SHRINKING WITH AGE?!?

May 30, 2008 - My Birthday

To celebrate my birthday, Harry and I spent the weekend in Sun Valley. This over-sized rocking chair on one of the main streets in Ketchum makes it look like I am shrinking with age. (The bathroom-scale tells a different story!)

GRADUATION DAY

Castleford

Kindergarten
Graduation
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Tuesday
May 27
2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAD!

CONGRATULATIONS BRAD!

The family celebrated
Brad's birthday
with a barbecue
and the viewing
of the final episode
of American Idol.

CONGRATULATIONS DAVID COOK!

WINDSTORM

Tuesday, May 20th, the wind howled! Harry assesses the damages.

• Barn roof is stripped
• Windbreaks on the heifer ranch are toppled over
• Decorative fence is damaged by a flying calf hutch
• Two sheds in the back corralls have some damage
  

ANOTHER BOISE WEEKEND

May 16-17, 2008
Janie, Loriann and I traveled to Boise for Living Proof Live, featuring Beth Moore, the author of many Bible study resources. Our motivation for attending the event was the opportunity to see the worship leader that travels with Beth Moore - Travis Cottrell. Over the years, we've used a lot of his arrangements when choosing songs for the choir and congregation in our church.

AT GRANDPA'S AND GRANDMA'S HOUSE

The Grandkids At Our House
May 2008

Lizzie and Grace take a walk down the hay alley
on one of the rare sunny days that we saw in the month of May.

Kaya takes a ride in the loader with Grandpa, pushing up the hay.

Ava petting Lucy.

Benjamin in the middle of all the jungle animals.

Sofia is taking a bath in the kitchen sink.

"LADIES ONLY" WEEKEND

The first weekend in May, we got an early start celebrating the mothers in the family. The ladies headed to Boise for the Parade-of-Homes tour while the men stayed home with the kids. We are hoping to make our "ladies only" weekend an annual thing, laying a plan early enough so all the ladies in the family can be a part of it.

LORI DRAGT IS FIFTY!

May 2, 2008
Lori Dragt celebrated her 50th birthday at the Eighth Street Center in Buhl. We have gotten to know Lori through our Thursday night dinners at El Cazador. She has really won our respect. Despite being legally blind, Lori is well-read; she is an avid gardender; she is aggressively pursuing land development in the Magic Valley...she is an amazing woman!
Happy Birthday Lori!