Stepping Out of the Boat

We are currently enjoying a few days with John's family in Angola, Indiana over the holiday week. Happy 4th of July! We arrived here late Sunday night after a weekend in Van Wert, Ohio with Claire's family. Her grandparents were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary with a big party at their church. Here we are at John's Uncle Ted and Aunt Claudia's house with John't cousin Joel.
Here is Joel with his niece Ellen- so cute! We got to eat homemade ice cream. All the kids really enjoyed it - and I daresay the adults enjoyed it just as much. Like so many other homemade things, ice cream is a completely different experience when it has been made from scratch.At the big family reunion on the 4th, we were able to go swimming in a little pond. We had a blast together. Although it rained for about 15 minutes, the rest of the day was lovely. In fact, we played a new game called "Horseballs." (Don't worry, it's not as perverted as it sounds.) It's like horseshoes, but with balls instead.
We visited Joe's work, which was very fascinating. Joe works at a firewood processing plant, and we got to see all the big machinery that they use to process the wood. Joe helped to build most of it and get it running. He has a dangerous job for sure.