Friday evening was filled with laughter and craziness ... for Jenny at least!! Andy Porter ... the other MAF UK apprentice at MMS, is due to get married to a local Coshocton girlie, Esther Jarrett in June this year and Jenny and her two partners in crime helped organise the fun and entertainment for Esther's bridal shower! (see below Kristin, Jenny and Laurie ... left to right)
Mark spent the evening with Andy watching the baseball ... (they're both getting acclimatised to the American culture) ... while the girls all dressed up in headboppers, with the added extra of a lovely pink feather boa for the guest of honour! It seems that Bridal showers are lot more civilised out here than the hen nights we're used to in the UK ... as Esther is marrying a Brit we felt the British culture needed to be included in a small (yet still slightly civilised!!) way ... hence the added accessories!!
Lisa Schwartz (far right in the picture below) hosted the evening at her house and right from the start there was lots of laughter ... this just increased more and more as the evening progressed ... it was a great time for many of the MMS ladies to get together and just have some fun ... not forgetting the toilet paper veils!
On Saturday we were minus one member of the family for a lot of the day as the PT6 course which has been running this week in the hangar didn't finish til Saturday afternoon. While Abigail was sleeping that day, Jenny was decorating a birthday cake and as she put the finishing touches to it Mark came home and took some photos!
On Sunday we hosted the Swanson family who are here from the UK for their evaluation week (just like we did in March 2009) and it was their son's 2nd birthday ... he's a fan of Postman Pat, so Jenny made him a Postman pat cake and had great fun in the process!
Once the cake was finished Jenny went outside to see what Mark was up to in the garden ... putting together our new BBQ!!! The weather has been GORGEOUS recently ... regularly in the 80's ... apparently unusual for this time of year ... so we thought we'd enjoy the 'summer' weather with a summer past-time ... a yummy BBQ! Cake decorating and BBQ building on a Saturday afternoon ... we're definitely living up to our gender stereotypes ... He he!
We've been emailing the Swanson's (Andy, Heather and their two little ones, Abigail, 3 and Matthew, 2) for a couple of months so it was fun getting to know them a little better in person on Sunday, we wish them well with the rest of their evaluation week here in Coshocton and hope to welcome them back here later on this year as Andy starts his apprenticeship at MMS!
what a gorgeous cake! well done!
ReplyDeleteHi Mark and Jenny - It's Pam from Emmanuel Church in Weymouth. I've just looked at your blog to see if there are any specific prayer requests, because I'm leading prayers tomorrow and you are one of the topics!!! Anyway, it's been such fun reading your blog - you seem to be having an amazing time. The cake is amazing too! I remember doing a Postman Pat for my son but it's wasn't as impressive as your's!!! I'm impressed with your new found gardening skills too Mark!!! Glad the back is better Jenny. Anyway, I shall continue to pray generally for you that you will cope with all the learning and trauma of having to 'drive' a plane! lol If you don't remember me take a look at the Emmanuel webpage I'm on there! Anyway, you are often prayed for at Emmanuel - so don't forget any specific requests can be sent direct and we'll make sure they get prayed for. God Bless you all. Love Pamx
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