Rob and the ladies go to Watoga!

Rob and I had the pleasure of going to the mountains again this month. We enjoyed beautiful weather for our biking, hiking, and driving around the area. On this trip to good ol' West Virginia we also enjoyed evenings spent singing and roasting marshmallows with Mom, Aunt Janice, and Aunt Barbara! There was many laughs during the trip, thankfully no major injuries, and many cherished memories. What a privilege for Rob and myself to enjoy this week with three special ladies!
Our first trip out was to "Beartown State Park". The name came from the folks in the area who thought it was a great location for bears to hide. They also thought that when you look at the rocks they remind one of a town with streets and houses. We found the holes amazing, we were also impressed by the grasses and ferns growing with what we thought to be little top soil. Beautiful!







Then we stopped at Droop Battlefield for lunch. Many different battles were fought here during the Civil War (I'll let Rob add more information!!)

A little boy climbs up the look out tower!

me & my best friend on a little bike outing!

Ann Bailey Lookout Tower, at the end of our journey.

A cabin on the bike trail: "Workman's Cabin"

Many nights ended like this, roasting marshmallows & eating s'mores!!
Here is dear Aunt Janice!
The fires were so hot we had to watch out!

Sisters!
Showing the tricks to GREAT S'MORES!!!

Mom, enjoying her time! It was wonderful to hear all the laughter and see the smiles of these ladies together! What a blessing for Rob and I to be part of.
What you don't know about this picture is that later the person that took this came over and sat on a bucket to play a few tunes. It is wonderful to see Rob enjoy the mountains and his guitar so much. I LOVE GOING TO WATOGA with him.

Rob makes the most WONDERFUL breakfasts! Oatmeal, eggs, and Canadian Bacon! I LOVE IT!
One day we took a drive to see some of the fall colors. Unfortunately it wasn't the most wonderful year for color but it was beautiful to see the views of God's Creation! We stopped and walked at Cranberry Glades. First at the Visitor's Center.


Then in the Glades- boardwalk.


Cabin 28: Mom, Aunt Janice, and Aunt Barbara's cabinTrailhead next to our cabin
Rob and my cabin: Cabin 34
Watoga Lake
The Park Office- checking out. This was the only time it rained. We left like West Virginia was sad we were leaving, we left the same!

On the way home again.....An interesting rock formation just outside of the park

Hummingbird Cake

A couple weeks ago I did a little research as to a cake my Mom #2 might like for a little birthday celebration when her sisters came, what Jan told me was Hummingbird Cake had been good at Aunt Mary's 100th birthday. So I thought.....mmmm why not give it a try!
The mixing!

The baking!

The building!

FINISHED!

I must say it was Mmm Mmmm GOOD!

another pancake!

Well this morning was a morning almost like most I have been having recently. I awoke to the alarm, then a WONDERFUL phone call from Rob (my second alarm!), coffee, wash, clothes, breakfast, run out to the car, and drive to the next subbing job. This morning all of those events happened yet the excitement on the way to school was a little bit more! I pulled out of our community drive onto 15 (after finally getting a brake in traffic) to hear a horrible sound coming from our little hockey puck (Rob's name for my car). I drove to Wilt Store (the next road, about 50 yards away) and turned around. By this time I was getting nervous I was going to be late for school. Traffic was heavy, and I was going to a school I had never subbed at which of course added to the nervous. Anyway I made it back up our drive, ran in and found the keys to the truck, jumped in (after Truckie started up so nicely), and hurried on my way after thanking the Lord Rob had not driven to the airport and left his truck there. I didn't feel like I had anytime to look the car over I just left. So as I went through the rest day I was wondering what was wrong with my little car. The sound was horrible but it didn't seem to be running or smelling funny it was just a little hard to turn the wheels. On the way to PA earlier this week (for a birthday party of a WONDERFUL 8 YEAR OLD NEPHEW!!!) I stopped to put air in the front two tires because they seem to need it. As I thought more about that I then thanked the Lord for a safe trip home from PA.


