Memorial Day Weekend In Iowa

Last Friday evening Ted, Sally, Toni, and Helen went out to Toni's cemetery (http://wmpcem.googlepages.com/) to see all the flags and flowers. These not so great pics were taken there.

Unfortunately, this was the last nice day we've had since Ma has arrived. It's been very stormy and miserable. Many of you probably saw the news last week about the tornado that hit near us in a town called Parkersburg. That's about 30 miles from us. The devastation is unbelievable! We are very thankful that we were all safe here in Waterloo. However, they are forecasting more of the same type of weather for us in the next few days so we would appreciate your prayers for safety!

Will try to post more pics soon. We're having technical difficulties here, but will try to straighten them out soon.

Ma sends her love to all of you.
Love,
Toni

New York City!

David and I visited New York City this past weekend. The weather was perfect and the trip was flawless. We managed to squeeze a lot into our one-day stay. The main reason for the trip was to catch a Yankees game. Here we are:

After the Yankees game we went to the "Top of the Rock" at Rockafeller Center. We had some amazing views on such a clear evening.


Besides the usual sight-seeing, we also saw some unsavory things, like a guy defecating in an alley and an Asian kid peeing in the subway station. Ahhhhhh, New York, New York. Here I am looking for rats in the subway station. We saw quite a few. David fed one a twizzler. (Sorry, no photo of that...)

All in all, it was another sucessful adventure!

The Great Gulah Has Landed

Well, Grandma has arrived safe and sound here in sunny Iowa. Dad flew with her to Cedar Rapids and Mom picked them up there. They had a good flight. Went to Toni's and unloaded her stuff (which is considerable LIGHTER than past visits!), and then over to Carrie's to say hello. Nathan talked her ear off the whole time and tried to get her to play Parcheesi (he's been practicing and is determined to beat her this year!), Madeline showed off all her new ballet moves, and Andrew tried to get her to play video games with him. Then back to Toni's to unpack and head to bed. She was a tired camper. We both got up about the same time this morning, and she said she slept like a log.

We have some activities planned this weekend, so I'll take some pics and post them. Hope you all are well. Love the grad pics, Aunt Sheila, and the house pics, Aunt Paula! Keep 'em coming!

Love to all -
Toni

Ma & Julie

Thought since I'm getting good at this, I'd add one more

Grad & party afterward

The group is at the party afterward. Couple people missing, but we were all there

( I had problems posting these. Be advised)

This is really Megan's graduation

Megan graduated summa cum laude from Kutztown 5/10. She has a job already. 8th grade English at Signal Knob Middle School in the Shennadoah County Public Schools. Yes not far from Julie & Al. Big party in York afterwards. Fran, Jeff, Ted, Ma, Julie , Al, etc in attendance.

Megan's Grad

This is a visit at the Noel's when Fred & Paula were visiting.

Raising the Roof

This is how our soon to be home looked as of today, May 7. As you can see, we have quite a view. The right side of the second floor is not done yet. They have moved the flag up each level as they are able to.