Summer's Flying By!

Fly the friendly skys of Papon Air!!! View from Niner Thousand!!! See below for my blogging. I have a terrible time getting pictures and text to go where I want. Oh well, I'm tired, and headed to bed!!!

Pilot and Copilot

KSis after picking strawberries :)

DeeDee doing what she does best - CLIMB!!

Kman and Kgirl love to craft!!

I cannot believe it has been one month since I have blogged!! We have been so busy we very rarely get in the house before 9:00. Mowing, roofing, gardening, canning, picking blackberries and sandplums, et. I don't have time to get on the computer except to pay bills or research something for Bruce! We did get away to Minnesota for about 5 days and had lots of fun watching baseball, picking strawberries, playing in the backyard, canning, and just hanging out!

Below are some of the pictures I've taken and hope you all enjoy! Bruce has worked on his L2 and now has the engine on it and the windshield in!! Whoo hoo - how cool! Today he is sick and has been in bed all afternoon and evening. Hope he's hitting on all cylinders tomorrow.

We always have fun at one of the many playgrounds in Fergus Falls. This one was at one of the ball parks where we went to watch Kman and Kgirl play their games. They are all wearing their new pink tshirt I got them.

A wonderful Father's Day!!!

Our weekend began by getting up and trying to remember everything we wanted to take to eastern Kansas. We loaded up and headed to Fredonia to see Grandpa and Bernie and arrived around Noon. I had made a roast, and stopped at Dillon's in Wellington to pick up a couple of salads. I fixed a cool whip pie that Theresa gave me the recipe for that is so easy but so good, too. They really loved it! We took Grandpa to see Vince cutting wheat south of the house and then on over to see Uncle Kenneth. He is so funny and is 91 years old. He is homebound, so really enjoys the company. Grandpa opened his father's day gifts which included a cd player and audio books, plus a book on The Pacific in WWII. Then we loaded up and left by 4:00 p.m.

We arrived in Mulvane where Eric had been smoking some ribs and brisket. My favorite was definitely the ribs. YUM YUM!! Theresa was moving her Mom in Derby, so we played with all the kids before we turned in. Was a long day!! More like a long week!!

The next morning, Bruce and Eric left with Kelton and cousin Brendon to go shoot sporting clays at Belle Plaine. Eric took some pictures and were really good. The cutest was Kelton shooting sporting clays with his bb gun. :) Anyway, I played with Konnor and Katie while Theresa was resting. (had some sort of virus) Had a lot of fun and then headed back to the Ponderosa around 3 or 4. Hope everyone had a great Father's Day. Bruce loved his key chain and has yet to decide where he is going to put his treasure.

Nana and Katie

Daddy and his kids on Father's Day!!

Katie being cute in pink!!

Grandpa and Bernie!!

Sorry I didn't have one of Papa - it didn't turn out very good! Oh well!!

Next week, we head north to Minnesota for a little break. Usually we celebrate the 4th with E and T but this year will be in the north country.... A time for us all to be thankful for all of our freedoms and our beautiful families and friends. We are praying for cooler weather and time to relax a bit before coming home to more roofing and guttering jobs!

Have a Happy Independence Day!!

Work and the Farm!

Well, here I finally am blogging about our summer. Other than roofing or guttering or roofing or guttering - that seems to be all that happens!! Although, that isn't all bad!! Bruce has been putting in tons of hours and we haven't been eating supper till late - 9:00 p.m. or so. But, God has blessed us with plenty of work and we are spending quite a bit of time together now that I am helping with guttering. Bruce has commented on my work attire - pink flipflops, purple gloves, and shorts!! Oh well, I go for comfort not style :).....

We did get a new green addition to our farm - THE GATOR!! I'm quite sure it will be a big hit with all the grandkids........ I've already used it to haul off bagged grass and limbs. Really is fun to drive!!

The Gator!!

Bruce has been in the air some with Artie!! and he's so happy to get the 140 sold!!

Vizsla Playtime!!

My hollyhocks have been so pretty!! If you want some seed for the fall - let me know!

Was such a pretty day - I just snapped a picture of it .....

My Indian Blanket is going WILD!!

and so is the corn! Although after our 3" rain and the wind, much of it had blown over. Bruce went out and tied some of it up and stomped the rest in the ground! and it worked....

When I took this picture of the feed, it wasn't very tall, but now is up way past my knees. I'm not so sure the cows can keep up with it. Pa no tilled it in with the regular drill. What an idea!

Harvest is still going on around here, they finally got back in the fields this afternoon. Must go grill some burgers and have some squash on the side!!! Hi to all!! and happy Summer!

Wild, wild weekend!

