The Oley Fair in Oley PA..

Friday was the annual "OLEY FAIR". My dad LOVES the tractor pulls which start at 9 a.m. We got there at 10. We had John til Di came at noon after work to join us. John was great. He slept right thru the loud tractors from 10:30 til 11:45...Woke up -had a bottle and was ready for the fair!
John was wearing his "Chick Magnet" hat. He didn't know what to think when this gal in the petting barn showed him this little duckling.
I don't think Di was too thrilled when I asked her to get close to the sheep so I could get a good shot..Look at her face! John could have cared less Ha.
I couldn't get ALL the piglets on this photo...I think there were 10 or 12 in all. Poor Mama.

The weather was wonderful...about 70 degrees and breezy. They expected a record crowd each day of the fair. This is the fair that I took the Grand Champion Ribbon for my all white quilt in 1988. In a few years I'll be able to enter it in the "over 25 year old" category!.

Box Tops for Kids

I have a request.... Cayton is collecting "BoxTops for Kids" so..IF you'd like to help...please cut them off any package the has them and stick them away til we see ya. ALSO If you'd like to save the pull tabs from soda cans...his school is saving them and it goes to help children with autism. It's called "HOPE"...THANKS to everyone who has been saving them for him already. He's always so thrilled when I give him a bag full.

12 weeks old and 13 lbs. :)

This is such a Happy Baby..the smiles just keep coming. Makes our Day that's for sure. John would rather be sitting up now, even tho he's not quite stable enough.... He'll be going to his FIRST Oley Fair Tractor Pull this Friday IF it doesn't rain... I'll take photos of that too..

Saying our Fairwells to Kathryn and Carl

We decided to meet at Shady Maple Smorgasbord at 1:30 to have a fairwell feast tog. It was so delicious as always. Kathryn and Carl had never been there so it was extra special for them. We showed them the ropes and then it was up to them to "fill up" on everything they liked or wanted to try. It was 4 p.m. when we "rolled" out of the restaurant. Next stop was the Farmers Market next door.....they enjoyed that too. Finally it was time to say our good-byes til we see them again...

Brad got to play P-ball at Hershey!

From left to right - Cal, Keith, Brad, Marie and Carlton . Brad gave us all a run for our money...he's a good player and keeps us on our toes. I'm so glad he got to meet some of our friends.
Keith,Cal,Diane,Brad,Carlton, and Dawn... Got a call from Cal on Sat. night..they were at Hershey and wondered if we'd play P-ball with them. So I called Brad and we were thrilled that he could FINALLY go with us. We played from 8 til 11 - it was hot and humid but we didn't care it was great to play. Hope we can play more when we go over Sept. 25 - Sept 28th.

Kathryn and Carl from TX

At 2 p.m. we made our way to Kathryn and Carls' place. We met them in Orlando because of the VW...we had one - a 1967 - Keith and Carl got to talking and the next thing you know...well, we've been in touch ever since. They made a delicious steak dinner for us. Those hours just flew - we had so much to catch up on.
Next Monday we're meeting them at Shady Maple - they'll be leaving Hershey the 18th:(

Pickleball

It's always great to meet up with Dawn and Carlton...we never seem to run out of things to talk about...:) After the pickleball - Keith and I hit the hot tub and showered before joining Dawn and Carlton for lunch at their picnic table. It was a beautiful day. The good news is...we'll be back at Hershey the end of Sept. so we didn't have to say good bye this time.

Here's the group that showed up to play from 8 to 10:45 a.m. Everyone had a great time, just can't get enough of this game!