growing up. . . .

Michele and a friend of hers came home for a weekend the end of August.  Nick was on call and couldn't get off.  Lindsey works with Michele.  They made it Friday night just in time for a little. . . . .

Paint & Wine~

Saturday we had a little time for some shooting. . . . 

And then it was on to Cindy & Ricky's wedding.  Hard to believe these girls are old enough to get married!!  Time sure is going by fast! 

No. I didn't. . . . . .

fall off the face of the earth.  :] 

This post will be short and sweet.  I'll catch up.  Little by little.  Post by post.  Please bear with me.

~ Busy. . . . 

~ RA flare up. . . .

~ Michele visit. . . . 

~ To Topeka. . . . 

~ A Couple weddings. . . . . 

~ Family reunion. . . . that we didn't make it too. . . . . 

~ Starting a small remodel. . . .

miss Courtney. . . .

Last Friday I took Courtney to Wichita for her Senior pictures. (Aunt Sharon rode along) My sister, Jenny,  has a nurse friend that takes pictures on the side and has previously taken pictures of Taylor and Haylee.  It was a good weekend.  We had so much fun!  And I can't wait to see the end results.  

. Oldtown 

. changing behind a dumpster (we knocked. nobody home.)   

. bowling

. pizza

. shopping

. bbq

I leave the picture taking to the pro's.  But had to snap this from my phone as they were snapping away.  Your question. . . . . . ??  No.  She didn't get pooped on. 

so much fun to make. . . . .

 A little boy who likes his tractors. . . . 

 A family with 3 little boys. . . . . 

A gift for a Mom who is having her 3rd little girl. . . . 

This is soooo much fun!

tree~less. . . . .

The last few years of drought has not been well for our wind break.  Not well at all.  Of course it has not been well for any one's.  So at the beginning of the summer, when we realized almost all our cedar trees were dead, we decided to have them taken out.  Amazing what a guy in a big machine can do in just a handful of hours.  Amazing what it looks like when even dead trees are removed.  

 THEN

Roger got a hold of this!!

He was like a kid in a candy store.  Asked if he could buy one.  $80,000.  Ummmmmm. . . . . NO!

 

And now this is what our wind break looks like.  Bare.  :( 

birthday. . . . .

Last weekend was my birthday. :)  My 40 something {cough} {cough}.  Really, I don't have a problem with my age.  I don't have a problem with turning 48.  :0   I however can NOT believe that my babies are 27 and 24!  Wow!   Does time fly when you are having fun!

Last Sunday we met these silly people for dinner.

Then Roger and I did our usual ~ shopping.  Excited to say this is my birthday present!!  You would understand if you have been out sanding boards in our shed this summer.  

 

My daughters know me too well!  I got this from Jessica.  And Michele took me here when I helped her paint to say Thank you and Happy Birthday.  Smart girls!!

So very blessed. . . . . .

I spent most the last week in Topeka.  Mostly at M's.  She had asked me to come and help her paint/faux  finish her garage.  It turned out so good!  :-)  But boy was the week busy!!  And we couldn't have asked for better weather for painting.  We were so blessed!!

~ M and I both ended up with a little food poisoning.  Boo.

~ Painted.

~ Got to eat dinner one day with J.

~ Painted.

~ Painted.

~ Painted.

~ M treated me to a spa day.  My massage was G.R.E.A.T!  Oh my goodness!  I most definitely will be going back!

~ More painting.  :)

~ Friday I got to spend the day with M and J.  Shopping in KC.  Shopped till we dropped!

~ Spent Friday night at J's.

~ Home Saturday. 

Before. . . .

Before. . . .

After. . . .

After. . . . We painted/glazed the doors to look like wood.  They turned out sooooo good!  We also painted/glazed the front door to match. 

Next on M's list is a new front screen door.  What a difference that will make.  She is loving having a home to work on!  Today she was working on the door that goes into the house from the garage.  I think she is going to glaze it too and make it look like the front door and the garage.  Then she is going to repaint the side and back trims around the windows and paint the doors.  You can't tell from this picture, but the house has a walk out basement.  So Nick is going to have to get out the ladder.  Can't wait to see when the other three sides are done.  Nick is also building a Morton building in the back.  They are busy beavers!!

weekend fun. . . . :)

It is so fun when my girls come home!  Love that they have grown and have their own lives.  But sure do miss our time with them!  Jessica, Gabe, Marley and Michele got in late Friday night.  Saturday was a visiting day.  Glada and Audrey came for supper.  Then early Sunday after noon Jessica, Gabe and Marley headed back to Topeka.  The time goes by soooo fast!  Michele took a week of vacation so she stayed behind.  So then of course there had to be some shooting.

Monday after I got off work Michele and I headed to my Mom and Dad's.  My Dad had a knee replacement the week before so we thought we would check in and spend the night on our way to Topeka.  If you know my Mom, she LOVES her clocks.  And she loves a clock that dings.  So when this clock dinged at 11pm Michele wasn't a happy camper.  Can you tell where this is??  Haha.  She put the clock in the garage. . . . . in Grandma and Grandpa's car.  (guess you had to be there)

New York/Reno. . . .

Of all our 'visitors' this was a first.  The first to want to give Roger money for just doing what we do best.  And a first of coming back the next day with a thank you.  It has actually been a while since we have had any 'visitors'.  So long that when Roger popped in the front door and said. . . "Guess What? We have visitors."  I wasn't even sure who it was.  Didn't even cross my mind it could be travelers.  They had just moved from New York City to Reno.  This trip was driving a little two seater sports car to their new home.  And the radiator blew.  They asked for help to get it towed back to Hays.  Of course they wouldn't know that they would probably get better service going thru a shop in our little town.  Roger called and they came.  The car was fixed and they were back on the road by 11:15 am Friday morning.  After they were said and gone I told Roger I need to start taking pictures of all our 'visitors'.  It could make a great scrapbook to look back on.  :-)