Piper, Down!

Hey Sara,
How about some pictures of dad's bruises? I'd even settle for some "recovery" shots. And dad, Jack prays for you all day long. He says, "bess, papa, get better." "Amen" It's pretty cute.

Did He Call You?

This made me laugh out loud!

For the last two weeks, Democrats have not settled on a singular approach for how to deal with Gov. Sarah Palin’s sudden entry into the presidential campaign. Several strategies have been discussed and debated, but perhaps none have been as original as the observations offered by Lt. Gov. Patty Judge of Iowa. “Sarah knows how to field-dress a moose; I know how to castrate a calf,” Ms. Judge, a farmer and former state agricultural secretary, told an audience in Iowa the other day. “Neither of those things has anything at all to do with this election. But since we know so much about Sarah’s special skills, I wanted to make sure you knew about mine, too.”

So how come he didn't call us?? Perhaps it is time for us to get involved on a state level! Just think of the campaign buzz we could generate when we show them how to not only castrate, but butcher the meat, bottle it for food storage, and make a damn fine Tuesday Taco night for the kids.

Patty Judge. Gold star for you.

More Babies...

William and Holden Karren have arrived. No details yet, just one text message w/photo. Hopefully, they will update the blog soon. Photo was small and not adequate for further publication.

Lachlan's Birthday Party

We are going to have a birthday party for Lachlan next Friday. I'm not sure what we are eating yet, but we would love to have you there. I'm thinking around 5:30 for dinner and then cake/ice cream and presents. I think that she is finally starting to catch on--so it will be really fun. Oh, and they had a birthday party on Sesame Street and she keeps asking to watch that episode over and over. It is so funny cause she sings Happy Birthday to Jack.

FROST

I've been wanting to get this photo up of Mom and Erica at the shower for quite some time now so here it is finally. Thank you everyone, we have such a great family!
We went up the hills with Sara and gang (Sunday)to pick Chokecherries and came home with a 5gal. bucket full. It rained on us on the way home and it got very cold! but we had a great time! I spent the next two days putting up jelly, and I had it from one end of the kitchen to the other. But I got it done and it tastes really good.

A few days later it froze hard in Wanship!

The garden's already gone. Marianne's looks so beautiful, mine was just getting a really good look to it and now it is gone. The tomatoes and the Zinnias were covered, but I doubt that they will fully recover. Everything else is toast, even the corn. I think we can still eat it, but the ears will probably not mature anymore than they already were, we'll have to see. I hate to see the cold come already, summer sure went by fast this year. School is already taking over my life again.

Bill is fishing this weekend and I am just waiting for Erica to call with "Delivery News". I can't wait!! We are all so proud of her, she has really hung in there, or should I say "laid around" so that the babies could grow and not be born too early.

Haybaling's about done for the summer, Bill will have a few to do when he gets back, but things are winding down. Susie has a great picture of him baling with his new tractor and bayler. ( is that how you spell bayler?)