robert rentschler

i know that the few of you that read my posts may not know who robert rentschler was, but he was one of the most amazing men i have ever had the pleasure of knowing. he was the high school phys ed and health teacher at oley valley high school for 33 years. he also coached the oley valley high school baseball team to 3 state titles in 5 appearances, in his 26 year coaching career. he was more than a teacher or a coach, he was a friend to his students. he was there if you needed advice, he was there to listen, he was there if you just wanted to shoot the shit. no matter how mean something sounded after it came out of his mouth, there were never any hard feelings. whether you were an athelete or not, he was also there to encourage you. there wasn't a day that went by that you couldn't find him in the gym between classes, just hanging out. i'm not sure if he ever really knew how many lives he touched, but he will be greatly missed by all. this quote is taken from his obituary in the reading eagle
"It can truly be said that Bob was the best son, brother, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, teacher/coach, and friend anyone could have." Those words could not be more true. Mr. Robert H. Rentschler, you will be missed!!

oh, the last few months

oh, boy! i haven't updated since labor day. okay, so in october the dance group had their annual campout, and this year we tied in the halloween party. we were the wolter family farmers. the first week of november, karl and i went to disney world for a week for our 5th wedding anniversary. amelia also had a vacation, she spen half the week with omi and opa and the second half of the week with granny, pap, tante aby and cousin b. she didn't seem to mind too much that we were gone! the last weekend in november, karl and i were aboard royal caribbeans new oasis of the seas for a 2 night preview sailing that i won at work!! yay, being a travel agent paid off big!! it is the biggest ship in the world and it was amazing!! so much to do onboard the ship, not sure why anyone would actually get off :) then, the first friday of december, we had the annual dance group christmas party. amelia really wanted nothing to do with santa this year, but she is enjoying the present he got her. tonight we have karl's masonic lodge christmas party, where amelia is sure to entertain. if i don't update again before christmas, i hope everyone has a very merry christmas and a safe and happy new year!!

zerna

okay, so zern is officially zerna according to the vet. so, now we have 1 male cat and 2 females. explains why snowflake is sooooo pissed!!!

zern

so karl and i went to zern's flea/farmer's market on saturday...just to look around. well, we are both suckers for poor, pathetic, sad looking kittens, so here is the newest member of our family, zern. well, we had to name him after where we got him. the boy at the store tried to tell us that he is 8 weeks old, but there is no way, unless he is an absolute runt!! karl and i are thinking probably closer to 5 weeks. he'll have to go to the vet's this week, so maybe they have a better guess. megoo and snowflake are pissed and all they do is hiss at him. thank goodness they don't really try to attack him!! actually, megoo may be pissed and try to act all tough, but if zern makes any sort of motion to go near megoo, he runs away :) amelia loves him!! she wants to love on him all the time, if she could actually catch him!! he's learned real quick to run away from the baby, so she doesn't sit on him or pull his tail :) we are turning into the crazy cat people!!! this is it for a while, 3 is enough!!!

fourth of july

so i know i'm almost a month late in posting these picss, but at least i'm posting them :) we had a great 4th of july! much, much, much different than last year. last year, john and karl just held cora and amelia all day, this year there was no stopping them!! once again we traveled to the davis house in wyomissing for the annual 4th of july party. aunt katie had set up a water table and ball pit for the kids to play in. i think will like the water table the most!! the three of them just looked so darn cute playing in the water together. at one point, it was girls versus will!! after the davis party, we had to go to granny and pap's and got to go in the big pool. amelia is not really a fan of the pool. if she can't stand, she doesn't like it. hopefully we'll get to go to the beach next summer, so she can experience the ocean! i hope everyone had a wonderful month of july and i'll try to post more frequently, i promise :)

r.i.p.

michael jackson is dead. this makes me kinda sad. i grew up listening to mj, and have even downloaded some of my favorite mj songs onto my ipod, and would break them out every once in a while. he's probably finally at peace. i guess i'll be listening to a little "thriller" tomorrow on my way to work, or perhaps "billie jean"

farrah fawcett also died today. not really my era, but sad none the less.

r.i.p.

helping daddy

playing with my bucket!

"are you sure i can't help?"

mmmm, dirt!

yea, i'm cute!

amelia and karl planted our flowers last weekend. she is such a good little helper and a daddy's girl. she loves to play in the dirt and play with mud, sticks and stones. i guess that's what happens when for most of the day she is at a greenhouse! they did such a good job with planting! the outside of our house looks beautiful!!