And this Church is still standing. It is located in Laurel, Delaware, not far from my Aunt’s house. I have been to Laurel many times over the years, but I never noticed this little Church. If you didn’t know it was a Church you would think it was a barn and keep on driving.

One of the days that we were at my Aunt’s house and heading out to do a bit of shopping, Hubby remembered seeing this Church in a book on my Aunt’s coffee table the year before. Hubby loves old buildings and Churches and is always wanting to stop and look at them. We looked it up in the book and got the address onto his GPS and headed over. It was beautiful. Not that it is fancy or anything, but the sheer fact that it was built 300 years ago using timber from the land and iron from the Nanticoke Indian Tribe. And the fact that it has boxed seating and the interior has remained unpainted for 300 years is amazing.

I guess you are wondering how I know all this? Well, after Hubby took a walk about, I got the kids out and wanted to take some photos. When I was finishing up and we were getting ready to pack everybody back in the truck a little red car pulled up. I was thinking, that we were going to be in trouble for parking on the land or walking around or something, but no. The couple that pulled up asked us, “How would you like to take a look inside?”. How would we, we would love it!!! They were the keepers of the Church! They attend the Christ Church in Town and nobody had been taking care of the Church for a few years, so they offered to do it. There are at least four weddings a year, one of which was theirs some 20 years ago, and every Sunday the Pastor holds services there during the summer.

Here is a photo from inside the Church.  Each box was owned by a family, the pulpit is on the right wall (This photo has it cut off a bit), and there is a balcony for visitors, which is where I took this photo from.  The couple wanted to open all the windows for us, but I stopped them at one.   It was such a treat to be able to see inside this piece of history, we felt blessed.  For all the years I have been going to Delaware, it was nice to see a little something extra.

To help ease the pain of missing his Teacher (already) J got to help me perform the draw for  my  Blogiversary.  It was highly scientific, I wrote the names out on paper, cut or ripped them apart, folded them, placed them in a bowl and let J pull one out.  He loved it and quite frankly was ready to keep going, and going and going.  But, alas we have a winner.  Twin Mom Plus One!  Twin Mom is on a bit of a writing hiatus right now, but I am going to link to her blog anyway because she is a great writer.  I happen to know Twin Mom in real life and I believe she made me promise to hand deliver.  I do try to keep my promises so I will have to contact her and set up a date.   Congratulations Twin Mom, I hope you enjoy your photo!  And thank you all again for stopping  by my little place in the blogosphere.  I have really enjoyed the last three years and hope to bring you more fun and antics as time goes by.

 Today was the last day of school for J and it was a bit emotional.  Mostly for him, but I told myself I was not going to cry.  He made it all the way home before the tears started, but when they came it was hard for him to stop.  It was in fact the drawing for the photo that made him cheer up.  Thankfully I had it all ready for him to do when he got home. As a parent who stays home, I could not have asked for a better teacher for J.  She was kind and thoughtful and oh so patient.  I only hope that next year his teacher is just as great, it will be hard to top this first year.  Here’s hoping. And as his French Teacher told them, you have homework to do this summer, “Have Fun”.