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Lawns

A lot of people have complained about the weather this summer: cool, with frequent light showers and thunderstorms.  However, for someone starting lawns in July it has worked out well.  The lawn around the house has recovered nicely and will likely be trimmed the next time we mow.

We moved our peonies along the fence between the [...]

New Driveway

Our weekend report starts last Thursday as Kathryn went for an overnight trip with her pal Jean Kraeger as she worked some of her genealogy.  I had a babysitter for Eric as I played two early volleyball matches (we won 5 of the 6 games) and got him to bed before 9pm.

Friday morning I took Eric [...]

Camping and Floyd Field Days

We went camping on Friday and it was warm enough to swim.  We would swim and then hang out on the rock in the sun.  Eric must have gone in the water 5-6 separate times.  Skip and Rhinda joined us at dinner time.  There were three loons on the lake and one visited us at the [...]

Commander’s WIT

I get these weekly emails from our Air Force commander.  This past week’s was good advice.

Your #1 goal, above all else, is to survive the next 24 hours.  Every day.

That means with all your body parts still intact.
That means with all of them functioning properly.
AND that means with you feeling healthy and happy.

Your #2 goal is [...]

Boys in the Rain

Trevor was playing with Eric yesterday afternoon when a thunderstorm moved through.  The boys took advantage of the downpour to play in [...]