Little Miss Riley

This is Riley, our grand-niece is about seven months old now. While we were attending her brother’s birthday party, Steve was busy entertaining her and at one point she even drifted off to sleep as he was trying to teach her some new sounds. You have to turn up your volume to hear the noises […]

Cameron Turns Three

Our grand-nephew turned three recently. The party was held at a park and it was a wonderful afternoon to be outside. The kids enjoyed the park and the adults enjoyed chatting under the shelter. There were balloons, poppers and of course cake and ice cream. Amy decorated the Spider Man cake, really cool, and she […]

Pool Closing II

The balloon went on without too many problems, then it was time to fill it with air. This was not a real quick blow up but it really didn’t take that long considering how big it is. The tarp was placed over the balloon, the sand bags put around the edges and finally the tie […]

Pool Closing

It’s time to close the pool, such a sad time.These were our supples: balloon, cover, anchors and sand bags. Steve took the sand tubes to the local concert company and filled with a few days earlier in the week. It took 525 pounds of sand to fill the tubes. Steve gave instructions on how we […]

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Everyone has been posting their videos of their ice bucket experience so here is Steve and Rick’s. Rick’s son Chris Dodson had challenged them. The pool water was 89 degrees, outside heat index was 105 so the ice water felt good. Additional benefit was that the pool got some cold water added!      

Here’s What For Breakfast

This was our breakfast this morning. Steve had the Eggo blueberry waffle and mine was the Jimmy Dean’s light breakfast sandwich.  

A Sunday Afternoon

We have season tickets at the Musical Theater Heritage Off Center Theater at Crown Center. Today’s production of  Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” was wonderful. The Musical Theater is that they do not depend on huge sets, lavish costumes or action packed acts. The productions are allowed to stand on their own merely with the music, the […]

Dehydrating Apples

    A couple of years ago, we were really interested in making apple chips. However, we couldn’t figure out an easy way to make them. We did think that a dehydrator was the answer. Rick and Suzy were here visiting at that time and started looking at yards for the dehydrator. It took almost […]

TBT Kisses & High Fives Video

This video was made on November 26, 2008. We had just finished dinner and were recording Samantha doing some of her sign language she was learning at day care. By pointing down she was wanting to get down from the table and patting her stomach she was saying please. She then was encouraged to interact […]

Over the Years

When we purchased the house in June 1992, there was a small tree in the front yard. This is what the front yard looked like in the spring of 1993. As the years passed, the little tree grew, by 1997 the tree was getting large. We’ve now been in the house for 22 years. We […]