The big news is the new pond, or more precisely, the hole in the backyard. It is taking a lot longer to create than I had imagined, but what doesn't?
And then a couple weeks later it looks like this:
The apricot tree has was absolutely loaded this year. I think more fall on the ground than we use. We dried a several batches in our new dehydrator - 3 gallon bags worth so far. I think Jeanette has made about the same amount batches of jam too. Yummy!
And then Melinda's big news is she bought a brand new 2004 Saturn Ion. Needless to say she is extremely excited and happy. And the best news is that it only costs her $150 a month (of course the insurance costs her about the same amount.) Grandma and Grandpa's old Saturn just had too many things going wrong with it. The man standing next to Melinda is Ray, the salesman.
In case you wanted to see some of the highlights of our trip to Chicago for Grandma's 98th birthday celebration, here they are.
Grandma's old sofa was very old and low and therefore difficult to stand up so Linda decided to get her a new one. Grandma was adamant that she didn't need a new sofa. So while she was napping, we took out the old and brought in the new. Of couse she loved it. Linda bought us all red Fourth of July t-shirts so we had to take a family photo on Grandma's new sofa. (Can you see the sofa?)
