Mothers Day

 

Mik, Michelle and James took Vera to the Pancake House for breakfast today.  James was the first one there and we had a good time talking with him.

We had a great time with lots of stories and laughter.

Mik usually takes our group pictures and did today but I talked him into getting in the ones I took.  After breakfast and the drive home I took it much easier than yesterday.

Jacob's Birthday Party

 I got up this morning, went out to the shop first thing and did a set of exercises on the weight machine.  Then I went in and had breakfast before putting all the lumber I had put in Vera's cart away under the shop.

At 5 we went to Jacobs 5th birthday party at the Family Room indoor playground.  I could tell by the time we had walked from the car to there I may have done a little too much this morning.  This picture is the first time I  saw Jacob today as he was coming down off the Wipe Out Balls.

Jacob is teasing Michelle as he played on the slide.

Michelle had to hold her phone up over a ball to find Jacob pushing on the other side.

They had gotten ten pizzas, I really enjoyed the bacon one and went back for seconds of it.

Jacob said he didn't want a birthday cake and then decided at the last minute he did so they had to scramble to get one.

This picture was taken just as they started singing happy birthday to him.

He got four candles out on the first blow and had to take another breath to get the last one.

Jordon was over in the corner having a very animated talk with his friend.

I took this picture of Bev and Michelle while we were watching the kids in the play area.

Then I caught Debbie and Michelle talking so I took one of them also.

It was sure fun having most of the family there and getting caught up with what everyone has been doing.

Rhodendron and Mothers Day Basket

 

Our rhodendron bush by the pond has really bloomed out.

This is how the whole bush looks.  I spent my afternoon cleaning up around my weight machine.  There was so many planes and lumber piled around it I couldn't use it.  I got Vera's Gorilla Cart out and filled it with lumber to store under the shop. 

James came up after school and brought Vera a mothers day present of a hanging basket.  He also hung it for us as they are pretty heavy.  He picked out the one with a sweet potato start in it as we got a big kick out of watching it grow and almost reach the deck. 

Clover and T-Ball

 

James stopped by after class at Castle Rock and told us about teaching a lesson today to the 3rd and 4th graders.  This picture was taken after a trip to the lawn so see if what was coming up was the clover I had seeded a few days ago.  James opened some pictures on his phone that helped them identify it was in fact the clover.

This evening Jordon and Jacob had a T-Ball game over by the Castle Rock High School.  This is Jordon his first time at bat, he does a good job of paying attention and knowing what is going on.

This is Jacob's first time at bat, since he bats left handed I never got a good picture of his face.

This is after the game as the teams greet, Jacob has the green shoes and Jordon is right behind him.

The boys had Great Grandmas Vera and Anita, Debbie and Grandma Natalie and I rooting for them.  T-Ball is sure a lot of fun to watch.

Wellness Check

 It has been a quiet week around here, we took it easy most of the weekend and watched the rain.  I did get out to the shop and fixed a plane that a stool fell over onto the wing.  Luckily I had built lots of carbon fiber into it so there wasn't too much structural damage but I had to recover most of that half of the wing.  I got the van out one day and moved the planes and equipment back into it after James and my trip to Cottage Grove to empty the motor home.

Today I had a Medicare Wellness Check at Kaiser.  Everything checked fine except my blood pressure was a little high.  At home it checks fine but I must not like going to the doctor because it always checks high there.  I took my blood pressure checker to Kaiser and it reads higher than theirs.  After my appointment we went to the Country Folks Deli for lunch.  Their Grilled Ham and Cheese sandwich is great and I was full most of the day.  Vera really liked this table by the window. 

We had a good time looking at the buildings across the street and remembering what stores used to be in them.  After lunch we stopped at the Kelso Safeway and stocked up for the month.  That cart was pretty darn heavy by the time we finished.

I was on Messenger with Jackie tonight and she sent me this picture of Cora painting.  I understand it was a beautiful day up there.

Breadsticks and Solar Lights

James stopped by after observing at school today and we had a nice visit.  Vera had just baked bread, rolls and breadsticks which James is sampling just before he left.

Of course I had to get a picture of them before he headed home to do homework.

James and I had talked about the solar lights so I went out and took some pictures this evening to send to him.  This is the view looking South from the door.

I took this picture from where we park the Mitsubishi.

This picture is looking West just North of the house.  I discovered looking at this picture that one solar light I had worked on and didn't think it was fixed is actually on and changing colors.

Rest and Rain

 It has been a pretty laid back week here.  After finishing the brake job I took it easy for a couple of days, plus it started raining.

James stopped by and visited for a little while on Thursday.  He is always fun to visit with and we got to hear how this quarter's teachers are doing.

Mik sent me these pictures from the Savanah Banana's game they went to.

Today Vera made me a batch of cocoa mounds, the first ones I have had since she made a batch for Barry while we were in Arizona.  I made a couple of trips to the shop this week and puttered with some solar lights that were not working.  One of them resisted my best efforts and is in the garbage can now.