Last weekend we made the 5-6 hour trek northeast to Ramont's homeland in Wisconsin. His folks, as well as an aunt and uncle and cousins, drove in from Virginia and all converged at (Great) Grandma Schrock's home. She is now 95 years old, and still making loom rugs, quilts, and other works of art in her own home's basement.
Three generations of Schrocks.
Grandma Schrock with three of her four children.
Aunt Rita (on the left) made all the delicious food all weekend.
Waiting for cousins to show up...
Ramont (back, right) with some of his first cousins. His three siblings and three cousins are missing.
Great-grandma Schrock with some of the fourth generation. I believe 9 kids are missing from this photo of great-grandchildren.
We got to stay in a camper on the yard for two nights! That was definitely a highlight.
The view from our door was "the Big Woods" we've been reading about at bedtime.
Inside.
Plenty of room inside. However, it did make us realize that we probably wouldn't want to move out of our house into a camper just yet.
Sunday morning.
We spent most of the time outside.
It was even warm enough to enjoy some
terere,
and get some newbies addicted.
The trampoline in the front yard was also a big hit.
Uncle Alvin flew his toy (that's probably not the right word) plane in the evening.
You can see it as a speck on the left side, midway up.
Altogether it was a very enjoyable time of visiting, eating, going to church at South Lawrence Mennonite down the road, and reconnecting with the larger Schrock family.
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