Happy Sunday Morning!

This is before Primary.. . . . the the next one is after!! HA HA This one is like" Because I said so" HA Just kidding!

And Then We Had More Fun. . .

Can you see the dust from the Harty Plank? It is SOOO nasty, dad wears his handy googles and we just head up wind and cover our faces when needed. The wind was really blowing today, so it was a good thing!

More views of today's progress. . .

OK so we took a break to go and get ice cream!! And Aunt Sue and Uncle Steve came too. Blizzards . . . mmmmmm

Saturday's Fun !

More and more papering. . . .


No this will be Too breezy Steven!
New window. . yeah! Its been found and installed! Yeah!!

Gnomes!

and friends. . . .

Our new light fixtures came with free lawn gnomes. . . ha. . .Madi will have them in her box garden!

New Outdoor Lights

New Lights for the outside spots. . . can ya tell if you like it or not? Its pretty nice actually.

Girl's Night At Aunt Sue's

Libby wanted to make something for school next year to wear that her students would admire and appreciate. So we searched the bead drawers till she found just the right stuff!

She made a lanyer for her name tag! And the beads, if you can believe it, match her glasses! What a fun find!

Phil Comes Back For More!

Phil! What a great guy to come back for more hard work! Phil is a teacher and he actually enjoys the physcial work in the summer. . . so here ya go!
I think Steven thought that he was Adam for just a moment there. . . .HA
Ita all coming together. . .

Fireworks From My Dining Room. . .

It was kinda cool sitting in the doorway in the dining room and watching the fireworks up the river! It was a whole lot less work than in past years! Steven watched for a few and then went to watch the rest from his bed!!
Ya gotta love these shots of the fireworks with the old washer and dryer adding that special touch of class to my pics!!! HA. I cant wait for the "haul away the trash" part of this make over!

These are For You Bethany

Grandma Ida thought that you needed a couple of these shots since you notice the tree in the other ones. Its gotten so big that dad thinks it needs to come down, but he's not sure how to do it now. Its not big enough to climb, and too big to fall. Oops!

Happy 4th of July to everyone!!!!

Nathan's Hotdog Eating Winner ! ! ! !

ESPN had Joey Chestnut winning by eating 66 hotdogs and buns in 12 minutes! He beat the reigning champ from japan Kobeahchi who had 63. It was by far the most DISCUSTING thing I've seen in awhile. They dip the buns in water and then suck up the nasty stuff! Barf a ramo. But it was fun to see Joey win this year. . . . yeah!

More of Our Day

Grandma in the bushes. . . dont ask!
Here's dad and Phil getting the first layer level. . . . I hope!
Too big of a gap??? Wedge and caulking! What else!!
Dad getting the windows ready to frame. . or actually, framing them.

Make my day! Come closer so I can slap ya! HA
Grandma Ida changing the positions of the plank holders.
Phil and dad hard at it. . . . Phil came and helped for a couple of hours. Thanks Phil!!

Grandma and I put up a lot of tar paper today. We made it all around to the front window.

Music for Mom

July 4th 2007

The signing of the Declaration of Independence July 1776

God Bless America. . land that I love, stand beside her, and guide her, thru the night with a light from above. . . God Bless America my home sweet home.

This is as far as we got for the 4th! Im still waiting for the tunes. . . but I got the flag!

As of July 3, 2007

Tar paper, windows framed out and then the siding.
Dad at it again! grandma ida watching again. . . me at the camera still!

The west side of the house. . .all done except for the window that Jerry's can't find! So its off to the east side now i guess!

Happy Anniversary Madi and Joe. . Number 2

Madi and Joe signing up for a wedding licence at the court house in Florence.
July 2, 2005 at the Portland Oregon Temple
Mr and Mrs Joseph McShinsky..... Happy Anniversary you two!

Welcome July! Its the 1st

Here's Taylor in her last years yellow jumper and her new leggings and sandals. It all works so that nothing is too short or to immodest. . . nice huh?
She is so like her Aunts Madi and Bethany. . . you say smile and she poses! It makes for good picture taking.
OK its a little cheesy . . .
And a lot cheesy. . . . but she was in a hurry to finish Mickey Mouse Club. . .