We've sure been getting our share of rain lately. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the moisture. I think we've had 8 inches in like 2 weeks. Our pond is now full and the frogs are all croaking!! Boy are they loud.... Pray we continue to get rain all through the year!! But we take it as we get it!! Also, we've been so busy with the roofing company, new bids, collecting $$$$ , delivering materials!! and on and on!! Whew!! We need a break! Was going to head north this weekend, but Shawn said they were all sick, so we'll stay put and maybe can head that way for the 4th of July. Our airplane is not done with its annual either, so its okay.

As I took this picture of Papa below, he commented he would regret having Katie's tutu on his head!! However she thought it was hilarious!! Eric brought Buggy home so I got to watch her while Papa and Eric worked on Artie -time for the annual again. They got it done - then we went to Alva to eat at the mexican restaurant. Was good as always.. Below is a bunch of pictures of our weekend, but we sure did miss Moose and little Moose and Mommy. Hope to see everyone soon :)

Yep, this is YOUR Papa!
Buggy giving Daddy a flower she picked!!

Tops I got for all the girls at Bass Pro Shop - can't wait to see them all with them on!

Giving Trudy some pellets - Buggy didn't like it when she stuck her head in the window!!

Buggy checking out the apples! She was really wanting to eat one!

She didn't like Papa setting her down in the dirt. Got her toes all dirty :) We went in the house and gave them a good washing!

Tellin' stories....

Bruce found these snakes by our washhouse. Never saw this before except on National Geographic!! Weird huh! Not even sure what type of snakes they are - except LONG!!

The video is Buggy riding her stick horse. Was so FUNNY!!

A Royal Experience!

Typed my blog and then added pictures, came out all out of order!! Oh well, anyway we had lots of fun in the Big Town!!

The Game with the White Sox.

Royals Fireworks

The John Deere tractors at the farm.

Grandpa and Bernie - Jo took this when we went over to see how they were.

Aviation Workshop

Last friday, Bruce and I headed to Kansas City for an EAA aviation seminar on sheet metal. But first, Bruce had to fly the 182 to Bevan Rabell where Eric works so he could do an annual on our plane. After I picked him up in our Expedition, we headed on to Kansas City. But first we gave Bruce's sister,Jo a call and met in Emporia for meal and a visit. Was great as always seeing her. Luv that girl!! On to KC !! It was such a beautiful day, we decided to go ahead and go to the KC Royals game. It was Girls Night Out so I got a cool t-shirt and to top it off they had a wonderful fireworks show after the game. Oh yea, The Royals won too.... No wind, 70 degrees - a perfect night.

The next day, I took Bruce to his workshop at 7:30 a.m. and then I went to Quilters Station, a great quilt shop!! I was there from 9:30 to 12:30 and came out with too much fabric.... Wait - is there such a thing as too much fabric!! It was a rainy and actually pouring, so I went shopping at the Bass Pro Shop and found some cute tops for the girls!! I should have taken a picture to put on my blog, but I forgot, Oh well, trust me - they are really cute!! I was so tired from shopping, I went back to the room and took a nap for 30 minutes until the maid came to the door to clean the room. So I got up and left to pick up Bruce... He did some really cool stuff at his workshop and learned to use lots of expensive tools. I'm sure we'll be purchasing some of them!! :) We decided to not go to the Royals game since it was cold and rainy, so we looked for a place downtown at the plaza. Decided it was too astute for us - so we went to Cracker Barrel. The Plaza had beautiful fountains and statues and I wanted to go to the Art Museum there but ran out of time. Maybe next time, I'll do that!! We had a lot of fun!!

Mission Accomplished!!

It's been in the planning stages for a while, but the first weekend in May was designated for workday for putting up the Kansas K-Kids playset! It looked like a daunting task, but as Kelton said - it's only 43 steps, and he kept tabs on everyone of them!! Bruce and I left the house on saturday around 7 a.m. and ended up in Mulvane around 9:30 a.m. with some lumber for the structure. Eric had already purchased the other stuff online. Anyway, I helped a little - but mostly played with Katie, Kelton, and Konnor. I don't know how Theresa managed to stay out of my camera lens, but she did. She really was there.... There is always lots of things to do, but it was fun watching the whole structure come together. Konnor is growing so fast!! He really got to laughing for me and enjoys talking to you and has such a beautiful grin...... Of course I'm not prejudiced....

Konnor watching the camera....

Nana and Katie enjoying the new playset!

Kelton got to help Papa too!

Eric about to finish up for the day. Kept thinking it was going to rain!! Had a few sprinkles show up though!!

Reading the plans!!

Katie got in on the action too!

Kelton, Eric and Papa working hard!!

I had went outside with some things to put in my compost pile and was greeted by such a beautiful sunset! God IS the most perfect painter ever!!

My clematis is just gorgeous right now! I do NOT know how it has withstood all our hurricane winds!! It's a miracle....