The Green Appraiser!

Well we were thankful for a job today. Rick decided to ride his bike to do the appraisal and take pictures of the comps in the neighborhood! I believe the roundtrip was around 9 miles. He left early to avoid the 96 degree heat. The customer was thrilled and said we have our First Green Appraiser!

You can't take the Farm out of a Boy!

Rick and I were looking at the tomatoe plants. The tag said they should grow to 36" tall. All I can say is Good Job Dude! We are going to have quite the harvest of fresh, vine ripened tomatoes thanks to him!

Happy Anniversary

I can hardly believe it's been one month since Nick and Sara's wedding. We had a great evening with Nick's parents and Nick and Sara. Much more relaxed!

Oh, and did I mention... Cake!

Camping

I don't think we've been camping in at least 10 years, but we decided to go on the annual church campout just 40 minutes south of here. It was really hot and we were sweaty and sticky and we couldn't sleep but we still had a good time. My name was drawn to judge the Dutch Oven cooking contest. Wow, I would have never imagined all the neat things you can cook in a dutch oven. You put coals at the bottom of the pan and then add whatever you're cooking and you put the cover on and add a few coals to the top. Some people made main dishes (like turkey), some made side dishes (like potatoes with cheesy sause) and others made desserts. A couple of people even baked bread. There were horseshoe contests for the big people and boat races for the little people powered by rubber bands (very cute) and 21 people were baptised in the river. It was a lot of fun.

As you can see if the picture above, Bob got a new tool pouch and he's ready to go to work!

This is so cute

Here's a picture of Jeff when I first met him - at Aunt Debbie's wedding. so Cute. Forgive me Jeff.

Happy Birthday Jeff!

Jeff is celebrating his 31st Birthday tomorrow! The 30's are a lot of fun - past the 'young' issues and in the prime of your life. I'm sure this year's birthday of working on the garage won't hold a match to going to Mexico like he did last year. I guess there is a time for everything. Well, Enjoy it Jeff - time flies by fast!

This picture was taken last night, fishing with Dad.