First floor done!

First floor done, ready for porch and second floor!

South side of house porch area
Looking at garage
Standing in kitchen looking into great room

Girls' Night Out

I'm in Ada's boat - didn't get any pictures of the actual dinner, so if anyone sends her some, please forward them to me as well.

I did get some pics from the night before. Don't know why the color seems a little off on some of them. Judy, it was a nice evening, and all the food was great. Gloria, I understand you helped a lot with food for that event, so thanks to you as well.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Painting the old, worn-out merry-go-round at the city park.

All done and shiny new! Bring on the children.

Jerry wants you all to rest assured that he was NOT getting out of jail time by performing community service. A few weeks he took Nathan to the park and thought that merry-go-round was so junky looking that he decided to paint it. He did this on Monday and yesterday he could barely walk, but doing better today. :)

K5K

I didn't do very good about taking pictures at the reunion meal in Gridley, but I do have several from the K5K in the morning that I thought I would share. Above is the group of runners, just be heading out.

And the group of walkers - ready to hit the trail.

At the starting line, waiting for the whistle.


Everyone synchronizes their watches - and they're off!

The first of the walkers.

(See more pictures in the following post)

K5K - Continued

The first runner comes in - and it's Brett!

Uncle Perry finishes with a smile on his face!
It's a race to the finish between Linda and Angela

Nathan gets a little help from his Grandpa.

More reunion pictures & thoughts

We are still reflecting with great memories from the weekend and the EJK Reunion which far exceeded our expectations. It was wonderful to see so many and a special "Thank You" to those who came from such a distance -- such as Uncle Lynn's, Ann, Andrew, Rhoda, etc. etc. And thanks to Judy and her many helpers for the great agenda, program, and organization. Some of our highlights were the great fun at the Fun Run/Walk, the GREAT food, the outstanding Andrew Bailes' solo, the professional slide presentation, and the super surprise of the elevator tour lined up by Aunt Ada. That was the icing on the cake. And the weather cooperated perfectly also.
After all the my high-school years of working at the elevator, I couldn't resist including a photo of my 2 oldest grandboys standing in the "famous" one-man lift inside the elevator.
For those of you who could not make it to the Reunion, you missed a memorable time!
Cleve & Kathleen

THANK YOU, JUDY!

Judy, thank you so much for planning a great reunion. It was wonderful to see so many family members there. The slide-show was awesome and we're eagerly awaiting word that you have copies ready for us to order.

I'm so disappointed that I didn't have my camera with me, so I'm relying on others to post their pictures on here. I would also appreciate anyone e-mailing me some pictures and hopefully I am technologically savvy enough to get them into my own computer and copied onto a disk so that when I get lonesome I can pull up my own slide-show and remember the day!

Thanks again Judy. All your hard work paid off big-time!!

More Reunion Memories

A couple more photos to share. What a powerful day. I think that's the best way to describe it. It renews that spark in me... that appreciation for things past... for our heritage. It tugs on me... to think about what's really important. Was great to see everyone!

Reunion

Perry in the old elevator.

The old grain elevator with some of the reunion attendees.

Carter Schieler, Carter Klopfenstein & Carter Knobloch (with his dad, Jake.)

Thank you, Judy, Dave, and everyone who helped, for a wonderful, memorable family time! posted by Carol

Since we're on the subject of pies, but NOT to try to rival Aunt Ada's pie (it looks absolutely yummy and there's not much I like better than peach pie), I had to post this photo of mango pie that we had last night! It was really good too!

Aunt Ada, sorry we will miss your pies at the reunion this weekend. We'll miss all of you. Have a great time!

YUMMY

Just practicing . . . does it whet your appetite?

Buyer Beware!

Yesterday we drove by a farm advertising fresh sweet corn. Yum!! I had Dave check it out and they were sold out at the moment, but more corn would be ready in about 20 minutes. I returned about 2 hours later to buy myself a dozen ears. The woman and her 2 sons were selling out of the back of the pickup and I was getting the last dozen of the day. When she took my $4 (which I thought was a rather high price) the litle boy next to her whispered, "Should we tell the lady, Mom?" The mother quietly shushed him, and handed me my bag and I left. Wonder what it was the little boy wanted to confess?

Maybe that the second picking of corn was really next week's prime ears. Of the 12 ears I got, about 4 of them needed at least 3 -4 more days of ripening, and the rest were really puny and not ready at all.

Oh well.

Family time in Kansas

Most of the grandchildren at the Arboretum.

Ellie and Alice together at Brandon & Maria's.

Brandon & Maria hosted and did an excellent job! All 24 of us were together, much to Perry & Carol's delight! We drove out Wednesday morning and returned Saturday.

Moving to Anderson

Well, the die has been cast. My folks have a contract on a patio home here in Anderson and will be moving in the next couple of months. They've been looking off and on for about a year, and this home - complete with furniture - fits the bill. So now you will have another reason to come by Anderson, SC!

Wade received Reserved Champion in Jr. Showmanship Class.

2nd in is young heifer class.
Talking with Alan Miller for some last minute notes before entering show ring. Alan helped a ton with getting Wade ready for showing.
Wade showing "Blockhead" in the Young Angus Heifer class at the Livingston Co. 4-H Fair. Received 2nd in his class.
Mara (and Casey) showing in the Pee-Wee Showmanship class.
Wade with his Reserved Champion ribbon - first time in the show ring (for him and the heifer).

Sister Sick

Would appreciate your prayers for Mike's sister Maureen. She is in intensive care with pneumonia and probable pancreatitis. She's doing a little better today but is still quite sick. Thanks.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

The July 15, 2010, GRIDLEY VILLAGE TIMES had a couple interesting paragraphs you might enjoy reading.

From 80 YEARS AGO - JULY 10, 1930:
Ward Hiserodt, W. A. Freed and E. J. Klopfenstein took a ride on Tuesday in a boat on lake Bloomington. The boat was operated with a motor owned by Mr. Hiserodt.

From 70 YEARS AGO - JULY 11, 1940
The first oats of the new crop arrived in Gridley on Wednesday, being delivered to Klopfenstein's elevator from the Tom Kinsella farm, south of town. They were very good quality, weighing 38 to 39 pounds to the bushel.

Pics from Eric's House

Here are a few pictures of our fun weekend in Olney. The weather was perfect!

Knobloch House update

Rough grade around house

Brandon Witzig building stairways
Finishing floor trusses
Wade's heifer "blockhead" fair starts this week