On Saturday afternoon, we drove out to Birmingham for our little cousin Robbie's first birthday. He wasn't to sure about all the people and attention, though he seemed to enjoy the cake and gifts, and especially the balloons!
Monday, August 28, 2006
Robbie O'Dell turns 1 year old!
On Saturday afternoon, we drove out to Birmingham for our little cousin Robbie's first birthday. He wasn't to sure about all the people and attention, though he seemed to enjoy the cake and gifts, and especially the balloons!
Fireworks-Coutesy of Metamora Days
After Robbie's party, we stopped alongside the road in downtown Metamora to watch some spectacular fireworks!
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Louis Glenn is a week old!
Louis Glenn Hyslop was born on August 5th, and he is such a cutie! We rejoice with the Hyslop family on the new addition to their household :)
Saturday, August 12, 2006
PB&J Bar Recipe
For those girlfriends who requested the recipe for the dessert I brought!
Credit goes to Ina Garten of the Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar (original recipe calls for 1 1/2 c)
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs, room temperature
2 C (18 oz) creamy peanut butter
3 C all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 C (18 oz) raspberry jam (or other flavor)
2/3 C peanuts, coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease 9/13 pan. Line it w/parchment paper; then grease and flour the pan.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted w/the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on med. speed till light yellow, about 2 mins. With the mixer on low speed, add the vanilla, eggs and peanut butter and mix until ingredients are combined.
In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add flour mixture to the pb mixture. Mix till combined.
Spread 2/3 of the dough into the prepared pan and spread out evenly over the bottom with fingers or spatula. Spread jam evenly over the dough. Drop small globs of the remaining dough evenly over jam. Don't worry if all the jam isn't covered; it will spread in the oven. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts and bake for 45 mins. till golden brown. Cool and cut in squares.
Credit goes to Ina Garten of the Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar (original recipe calls for 1 1/2 c)
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs, room temperature
2 C (18 oz) creamy peanut butter
3 C all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 C (18 oz) raspberry jam (or other flavor)
2/3 C peanuts, coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease 9/13 pan. Line it w/parchment paper; then grease and flour the pan.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted w/the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on med. speed till light yellow, about 2 mins. With the mixer on low speed, add the vanilla, eggs and peanut butter and mix until ingredients are combined.
In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add flour mixture to the pb mixture. Mix till combined.
Spread 2/3 of the dough into the prepared pan and spread out evenly over the bottom with fingers or spatula. Spread jam evenly over the dough. Drop small globs of the remaining dough evenly over jam. Don't worry if all the jam isn't covered; it will spread in the oven. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts and bake for 45 mins. till golden brown. Cool and cut in squares.
What happens when these couples, who have known each other for over 20 years, get together? They laugh over past stories until the tears flow!
(L-R: Mark Eby, Ken Browne, Nancy Browne, Russ Proctor, Pam Proctor, Cindy Eby, Pam Marshall, Ann Strubler. Todd M took the picture and Dave Strubler was on his way home from WV).
Todd and I (Pam) were invited over to Mark and Cindy Eby's home Friday night because Russ and Pam Proctor, who live in northern KY, were in town for a relative's wedding this weekend. Local Birmingham residents, Ken and Nancy Browne, were also free Friday evening, as well as Ann Strubler. (Ann's husband, Dave, who was on his way back from a white water rafting trip in WV with one of his sons, tried to make it to Eby's, but by the time he got close to 30 minutes of Eby's home, it was 1:00 a.m. and we were all trying to wind things down.)Even though I have seen Ann and the Eby's this year, it had been 2 years since I saw Pam and Russ and around 10 years for the Browne's! Russ, Ken, Nancy, Mark, Cindy and Todd all knew each other at Covenant Baptist Church in the mid 1970's. Pam P. lived in IL during this time and was not married yet to Russ, and I was also single, but began attending Covenant with Todd and met Russ, Ken, Nancy, Mark & Cindy through the young adults Sunday school class. Eventually, Russ, the Eby's, Todd and I (not yet married) made weekend trips to the Chicago/Downers Grove area periodically, being challenged and drawn to a covenant fellowship there where Pam P. was. In due time we were told of a similar fellowship located in downtown Rochester, so the Eby's and Todd and I ended up being members there, and August 6, 1983, Todd and I were married in that church (though the actual ceremony took place in my parent's church because Rochester Fellowship only rented the small downtown park building.) Russ and Pam were married in March 1982 in IL. Ann comes into the picture, when in 1980, she moved to the Detroit area hired by the DSO as a violinist (which she still is today). Dave Strubler was a member of Rochester Fellowship, Ann found out about our fellowship somehow and began attending, and in Oct. 1984 they married. It is amazing how the Lord has had us cross paths and how rich he has made these relationships. Even though we all attend different types of churches, when we gather, as we did Friday night, we pick up the conversation easily as if 20 some years haven't yet passed. But they have!
Most of us have young adult children now! We all are grateful that we have strong marriages and great children.
I say all this to give some context of how God brought us together as friends. I really cannot retell the stories shared last night because as they say, "you just had to be there". And even that isn't enough because I am talking about 20 plus years of reminiscing and laughing about many of the goofy, yet innocent things we did together in some fashion or another.
Last night was testimony to God's truth that "A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance" (Prov. 15:13); "...but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast" (Prov. 15:15); and "A merry heart does good, like a medicine... (Prov. 17:22). Many of us laughed till we cried, holding our sides and forecasting that we would be sore tomorrw because of all of the guffaws. Todd and I are thankful to the Lord for these dear, "old" friends. They have enriched our lives. Yes, we were once younger, loving life and laughing together, yet growing in God. Now, we are definitely older, more mature made through life's experiences, yet still loving life and growing in God. And we can still laugh!
