7-26-12 New Roof

7-25-12 Trusses Up

7-24-12 Good, Bad, Ugly, and Other

First the good - - -

Aah yes the peach crop is good. Very very good.

The bad -

Typically corn isn’t supposed to be drying up at this time of year. Neighboring fields are much worse, but this is just south of our house.

Other bad -

Lest you fail to recognize this spot, it’s the creek where in past summers we have spent many wonderful hours.

There is very very little water flowing here. Without rain soon, we might have no creek. Which hasn’t happened since 1988. And which means we will be hauling water to the nine pregnant cows which currently drink from this creek.

Dave’s lake is down too.

The shoreline is growing, and once-covered peninsulas are showing up again.

The dark dirt around the edge was once covered with water.

The ugly - - -

Yep, the watermelon are pretty ugly. Sorry Carmen, I guess I can’t teach you how to grow watermelon! The debate rages – did they not get enough water, or was it something else? We suspect something else, because these muskmelon continue to do ok, green and growing,

And Grandpa’s pumpkins are very green and thriving!

Soooo - -

the jury’s out on the watermelon. They are not ripe, but vines are drying like crazy. Chickenfeed, that’s what it is

(the unripe watermelon, that is).

Other - - -

House progress continues.

In preparation for trusses going up – -

Activity at Topsoil Mountain.

Messes everywhere.

That means progress!!!

 

Good night!

7-23-12 Our Weekend

by Tori

The last few days have been blurs. Friday we kids and the Koch boys worked on the roof till 2:00, then Jesse took a load of shingles over to the Hopedale Land Fill. Everyone else did chores and by 4:00 Dad and Mom had left to set up for Father/Son Night. The boys left soon after them. Aunt Sarah and Tricia came for pizza, then we went to Aunt Sarah’s and had a big waterfight. The three littles were 100% soaked. I guess we should have taken dry clothes for them, but of course we didn’t think of that. We walked across to the school and they dried off pretty good on the playground before we walked down to Pinky’s for ice cream. After ice cream we came back to our house and by the time everyone was cleaned up, Dad and Mom and the boys were home. Saturday ASK and the Koch boys came, and we finished shingling the west side of the roof and did the whole south side. Since Doug was here from Phoenix, he and Nate came over to have pizza for lunch with Dad. Sunday morning Levi and Jesse left early to go on a young group/high school boys’ trip, and Sunday we went to Matt and Dana’s right after church. That was a fun evening which included softball, ping-pong, around-the-world, dodge ball, kick-the-can, grey wolf, mafia, and lots of talking and laughing.

Almost ready to start shingling Friday.

The big long stretch is what we got done on Friday. Dad helped get started around the chimney and he told Jesse how to go around the electrical.

Ben has a fine new hairstyle.

Josh found a new friend.

This little guy loves anything sweet. He decided to help himself to the extra juice on the peaches during supper.

Saturday Levi brought the trusses for the addition.

Longtime friends.

A little music for Doug.

The end.