Fall is here

Well here is is fall and I haven't written since the end of July. That just shows what a busy summer we had. In August we went to VanZandt to get in on the Northwest Washington Fall Fair and to see the kids (William and Kathryn) show their pigs. The Gaither Vocal Band was also one of the shows at the fair and we saw them. They were great... the bleachers were packed. It was nice to see a full house audience for their performance but having an engineer husband sitting next to me who kept muttering under his breath that he didn't think the stands were safe kind of distracted me!

We enjoyed our stay at 'the farm'.. John and Bruce kept busy doing some remodeling in the 'new barn' and Joann and I kept busy dealing with apples! They have a very prolific apple orchard and she seems compelled to use up every apple that grows... well not quite but almost! We made 20 apple pies which will be nice on cold winter days. I think she is still dealing with apples.. apple sauce, dehydrated apples, and more apple pies!

And of course the big buzz around there is the upcoming wedding of Victoria and Zach! I got in on weddin dress shopping and wedding planning... Joann is a great planner and I think within days of even a hint of wedding she had it all organized - at least in her mind.

The Victoria Zach love story is quite amazing and you will have to read Joann's blog to get the full story. A match arranged by Mom and God!

We are busy around our house these days. Janice and Barry are replacing the flooring in the kitchen and family room with tile. They are great DIY people and had it all figured out.. however, they did not realize that putting a base of MDF board is not the way to go for tile. So, after the MDF board was all nailed down - and well nailed I must say - we are now in the process of pulling it up! Hundreds and hundreds of nails to be pulled and that layer removed. In case you need to know this you lay tiles directly on the plywood floor! So, this little project is taking longer than they anticipated but they are taking it all in good humour ... renovations always come up with surprises!

Amazing how much stuff you can put in your living room if needed!