Schallenberger Open House

On June 7th, the day after Kaitie's graduation, the Schallenbergers had an open house for friends, family and neighbors. Over all there were around 50 folks that stopped by.

Kathy, Robin and Barbara in deep conversation around the food.

Veronica takes a moment to smile for the camera.

Meanwhile, Scott manned the grill, turning out burgers, dogs and bratts like they were going out of style.

Kaitie's cake came appropriately adorned with graduation-themed decorations.

There was a small table set up in the front entrance for cards and gifts.

More deep conversation being undertaken around the table.

After lunch, several of us went hiking up in the hills behind the Schallenberger place. Here Chelsea and Joey are seen walking along a service road overlooking the valley. (For those who are interested, the photo was taken looking east).

Yes, the photographer got his own picture taken. Leonardo was kind enough to snap this picture of Carlos and myself. Carlos and Leonardo are from the Dominican Republic or the "DR" as they call it.

We had a great view of the Schallenbergers' place from our vantage point on the service road. Theirs is the house in the foreground with the visitors' vehicles parked in the adjacent cul-de-sac.

The hills were quite green due to some late spring rains.

Carlos, Leonardo, Chelsea and Kaitie pose for a picture.

Joey smiles for the camera as well.

After we hiked back down, we spent a little more time snacking, Kaitie opened her cards and gifts, and we all hung out until late in the evening. A good time was had by all.