Mention needs to be made that our group was missing many dear couples who have been part of this circle. Kathy and Rudy Soto and Craig and Carol Mungons were sorely missed! Your added laughter probably would have pushed us to the limit!
Thank you, Mark and Cindy, for pulling this together at the last minute!
(L-R: Mark Eby, Ken Browne, Nancy Browne, Russ Proctor, Pam Proctor, Cindy Eby, Pam Marshall, Ann Strubler. Todd M took the picture and Dave Strubler was on his way home from WV).
Todd and I (Pam) were invited over to Mark and Cindy Eby's home Friday night because Russ and Pam Proctor, who live in northern KY, were in town for a relative's wedding this weekend. Local Birmingham residents, Ken and Nancy Browne, were also free Friday evening, as well as Ann Strubler. (Ann's husband, Dave, who was on his way back from a white water rafting trip in WV with one of his sons, tried to make it to Eby's, but by the time he got close to 30 minutes of Eby's home, it was 1:00 a.m. and we were all trying to wind things down.)Even though I have seen Ann and the Eby's this year, it had been 2 years since I saw Pam and Russ and around 10 years for the Browne's! Russ, Ken, Nancy, Mark, Cindy and Todd all knew each other at Covenant Baptist Church in the mid 1970's. Pam P. lived in IL during this time and was not married yet to Russ, and I was also single, but began attending Covenant with Todd and met Russ, Ken, Nancy, Mark & Cindy through the young adults Sunday school class. Eventually, Russ, the Eby's, Todd and I (not yet married) made weekend trips to the Chicago/Downers Grove area periodically, being challenged and drawn to a covenant fellowship there where Pam P. was. In due time we were told of a similar fellowship located in downtown Rochester, so the Eby's and Todd and I ended up being members there, and August 6, 1983, Todd and I were married in that church (though the actual ceremony took place in my parent's church because Rochester Fellowship only rented the small downtown park building.) Russ and Pam were married in March 1982 in IL. Ann comes into the picture, when in 1980, she moved to the Detroit area hired by the DSO as a violinist (which she still is today). Dave Strubler was a member of Rochester Fellowship, Ann found out about our fellowship somehow and began attending, and in Oct. 1984 they married. It is amazing how the Lord has had us cross paths and how rich he has made these relationships. Even though we all attend different types of churches, when we gather, as we did Friday night, we pick up the conversation easily as if 20 some years haven't yet passed. But they have!
Most of us have young adult children now! We all are grateful that we have strong marriages and great children.
I say all this to give some context of how God brought us together as friends. I really cannot retell the stories shared last night because as they say, "you just had to be there". And even that isn't enough because I am talking about 20 plus years of reminiscing and laughing about many of the goofy, yet innocent things we did together in some fashion or another.
Last night was testimony to God's truth that "A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance" (Prov. 15:13); "...but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast" (Prov. 15:15); and "A merry heart does good, like a medicine... (Prov. 17:22). Many of us laughed till we cried, holding our sides and forecasting that we would be sore tomorrw because of all of the guffaws. Todd and I are thankful to the Lord for these dear, "old" friends. They have enriched our lives. Yes, we were once younger, loving life and laughing together, yet growing in God. Now, we are definitely older, more mature made through life's experiences, yet still loving life and growing in God. And we can still laugh!
Mention needs to be made that our group was missing many dear couples who have been part of this circle. Kathy and Rudy Soto and Craig and Carol Mungons were sorely missed! Your added laughter probably would have pushed us to the limit!
Thank you, Mark and Cindy, for pulling this together at the last minute!
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
The Orion Chamber Music Society
On Sunday I joined the DeL faily for an afternoon of classical music presented by Leonard Holliday and the Orion Chamber Music Society. 
Mr. Holliday's grandson, Daniel, played the piano solo in a Mozart concerto with the orchestra.
Daniel's father and Mr. Holliday's son, Brad, was the French Horn soloist in another Mozart Concerto.
Monday, August 07, 2006
Happy 25th Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Swartzendruber!
On Saturday evening, the Tietz Gymnasium was filled with people, candles, food and excited anticipation! All present were quietly waiting for the arrival of Mr. & Mrs. Swartzendruber to their surprise 25th anniversary dinner! They were very (happily!) surprised :) There was a renewing of their vows, a video presentation, words from family and friends, dinner and cake, and fellowship with all who were there.
Some of their married life has been very difficult, but they have emerged, from every trial, with a greater love for their Savior, for each other, and for those they know.Blessings on the next 25 years!
- the Marshall Family
Baseball After The Rain
A recent storm left large puddles at 2nd and 3rd base on a church baseball field. The LaBries, Bullingers and one of their cousins, and Mr. Swartzendruber, were part of a local baseball team which played a championship game last Friday. As you can see, the puddles were rather...deep :)
Pilgrim Fili- the Alessio Family
Our friends, the Alessios, performed some wonderful Irish music last week. Pilgrim Fili is the name of their music group, and they played some real toe-tappin' Irish jigs, ballads, and reels. Their musical talent is amazing and it was great to see them interact as brothers and sister.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Amos
David and Jenn Bullinger have a new puppy. His name is Amos and his breed is Weimareiner. Doesn't he have a pretty coat and striking eyes?
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