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1st Place Steven Yoder of Floyd County, VA
2nd Place Darin "Beardy" Orendorf of Campbell County,VA
3rd Place Ben Miller of Campbell County, VA

Yes, I placed third which was somewhat of a surprise. Actually, I shot alot better than I thought I would. I shot really well the first two rounds and was leading everyone at that point in score but I had some poor shots in the last and final round where it really counted. I sort of pulled it together toward the end of the final round and managed to finish fairly respectably.

It was a fun day overall and I look forward to going a few more times before deer season starts to hone the old hunting skills some more.

This is some of us sitting around after round 1

Here is Steven warming up to give us all a good thrashing.

Here is a pic of Steven gloating after his win.

Bow Shoot

I'm shooting in a 3D bow tournament tomorrow. We are expecting in the neighborhood of 20 actual archers. I'm not expecting much from myself as this is basically the first year I've been relatively serious about practicing with a bow but it should be fun anyhow. If nothing else it will have forced me to practice for deer season.
I think we will shoot one round of 20 targets, then we will regroup according to scores so we will be shooting the second round with people of similar skill levels. After the 2nd round, we will take the top five guys and have them shoot a final round for the title.

I'm guessing the toughest aspect will be judging distances.
Maybe if I remember to take my camera I can get some pictures to post.

School

The first day of school photos.

We are officially doing Preschool here at home. It does involve more than coloring in case you wonder.

Preschool is great, I love it!

Happy Anniversary

My parents are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary today! Here are some of my favorite snapshots of them over the past several years.

This picture symbolizes to me the love & support we received from them throughout our adoption process. They stayed with us for several weeks in Guatemala while the paperwork was finished to bring our children home.

Antigua, Guatemala ~ 2004

Christmas ~ 2007

August ~ 2008

Thanks for the many ways you have blessed & supported our family. We love you!

Reunion

August 18 was the Zehr reunion in New York.
We were not able to go, so I got these pictures from my folks. So, for all of us who couldn't make it...enjoy the pics.

Family

The Zehr family got together last night to celebrate our parents upcoming anniversary.
One of the benefits of our new house is having a big enough deck to have a cookout.

Ben amazing us with his skills.

Mr Random Pitches who just happens to be my brother if you hadn't figured that out yet.

Since we have no grass we were happy to keep the children out of the dirt with a rousing game of UNO.

Evening at Grandaddies

My parents are here this week. We are the lucky ones, & get to keep them at our house this time. :)
In honor of them being around all of the Yoders that it suited got together at Grandaddies one evening. It was a small group, but we had a great time.

Grandmama amazes me the way she gardens & keeps up her flower beds.

Hannah enjoying one of the farm cats.

We were delighted that Dave, Christine & their children could be here. He is working on the fireplace at the pavilion this week.

Grandaddy, Melissa, Christine & her daughter, Grandmama, & Kathleen

Dave H. & Norman Y.

Twila, Delvin, my Dad, & Leon

Randy, Grandaddy, Melissa & Martha

Thanks to my Mom for the pictures.
~Juanita