2020 IN PHOTOS
James and Maddie with Wallace
Irene at HBIC's comforter tying event in January
Geoff and Ruth Lesher at HBIC's comforter event in January
Tying comforters together with the Harrisburg BIC church in January
Geoff and Wallace coloring Easter eggs.
One of the commissioned windows made this year.
As PA started to open back up, Carol got a haircut on our back porch
Dawn with Theodore
Wallace with the GGs
Freya with the GGs
Freya and Wallace shared a birthday party
Geoff reading to Freya during their long summertime visit
Theodore
One of the windows I made for a friend's powder room.
Grandma fixing Freya's hair
Freya loves her cousin Wallace
Hosting the GGs on the front porch for games and a meal.
Theodore loved playing with the fallen leaves
Phares learning to smile!
Geoff holding Francine
Dawn and Geoff holding both newborns
Playing games at Thanksgiving
4 generations: Micah, Geoff and Carol with Freya and Phares
Great-grandma Carol Isley holds newborn Francine at Thanksgiving
Wallace holing Francine
Wallace kisses newborn sister Francine
Freya helping give baby Phares a bath
Wallace and Theodore making a huge gingerbread cookie
Micah, Dawn and Irene with baby Phares at Thanksgiving
Irene holds Phares
Great-grandma Irene holds newborn Francine
newborn Francine
Phares in a super-cute outfit
Geoff holds Francine
Geoff holds newborn Francine
Dawn holds new granddaughter Francine
Dawn reads to Theodore
Betsy and Micah with Freya and baby Phares
Francine Lois Rose Isley, October 25, 2020
Micah with newborn Phares
Phares
Phares and Freya
Phares and Freya
newborn Phares Dane Isley, born October 22, 2020
Kaytee and Perry with Francie and Theo
Micah holding Phares and Freya making faces
Phares
newborn Phares
Dawn reading to Theodore
Francine
Freya and Phares
newborn Francine Lois Rose Isley
Baby Phares
New Baby Phares Dane Isley
A commissioned window for Dawn's Uncle Larry and Aunt Janet's new apartment at Landis Homes.
Micah and Perry with their kids this summer.
Wallace and Theodore
I created a new window for our front door's transom.
A Peach Tree window that sold at the Village Artisan's gallery in Boiling Springs, PA
New Baby Phares Dane Isley7
Springtime with Wallace and Theodore
Both GGs with Theodore
Dawn with Thedore
Stunning sunset
Perry and Kaytee with Wallace and Theodore
Donated tubs of fabric that ended up as comforters
We set up a space for tying comforters at church on Wednesday nights.
HBIC's event in January, the finished pile of comforters being sent to MCC
HBIC's event in January
HBIC's event in January
HBIC's event in January
Geoff and Ruth Lesher working at HBIC's event in January
My "Princess Window"
Grouting incomplete for Sacred Spaces 3
Another window this year: Calla Lilies
Irene's recently-finished quilt was on display at the Village for a month.
Theodore and Wallace having dessert at Messiah Village with GG Weaver
James and Maddie at a Parkside Harmony event
Geoff attended the Calvin Symposium with a group from Messiah College in early February, just days before lockdown
Autumn Tree, a window I sold to James for his apartment
Sacred Spaces 1, This window was included in an art gallery exhibition that closed before it opened
Wallace and Theodore playing in their back yard
Making Easter eggs "together" via FaceTime
An Easter lily window created this year.
Theodore goofing around in their back yard.
One of our FaceTime calls with Micah and Betsy in Idaho
One of our FaceTime calls with Micah in Idaho
After the March 2020 Parkside Harmony Chapter concert in Hershey.
James and his Brothers in Arms barbershop quartet sang together at the March 2020 Chapter concert in Hershey
We held a community comforter tying event in our studio in February right before the shut-down
We held a community comforter tying event in our studio in February right before the shut-down
We held a community comforter tying event in our studio in February right before the shut-down
We held a community comforter tying event in our studio in February right before the shut-down
We held a community comforter tying event in our studio in February right before the shut-down
We held a community comforter tying event in our studio in February right before the shut-down
We held a community comforter tying event in our studio in February right before the shut-down
the finished pile of comforters at HBIC
Working at comforters together at HBIC's event in January.
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2020 started out with our 1-year-old grandson’s birthday party in January and some MCC comforter-tying events. Little did we know what was about to happen! It’s crazy! But we’re all still here and in spite of the stress and strain of living in a COVID-19 pandemic, we DO have things to be thankful for.
1. Our clutch of grandchildren went from 3 to 5 this fall, as both Kaytee and Betsy brought new babies into the family. Betsy delivered Phares Dane Isley on October 23rd, and just a few days later Francine Lois Rose Isley arrived by c-section. It’s been a joy to meet them and watch them (mostly online) grow already in their few weeks on the earth.
2. Micah and Betsy moved back east this fall to start her new job in environmental science at the Patuxent Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, Maryland. Micah will continue to be a daddy full-time. We’re so glad to be able to drive just 3.5 hours now —rather than fly across the country to see them.
3. James and Maddie have moved into their new townhouse in the Baltimore area, and they are both adjusting to job changes: Maddie teaching high school music — all online, and James becoming an assistant manager at a different office of the leasing company.
4. Wallace turned 7 this summer at a party he partially shared with his cousin Freya, who was here for a few weeks from Idaho. We’re so fortunate to be a part of his life. He was already doing cyber school from home so the pandemic didn’t really change his routine at all. He’s become a reader of long books, especially ones that come in a series.
5. While on lock-down I made a lot of art! I worked hard to refine my skills in mosaic stained glass, and produced a number of new windows, for our house and for happy customers I’ve discovered both through friends, social media and the Artisan’s Gallery in nearby Boiling Springs. I also sewed a slew of comforters for MCC, and coordinated a group of volunteers from church to help with the various steps in creating these much-needed blankets for refugees all over the world.
6. Dawn’s child care business took a brief break mid-pandemic (while all of PA was on lock-down) but we’re happy that she was able to reopen in May. She took her regular 8 week summer break, and is now busy daily again with 5 very active children. Her families really needed her to reopen as they were all teaching or working from home.
7. We are also thankful that the political season is over, vaccines are on their way, and that in spite of the craziness / strangeness / hype of the year, we can still rely on God to be our hope in times of trouble.
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