Mike & Heather and Family

Today’s adventure: We found lots of tree fossils and this rock may have been in a dinosaurs stomach.  Cool stuff.

One hindrance after another.  We’ve had multiple power outages with one lasting four days.  We had to get a new computer since the other one was destroyed by water.  We’ve been trying to get ready for school, and taking care of the dog is much more involved now. This is all that remains of our [...]

Still a flurry of activity and goings on: Yesterday, the new gutters were installed… and the inside walls have been patched. Today, some trees are coming down… and working behind a shroud of secrecy SOMETHING NEFARIOUS is happening in our hallway… or it’s getting repainted. One of the two.

So, the roof has been repaired, new shingles are up, and the nasty insulation has been cleaned out of the attic. So at this point, we are just waiting on gutters, drywall, and insulation and hopefully we can get things back to normal. They are coming to do the drywall tomorrow. Gutters are hopefully soon. [...]

We’ve got new shingles delivered and ready to go up tomorrow morning, and… A NEW CAR! So, we didn’t stray much from the formula. I’m sure nothing will ever happen to our new car if we keep it parked there… right?!? … we’re parking it in the garage

Silly kids-silly dog I can’t help but laugh.

We haven’t finished the tree house, and the fence was put on hold, but we decided that insulation in the attic is the next task on the list.  Our A/C went out last week, and while the repairman was here he reminded us again that attic insulation would help incredibly.  So, optimistically, we planned for [...]

Ethan,”Did the earthquake destroy any houses?” Dad,”No, it was just enough that you could feel it, but it didn’t do any damage.” Ethan, “So, you could have made a milkshake”

We’ve picked blueberries with friends… We’ve fished with the scouts… We’ve celebrated Independence Day… We’ve made our own lunch (blueberries, marshmallows, nutella, peanut butter, and a plum)… And we gave the dog a bath.  She smells better, for a minute at least.  She thorougly killed her duck yesterday.  She has chewed completely through and it [...]

This is Cookie. This is Cookie and her duck.  She loves to play with it.  She was throwing it into the air herself and trying to catch it yesterday.  She loves to play and roll in the grass.  She is obedient and can do tricks.  We love her. Yes, she is a pit bull.