Life at the Grabers

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Sonny and Bev's BDay Party - 2011

We celebrated Sonny and Bev's birthdays together in August......Sonny turned 76 this year....Ernie and I went up early to set the tables up and get ready....Sonny wanted to know what we were doing...we told him what we had planned - to come on outside....he said - "I don't think I'm coming out"...so we went on out...after everyone got there I told Jeremy to try to get him to come out....well it wasn't long and Sonny followed Jeremy out the door! Jeremy wouldn't tell us what he said to get him to come out :-) The boys have a way of getting Sonny to do things that the rest of us don't have!! The weather was prefect and everyone enjoyed themselves....We had sausage bread, homemade ice cream, peaches and Sonny's favorite - german chocolate cake.

The birthday fellow.....

Kendell enjoying his ice cream....

Claire...

Josh and Cody.....

Kayla and Grandma getting their food....

This would be Mr. Kendrick!!

The birthday girl and I......we are so fortunate to have Bev to help out at Sonny and Ruth's....we have been blessed!

Sisters....Ada and Ruth

Kendrick and Claire!

Kendell and Kyann having fun on the swings...

Kaitlyn and Kayla....

Cody and some big bug.....

acting silly again...

Emily and Dannielle....

Kayla, Kaitlyn, Calvin and Chic..

Dad and Sonny discussing something....

Claire wanted a pony cart ride.....Ernie took them up to his dad's so they could have a ride...Kendrick...Claire...Kendrick and Grandpa Graber....

Karen Lynn and I.....

Ernie and Wayne...

Cody, Josh and Jeremy...

Judy and Kyann....

Senior Pics

Josh had his senior pictures taken on August 20th by the talented Sandy Clarke! She did a SUPER JOB with Josh....I had been fretting about what to wear and what locations and if he wasn't in any sports what were we going to for special pics??? Well this mom needs to quit fretting....we started downtown Washington at a church and then proceeded to some back alleys and other neat places....then went back to Montgomery for a few shots and then we headed out to Sonny and Ruth's place....we took pics by the old van.....the old house....with his car by the red shed....it is so neat to take pictures there because the boys grew up exploring Sonny's farm! We did Jordan's senior pics up there also. Then we headed down to Kemp Inc. to take pics with the heavy equipment....Josh has been working for Grandpa the last 2 summers and loves it....it makes his grandpa smile also when he talks about Josh taking an interest in the business....Josh wasn't too interested about the locations and clothing choices till we got out to Sonny's and to Kemp Inc....but when we got the bill cap and casual clothes out...then he was right at home and knew what he wanted with the gun, car and heavy equipment photos! That's MY Josh!!! These are just a few of the good ones Sandy captured of him.....

Friday, October 14, 2011

2011 CORN...CORN...CORN

What can I say.....always glad when corn day is done :-). Karen Lynn plants 20-some rolls down by her turkey barns and then we try to help keep the patch clean, but life happens and with everyones best intentions the weeds take over :-(. But when the time comes to get the corn in we always have a good crop. We gather up as many of the guys we can to help us get it in the night before and start early the next morning, Janice is always kind enough to let us trash her place for the day, she has the perfect set up!!! The last 2 years we have borrowed a corn-washer-brusher machine that works wonders and cuts many hrs off our day. Grandma has one ordered for the Kemp family to use next year! Its a long but fun day and the kids have a ball.....We ended this year with 164 qts of corn....