What seems like endless unpacking, decorating, plantings,
painting, organizing and just work we are getting
more and more settled with the help of James & Beka!
Beka got herself a sewing machine and
came over for her first project! She does
amazing work! So fun to have time with
these two and so thankful for all the help!
Dear friends came to see the new house -
great to see Elaine and Dani!
I was happy to watch 15 quail eggs mature,
hatch and leave the nest with their
mom and dad! Many video are in the
2026 video link if you'd like to
watch the struggle to leave the nest which
was 5' above ground! If you look close
you can see eggs on the left and a baby on the right!
How amazing that our oldest granddaughter,
Adah, graduated high school!!!
We enjoyed watching the graduation
ceremony and her lovely senior recital!
So proud of this girl!
As part of the home buying process, the previous owner
paid for some foundation repair.
So many delays thanks to county permits being
delayed. Finally it was settled and the date
set for May 28th, which we had to be here for!
Just horrible timing for us
as we were planning to drive to TX for a Guyer
family reunion. At least we got to see a few
pics of the family we missed seeing.
...until next time when we'll hope to be there!
My special-in-law, Kim, planned a special surprise
70th Birthday party for Dawn, Sue and I!
What a special re-connect time with these
'old' friends!!
Letty came to spend 2 nights!! What fun we had
painting, playing, and watching wildlife!
The Lord answered Letty's praying and a deer came to visit!
The kids surprised Dad for Father's Day with coffee and treats
and 'The End of the Trail'!
What a special, special two weeks we had! The Nelsons
drove 16 hrs straight to get to their VRBO. We had all the
gang to the new house for an evening of food, fun, games
and pics! We haven't all been together for almost
5 years! Fun to see all 8 grands together -
5 teenagers!!! Pics of age order, fun stairstep, with
Grammie and Papa, and all 16 of us in our backyard!
So much happened those two weeks...
different combos of people getting together
for many activities! So very special!
Check out the shared google album with
almost 650 pictures!
We had an art day - peaceful music and
lots of creativity!
What a fun thing to do with 13 people!!
Hard to plan when we'll all be together again but
we all enjoyed getting know each other again!
A little surprise for Dad for the 74th Birthday!
Dad and I planned to stop for a bite before Costco and
look who was there - Surprise!!! A quick and fun time!
We hung lights, put wood in pantry,
