Waking Up to Rock and Roll

This morning our houseold was awoken by(is that grammatically correct?). Rolling thunder adn rocking thunder. Winds were clocked at 94 miles an hour. We have two large branches down in the front yard. On the way to work I saw a semi turned over on the highway and drove through lots of tree debris. My office was closed and I had to come back to Davneport and work in the Davenport Office. There was an uprooted tree with the berries still on the tree laying in our parking lot, no body knows where it came from. I had to completely circle the Q.C area in order to finally get back to Davenport and saw large branches and trees floating down the Rock River. We have power, PRAISE GOD! we could both go to work. Although, I was told today I could work in Davenport or take a PTO day. Was not willing to give a vacation day out of my pocket so I chose to work. Many people did not. Tomorrow I will be in the Davenport office again. So we are safe and with power and phone service. We are very thankful for the Lord's protect. It truely was the loudest ground shaking storm I have been in in awhile. The Illinois side of the QCA was rocked much harder. A pt. told me that it was reported an F3 tornado touched down.

Hot and Humid

Summer has fully arrived with the heat and humidity. Upper 80's and 90 degree weather. Still can not down load pictures from the camera to the computer. Dave has a torn meniscus and ACL. He meets with the surgeon the 30th of July. We are planning surgery for him probably mid to late August. I've recovered from the diverticulitis episode that I had, which in turn the antibiotics gave me hives torso to toes, swollen lips and tongue. I itched incredibly bad for 3-4 days. Riley went to a Minor League Baseball game this week with the school age kids from daycare. Loved that! Bought a River Bandits baseball. Daily when I come home from work there is Riley and Dave playing Indiana Jones on the new Play Station 2 that we bought.. Yes, I have crossed over to the dark side (or some would say the 21 century) and we now have a video game system. Dave is in to it as much as Riley. I did buy my own game of PacMan, Asteroids, etc. I never get a chance to play much though. Riley has tried to teach me Indiana Jones, but how he can remember all he little tricks and stuff is beyond me. I am a simple game play. Let me eat dots and through fruit me on occasion and I am entertained. Cheyenne is growing up and changing so much. She's almost 3 1/2 yrs. old and sometimes too smart for her own good. Very beautiful and adorable though. Riley's blue eyes are stunningly gorgeous. Only in 3rd grade but I think come 6th grade he's going to be fighting off the girls. Cheyenne knows all her colors, alphabet, counts, and adds very basic addition, numbers less than 10. She is very much into shoes, purses and babies, and her pretend makeup (not play makeup , pretend, like it doesn't materially exist, just in her imagination). The kids and I had "Donut Day" we got up early on Friday and went to Hy-Vee (local grocery store). The kids picked out their donut and we bought juice and sat in the cafeteria and enjoyed a early morning donut and juice with all the old man drinking coffee before daycare and work. So that is what is going on around here. Dave and the kids are enjoying ice cream so I got to go get some. BYE!

July going by fast

Good morning! Can you believe July is about half over. I have great pictures from the 4th of July and our trip to Caves of the Mound in Wisconsin but I can't get my camera card to download for some reason. Otherwise we are doing pretty good. Dave's knee is acting up again and had to have a MRI, July 30th he meets with the surgeon to talk about arthroscopic surgery. His meniscus is torn laterally and his ACL is torn. He is suppose to be taking it easy but he refuses. Today I take Riley in to see what the Dentist is going to do about his broken tooth. So the waters have reseceeded (sp?) and cleanup is under way around about places. I had a bad allergic reaction to the medicinie I was taking for the diverticulitis and had a sever rash for three days. My lips and tongue are still recovering. Had a bad tooth pulled last week and that was a nightmare. So that's the wrap up in a nut shell. Be sure to scroll down to see Super Saturday pictures and park pictures if you haven't already.

Saturday Afternoon at the Park

It was a gorgeous sunny day with cool breezes.

June - Super Saturday

June 28th was our first Super Saturday this summer. Our theme is Son Harvest Farm Market. Harvesting the Fruits of the Spirit. So was have a farm theme. I am in charge of the craft pavillion. We have it set up like a 4H display with different arts and crafts on display. This year is Cheyenne's first year as a pre-school. She was very excited and Riley is now in 3rd grade and excited to be getting into more challenging stuff. We have lots of things going on. A canned food drive to help a local food pantry and the boys are challenging the girls in a pennie collection for the churches missions projects. They get one point for each penny and then the silver and paper money donate by the opposing team into them bucket is a point deducted from their point totals. Enjoy the pictures!