Sunday, May 23, 2010

Three of Three

We spent our last several days in Pittsburgh PA at Zac and Joy's.  The highlight was Anne's baptism and confirmation.
Brigg and Havalah with Anne with her special white dress.
The Shakespear crew from Michigan (though they moved the next week to Missouri!)
Zac and Joy's family
Not an uncommon scene.  Sweet Anne being so kind and caring for her younger brother and cousins.  
All of us together!  What a great time we had - one weekend in Michigan and this weekend in PA.
Our 7 wonderful grandchildren
Hunter, Justin held by Hyrum, Emma held by Anne, Jackson held by Andrew

Two of Three

Brigg and Havalah treated us to a mid-week tour of central Pennsylvania.  Our first stop was Punxsutawney PA - home of the most famous weather rodent alive.  

The four of us at Gobbler's Knob

Hava trying out to take Phil's place for next February!!  She's sure a lot cuter :)

Brigg positioned his father as Phil 


Next Stop - Gettysburg

In front of the National Museum - this was a very sad and sobering day for us.  We had all read a book and watched a movie about the battle at Gettysburg so this city was quite familiar to us.  Our first few hours we experienced great weather - the afternoon rain seemed to confirm the sadness of these events.

Famous rock walls are everywhere in town.

Marcie with President Lincoln.

The four of us on top of one of the many lookouts in Gettysburg.

We stayed a couple of nights in the capital city of PA - Harrisburg.  The Capitol grounds were beautiful.  The marble stairs, the light fixtures, old buildings, fountains, etc. were all marvelous.

The capitol building in the background.

The last stop on our tour together was Hershey PA and the famous chocolate factory.  Here we are at the end of a very informative ride, which taught us all about chocolate making, including instruction from 3 singing cows!  (not pictured!!!)
Brigg and Marcie pose at the entrance of the factory.
Holding the largest chocolate bar available - 5 pounds worth.

Last photo as we departed this sweet visit.

One of Three


This blog features the first of three legs on our trip back east.  Our first stop was Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Megan's birthday (ice cream cake shown above!) Jeremy's graduation from dental school, and the blessings of the twins.
The happy graduate in line - and a well deserved kiss from his happy wife!!


The cousins arrived from Pittsburgh in time for some park fun!

Justin Taylor Shakespear

Emma Louise Shakespear
The four namesake "Scotts"
Zachary Scott
Andrew Scott
Scott Rodney
Hunter Scott
The 3 "Rodneys"
Scott Rodney
Rodney Brigg
Brigg wearing Rodney F's suit

Sunday, May 2, 2010

May Day

Hope you all had a great May 1st like we did! We were involved in two very fun activities on Saturday May 1. The Lacey Stake was in charge of the multi-stake Young Single Adult (YSA) activity and we had planned a treasure hunt at the State Capitol. We never know how many of these young adults to expect, but we had a very nice turn-out of about 35 and had a grand time. This first photo shows Mom with the 10 feet of sandwich that we had ordered for lunch! You should have seen me trying to get out of the store with those 3 laying crosswise on a shopping cart! And I got some great looks and comments too.





The weather cooperated nicely - not too warm but not wet either. Once at the Capitol grounds we joined Michael Goold and Michelle Williams to form a great team.









At the doors of the state Capitol building we ran into another team and stopped for a quick photo shoot:
Michael Goold, Michelle Williams, Stephanie Stringfellow, Steven Northrup, Kevin Northrup (just returned Thursday night from the Baltic Mission), Isaac Delimont and the ever lovely Marcie T!






One of our clues led us across the Capitol Way bridge to the Korean War Memorial - the flags were all blowing in the same direction, but failed to cooperate when the photo was taken!







We loved the blue sky visible through the beautiful trees on campus.

At night we drove to Renton to watch our niece in their high school's production of the Sound of Music. She played the part of Berthe, the "mean nun" and did a great job. We were quite impressed with the talent from this school and really enjoyed the show. It was "verbotten" to take pictures during the show but we managed to sneak this one in after the show ended.
Bravo Bridget!