The barge

This giant orange barge went by the wedding during a prayer. We decided that only Shan (the pastor) had his eyes closed during it....

  

The castle

Doug's youngest sister Dawn got married to Nathan on July 29th at Singer Castle in the 1000 Islands, NY. Here his oldest sister poses for her daughter Sarah to take a picture with the castle in the background. It was a beautiful day despite some early clouds.....

  

A dog nap

Daru was sleeping with her teddy bear which she has ripped the head and several legs off of and pulled all the stuffing out of. Kina likes to play with the empty legs. It is kind of weird. The teddy bear empty head is in our backyard. One day Matt and Gaby came over and the head was laying on the patio. Matt was a little creeped out by it.


  

Before and After

Here are the before and after pics of the first color in the living room- I forgot to take afters of the second color....


  

Up but not down

When I painted the living room a month ago, I foolishly taught Kina to climb the ladder. Siamese cats are supposed to like being up high and hs e does like to hang out on the mantle when she can get there. Although this picture seems to make it seem like she did, she did not like coming down the ladder, so when she wanted to come down, she would cry.

School starts tomorrow. As in the kids are coming. Sigh! Doug is with his family in NY for the week. He took the camera.

  

Wedding #2

My best friend from high school, Mandy, got married in State College the weekend after Mindy got married. She and Jeff had a nice outdoor wedding despite the threatening clouds. I was glad to be there, and Rebekah was a nice stand-in for Doug.

  

High Falls

High Falls is the first of 3 (or last depending on your direction) waterfalls along the Gennesee River in Rochester. It is the largest of the 3, standing almost 100 feet. We visited the Visitor's Center as well and learned a lot about Rochester. One piece of trivia- French's mustard was invented there.

  

Oh deer!

We visited High Falls in downtown Rochester with my family (picture tomorrow). While we were looking at the falls, we saw a turkey (not a peacock) and then a deer ran across the field in the gorge. While we were marveling at the deer, two fawns came out of the woods and started nursing. Right in the middle of downtown Rochester! It was amazing. I love how both of the fawns have their white tails up.