Shalene got some sunflower seeds in the mail so Clayton & Shalene decided to plant them today. Enjoying the beautiful weather!!!
I really love their hats!!!
Bree was outside watching Clayton & Shalene garden. Don't you love her lopsided grin?
Sunday Afternoon - Stephanie and Phoebe came over to our house while Clayton went to visit their brother Reuben. So we had 4 girls for the afternoon while Clayton & Reuben went for a hike to the pond and had a blast in the woods. Here the girls are eating fresh pineapple.
Shalene & Stephanie decided to eat outside - still a little chilly out but hey, we have hope. We do have some flowers popping up so that is exciting.
Alyssa & Phoebe--they basically hiked for most of the day. So long that Steve started to wonder about them and went off to find em.
Taking a break - Actually they were sitting here with there shoes off saying they were letting there feet "air out" after the hike. BUT, they wouldn't let me take that picture!!
Jenn and Andrew
This is Andrew escorting Jenn's mother, Sherri. Doesn't it look like their running to the front of the church??? I guess their just ready to get the wedding ceremony over with :)
Mr. and Mrs.!!! Congrats to Jenn and Andrew whose wedding was today. We wish you the best. Very beautiful wedding.
Can you see the bubbles that are floating around? It was windy out so the bubbles didn't linger but they are there.
Clayton having fun playing with the bubbles. Here he is practicing for when the bride and groom come outside. I think he may have been so busy with practicing that he missed the bride and groom. 
This picuture says: Chocolate is best shared with a friend. And the plate below says: A day without chocolate is a day without sunshine!!! You can't tell but the plate is a pale pink trimmed in the chocolate color. Sorry, the sunshine makes it a little hard to see the colors - however, I'm not gonna complain about the sunshine.
OK - I might be exaggerating (but I may not) on how often this girl has to check her email. WOW!!!! A bit attached!!
(Poasted by Amy)
Here is some of the pages I accomplished at the Retreat. Now these pages were fun!!!! Lots of cutting out and pop dots -- I used 2 identical papers (one page for the main base paper and one page to use for cutting out the flowers & bird so I could give my page a 3D look. ) As well as cutting out the swirls and lifting them up with pop dots. A bit time consumming but well worth it.
For the past school year the girls have attended violin lessons at the SU campus in Selinsgrove. So I drug my camera with me and took some snaps of our EVERDAY LIFE OF THE STAHL FAMILY.
This is a really beautiful campus. Here is one of the buildings we walk past. I must admit that we see some real winners of outfits while on campus. 
Here they are at the music building. The girls "pretend" to grumble about going to lessons BUT their teacher is wonderful. Her name is Margeaux (see previous post with her in concert). She is such a sweet girl and Alyssa & Shalene have learned a tremendous amount this year.
One of the perks of Steve being self employed is that he sometimes brings his work home with him. Here he is working on making a "step up" / check out area for the registers at Cole's Hardware (they are putting a new one in at Middleburg!)
It's nice to have him working at home -- Clayton can be a helper and work with dad...and me ...........well, I can always say "Ask Dad!!"
(Posted by Amy)
Here is a pictures of the "cabin" that our scrapbook retreat was held at. Talk about beautiful. It had 3 levels. First level we had our scrappers room and a small kitchen. Second level was the kitchen and dining area along with the living room area (picture below) and a couple bedrooms. The upper level had 3 large rooms full of bunks and a regular bedroom as well. Along with a little loft that had a place for 3 mattresses or so. There was also a swap table - on this table you could put unwanted items....you bought something and didn't use or used some...I got some really great stuff on this table -- paper sets, embellishments and stamps were all there!!
I was in the non snoring room -- HOWEVER, I'm not sure if everyone realized what non-snoring meant (although some of the ladies "filled in" for some that could not come and had to take the bed that was available) BUT!!!!! I am planning to invest in a pair of earplugs for future trips.
The view from the cabin. It was very beautiful. A water wheel which you can't see and 4 wheeler trails (which we didn't use - giggle) but a wonderful place to go away and rest.
Here are the goodie bags that each one got. Full of snacks and scrappers goodies...paper, adhesive and embellishments. Along with that we each went home with a door prize and many wonderful memories. (posted by Amy)
Here is a picture of the ladies working. Now this retreat started Friday at 5:00 and ended Sunday at 2:00. We had WONDERFUL meals provided and many snacks(each brought a snack to share so 30 plus ladies make for a lot of good snacks). Many stayed up until 2:00 or 4:00 a.m. and woke early - 6:00 or so - to get back at it. We had our fashion show on Sat. evening (pictures below) and a church service Sunday morning, but other than that (well we did take time out to eat the wonderful food, and I am not exaggerating on that) we scrapped the rest of the time.
Tammy along with Terri's daughter keeping the store in working order. This was great, while scrapping we could go over and get our matching cardstock or embellishment if we needed something.
This is Amy and below is Andrea and Carole - these ladies shared the same table that I worked at. So I was able to hear many stories of these ladies and their families.
I was able to see many I knew from the store but then I met many new ladies as well. There is just something about scrapbooking. Each one was working on their own project / family memories, but we all had something in common - which gave us something to visit about. We were able to share our lives by showing pictures of our family to those we just met. It kindda makes you feel like you have a Huge scrapbook family.
