Harmony in the Desert 2015

Harmony in the Desert is a time of singing, fellowship, and worship that happens in 

Tucson, AZ for a few days every January. Approximately seven hundred people attend this grand event. Each night there's a three hour singing concert. All sponsored by one very generous man!

 On Saturday Brother Wertz does a first class BBQ for everyone to enjoy at the hotel.

It was so delicious!!

It was a blessing to fellowship with other believers.

                               

  The youth went and played volleyball at a park.

On our way home we got stuck in Miami, FL.  This happens when you fly stand by.  Dad had a class he had to get to work for on Monday.  One seat miraculously became available and he was able to catch a flight Monday morning. (THANK YOU JESUS!) He told the rest of us to rent a vehicle and drive down to the Florida Keys where Grandpoppy and Grandmommy were vacationing.   Thanks to them we had fun waiting 20 hours for the next eligible flight to PA!


~Lillia, for the Sanger family

It's Cold Enough to Skate on the Pond!

In the beginning of January we finally had a cold spell long enough for the pond to freeze.  The children loved the fact that they were able to skate with their Amish friends every night!  They had lights strung up over the pond and there are intense hockey games between the boys, while the girls skate in their area around the game.  One night we went down and we were the only ones there, so I took the camera along and took some pictures.  Enjoy!

We take a short cut through the fields on our way to the pond.

We put the light on top of the diving board, so we could see.

When all the Amish neighbors kids come down they bring their dads dewalt flashlights and hang them on a line that is hung across the pond. One night the line snapped and all was dark ( not good!) The next night  all the neighbors pitched in and one got a string of lights, one got a generator and some got some gas and the pond was all lit up again.  

Joy and Elainah have improved so much this year:D 

We played a little hockey!

It is a ton of fun especially with 50 Amish friends!

:: Winter Happenings ::

It's hard to believe that 2014 is over and we are already more then a week into 2015!

We had a very nice Christmas season visiting family and friends.

Christmas Day was spent with Grandpoppy and Grandmommy at their house.
David was thrilled with his new boots!  His old ones were getting a bit snug :)

Benjamin relaxin' while he got a massage :P

And all of us together :)

an impromptu picture before we all headed home

 

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We also celebrated with Pop-pop & Mom-mom

before Christmas but Lillia forgot her camera that day :-/

 

Saturday after Christmas we had Daddy's family over for brunch.

 

Hope and I did an omlette bar :)

 

Cousins

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Daddy and Joshua built a dog house for Sarge this week.

The old one we built for Theodore was a little small for both dogs :)

Inspecting Joy, Elainah, and David's stain job.

 

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The children's Sunday School program was in December.

David & Elainah's classes

 

Joy's class & Lillia and Hope's.

 

All the classes sang together at the end.

 

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After our trip to Florida in December I flew to Arizona for a few days:)

 

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Happy New Year!!!

Kaitlyn, for the Sanger Family