The conclusion: Just me serving up another PANCAKE TIRE!
ps this is the first time I have had to jack a car up! (Thank you Jesus, I was not on the side of the road!!)

Howdy From Hong Kong!

Well, it's back to work! Flew from Anchorage to Hong Kong last night and will be here for a few days. I'm looking forward to the 16th when I will be homeward bound. Carrie and I plan to spend another few days in the mountains, this time just a few cabins away from Mom, Aunt Janice and Aunt Barbara. I can't believe that Summer has passed so very quickly and that Fall is here. Carrie and I will celebrate 9 months of marriage on the 16th of Oct!!!

We had a great time last weekend with Mom and Dad Roossinck. We hope they will be back soon. There is much to see and do in this area and we enjoyed taking them to Harpers Ferry and to the Air and Space Museum. As is typical, we ran out of time before we ran out of things to do.

Almost Heaven!

After coming home from Denver we packed up for another few days in the mountains of West Virginia! We LOVE our times in the mountains. We play hard and find a few minutes to relax. Thanks to Mom Lyle for bring Rob there when he was young, now this is our favorite get away!!
The weather was beautiful. WVA has not had much rain, so it was dry but we were able to enjoy the warm weather summer left behind. We biked and hiked each of the days we were there. Our first full day we went on a 20 mile bike ride, I should restate that....we thought it would be a 20 mile bike ride but it turned into an 11 mile bike ride and 9 mile walk! As we turned around and started back my front tire went flat at record speed, so we walked back to the truck! We started this venture around 1:30pm and arrived back at the truck at 8:15pm. Thank you Lord for safety and no rain, it really was a beautiful evening to be out for a walk.


Our little cabin, cabin 32!
I saw a bear getting into the trash of Cabin 34!! I was SO excited because I wanted to see a bear so much, this was just the first morning! The next day Rob pointed out a bear as we were hiking in the woods!

Breakfast & a fire! All made by Rob (I will confess I did nothing!) Thank you Sweets!

Hiking along with my Love!


Moments before the pancake tire!!
What a blessing to be able to take the time together and enjoy the Lord's creation! We look forward to going back!

Denver!

Greetings from Denver!
Well it's time again for Rob to be in training here in Denver, I am so fortunate to be able to meet him here and cheer him on!
I arrived in Denver on Friday evening, this time I made it on the first try!!! (If you recall from earlier this year it was 6 days later than planed because of snow!)
So Saturday came and Jim & Cindy had WONDERFUL plans for us! We started the day just sleeping in and relaxing. Then it was off to Colorado Springs to the Air Force Academy to watch Air Force take on BYU a.k.a COLLEGE FOOTBALL!! (Just ask Rob, I was VERY EXCITED!!!)


Half time!

This is the Air Force Falcon

It was a great game and a wonderful experience to be there on Patriot Day!


We had a BLAST!!

Then it was off to The Broadmoor for dinner. The Broadmoor first opened in 1891 as a casino and has been added on since then. We enjoyed strolling around the grounds to see many different places to eat, stay, and relax. It was amazing to see the different ceiling paintings and lightening that were in the buildings we worked through.
We sat at dinner for at least 3 hours before making out trek back to Denver. Of course coffee & dessert!

Coming soon....

Hello Hello!
So yes it's been the whole summer without any updates, well here is a note that updates are coming soon! I'm a little sad to report that my camera has gone missing thus I'm trying to learn how to add pictures from Rob's camera (which I have pretty much taken over!! Sorry & thank you Love!) Unfortunately it does mean that I do not have any digital pictures of our trip to West Virginia in June or any of my time in Michigan but I will try to work on that, I do have some printed pictures.
Rob & I hope you are all doing well and enjoying summer as much as we are. We cannot believe how time has just flown out from under us. We sure are having fun! It's been wonderful to be able to see some of you and just know you who we have not seen are LOVED!
More later.