syrups and served drinks!  Catering was from Chipotle and it was awesome!

The pretty ladies that sat beside me all night long!

I love these girls!!!!!!!

There was singing and words spoken to mothers!  It was a beautiful time!

Everything was so pretty!

To have a community of christian women at church that want to be good mommas, great wives and thriving women .... this was a wonderful night to witness!!!!