After the Jarboe get-together in Lexington Saturday, Rena and I went to Mom and Dad's in Bowling Green for the rest of the weekend. On Monday we drove back to Coshocton. It was a beautiful day, but with quite a strong wind blowing. Fortunately, the wind was out of the south-west, which gave us a tailwind that really helped our gas mileage.


We stopped for lunch in LaGrange, Kentucky for lunch. At a bank next to the restaurant sat a service truck for Jarboe's Plumbing, Heating and Cooling. We thought it a fitting footnote to our reunion trip.

As far as I know, the LaGrange Jarboes aren't related to us. One would have to go back many generations to find a common ancestor. However, it is interesting to see our family name printed that large on the side of a truck.

Jarboe Reunion

Today we drove to Lexington, Ky today for a Jarboe reunion. Dwight enjoyed seeing many of his cousins and siblings.

Joe and Sam

Marvin, Mom and Dwight

Cousins with Mom and Dad.

Front row: Nancy (cousin) Dad, Mom, Pam (sister), Carolyn (cousin)

Back row: Eric (brother), Joe and Alan (cousins) Dwight, Sam (cousin), Marvin (brother), Don (cousin)

Grandparent's Day

Today (and yesterday) was Grandparent's Day at Warsaw School. We enjoyed lunch with the grandkids and visited their classrooms, spent time at the book fair and watched them play at recess.

A studious 4th grader

An enthusiastic Kindergartener

A yummy lunch of tacos, green beans, peaches, icecream and a brownie

Jen had a Birthday

Recently our daughter, Jen, celebrated her Birthday. Here are some highlights from last night.

Chanelle carries the cake "Happy Birthday Mom"

The kids always get to help blow out the candles
Angel food cake - Jen's favorite

Jen's special request was for her brother to make fried cheesecake. (Can only eat that once a year)!

Javin learns from his Uncle Scott, how to make fried cheesecake.

Jarboe Journal, September 2009

Below is our latest newsletter. You can click on each page to make them larger for viewing.

Beautiful Wedding

Labor Day weekend we found ourselves in Madison, IN for Kesly (Dwight's niece) and Alburn's wedding. It was a beatiful outdoor setting overlooking Madison and the Ohio River.
Javin (r) makes a new friend as they pracitce being ring bearers together

Flower girls (Chanelle on right) practise their roles

Kelsy walks with her Dad, Eric

Kelsy and Alburn say their vows

Brittany (Kelsy's sister) the maid of honor

Fun hayride after the rehearsal dinner
Chanelle, Javin, Stephanie and Jen

Jason (our son-in-law) and Pam (Dwight's sister)

Celebrations

Monday, August 24th, Rena and I celebrated 35 years of marriage. I took a vacation day and we went north and looked around in some shops in Holmes County. After a nice supper in a restaurant featuring Amish cooking, we headed home. Not far from home we had to stop and wait while a dairy herd crossed the road. It was milking time and the 15-20 cows were intent on getting to the milk house.

The following Monday Javin, our grandson, turned six years old. We celebrated his birthday with him on Sunday. He's a delight to us and the whole family.

The previous post told of our celebrating the completion of the Moody Aviation Cessna R182. While at MMS for repair, Moody Aviation leadership decided to upgrade the plane by incorporating some features of later editions of the model. Consequently, the airplane was repaired and modified by MMS to make it more useful in Moody Aviation's missionary pilot training program.

MMS said goodbye to the Cessna 182 from Moody Aviation. There was extensive damage to the airplane after a partial landing gear collapse and now two years later it is back in service. Paul Jones has put together a wonderful video of its depature. Click on this link to see it.