First Friday...Experiencing the Arts in Canton

Each First Friday begins with an art workshop for children, followed by a 'Critter Parade'. Jaelyn and Addison LOVE it! This month we stopped by the new sculpture completed by Timken students and a local artist. It's a fascinating piece that captures quite a bit about Timken Company and the school.

Scott & Christina's wedding

"Lovers must not, like usurers, live for themselves alone. They must finally turn from their gaze at one another back toward the community. If they had only themselves to consider, lovers would not need to marry, but they must think of others and of other things. They say their vows to the community as much as to one another, and the community gathers around them to hear and to wish them well, on their behalf and its own. It gathers around them because it understands how necessary, how joyful, and how fearful this joining is. These lovers, pledging themselves to one another "until death", are giving themselves away, and they are joined by this as no law or contract could join them. Lovers, then, "die" into their union with one another as a soul "dies" into its union with God. And so here, at the very heart of community life, we find not something to sell as in the public market but this momentous giving. If the community cannot protect this giving, it can protect nothing. " -Wendell Berry.

Creating Garden Memories

In an attempt to create a meaningful learning experience and memory for our family, we decided to begin a small garden with my parents. Despite his chemotherapy treatments, dad is able to drive around on his 'Big Country' and provide hours of entertainment for Jaelyn and Addison. He does tire easily and has trouble breathing when it's too windy, but he still loves to be outside and is as active as possible. He was officially the CEO of the garden planting endeavor.

The site was Grandma and Grandpa Erman's garden, which unlike other childhood memories, has grown in size rather than diminish. I don't know how they took care of that vast garden throughout my entire childhood. We only planted a few rows before exhaustion set in.

Planting the onions, carrots, snap peas, and tomatoes was very romantic for us all; however, we'll see how we do with the more mundane tasks of weeding in the upcoming weeks.

British Humour

Katie turned us on to this youtube that's been keeping us laughing all day.