Cold Encouragement

  I have had a cold for the past few weeks.  The package of Halls cough drops that I have been sucking on has been making me feel much better.  There was a little advertisement on the corner of the package that says "A Pep Talk in Every Drop".  I get excited every time I have to grab for one of these!  My most recent one said "Tough is your middle name".  The one before that told me "Don't try harder, Do harder!".  I don't know if the cough drops are actually helping, but I sure enjoy laughing at the words of encouragement I get each time I have a coughing fit!  They should make some that say stuff like "Stop your whining!" or " Suck it up, you pansy."

Free Kittens and Eagles

I saw a sign along the road the other day that said "Free Kittens".  I stopped to take a look, and couldn't resist!  Our poor Pepper is still very sick, and I thought a kitten might motivated him to eat and move around a little more.  So... Here is Tipsy.... named because of the tips of her ears and tail, and the way she is always falling off of things.  Pepper just ignores her, except when she bounces on him, then he growls....

On another note, Jacob had his board of review for his Eagle Scout award last night.  I was pretty nervous, but it went well.  He was approved and recommended to the National organization to become an Eagle scout!!!  I am overwhelmed, thinking of how far he has come.  His autism causes him a lot of difficulty, but he is so strong and able to do so much!  He is definitely a hero in my eyes!

Teeth and Chuckars

Last week I took Emily to the dentist for a small filling.  We also had an orthodontist take a look.  She ended up getting 7 baby teeth pulled!  There was some screaming and crying involved.  Hopefully, her permanent teeth will grow in nice and straight!  They want to put partial braces on in a few weeks, then something called a herps appliance, then full braces, all for the low, low price of $4500.  We haven't decided on the full deal yet!


She felt well enough that night to go to a Chuckars ball game in IF.  The boys wanted to go to their church activity, so it was just Tony, Em, and I.  Emily ate lots of ice cream! I don't really like to watch sports, but Tony does, so I enjoy watching people and seeing my family have fun.

Fruits of summer

Saturday was a work day... mostly on our shed.  We got the metal roof on finally.. whew!  It was hot work, but very satisfying once it was done!  A big thunder cloud came and poured in the evening and it was so fun to watch the rain drip off the roof!  We started on the first coat of paint, and will have to finish it another day.
We also picked peas, strawberries, and a zuchinni from our garden.  On Monday our sprinkler system is going in and I am so very excited!!!!!!   Some of our summer projects are finally coming to fruition!

So I'm back!  Summer has been busy, busy, busy!  A lot of it has been fun stuff.  The top picture is of Tony and I working on our shed in the back yard.  We are NOT builders, and it has been a fun challenge!  The metal for the roof should come this week, then a bit of paint and we can scratch that project off the list!  

I'm not sure what the bottom picture is... Em was playing around, and I just thought it was funny!  I wonder what was going through my mind?!?
I finished another semester of school, and celebrated to finish my statistics class!  That was the hardest class I have ever taken, and I have never worked so hard for a "B" in all my life!
We went to Preston yesterday for Tony's 25 year class reunion.  I was bored stiff.  It was fun to hang out at his sister's though and go to the parade before the rodeo!