Sunday, September 28, 2008

Adna - Property update

I uploaded the pictures to the blog site a week ago but the reception at our campground was so poor and slow that I'm just now getting back to it. We are now at Bob and Carole Tripp's house. I'll update all that later, back to the pictures.

This is our property in Adna, Washington (Chehalis address). The picture showing Duane weed whacking was taken before I went to CA. He went on and got so much more done while I was gone. He had 3/4 of the property mowed by the time I got back, but when I did, I took over the mowing and he dug out small and not so small tree stumps. Our goal was to get it all mowed and weed killer sprayed around the fence line before we left for the winter. We finished with a day to spare.

It was really alot of fun working on the property. We had a few problems with the lawnmower but they turned out to be pretty minor. Both belts ended up needing to be replaced. Of course we didn't do them at the same time, that would have been to easy.

The property now has access to the road. Or the road has access to the property. Either way the driveway is in. The permit we got from the county is officially for a road approach not a driveway, but it looks like a driveway to me. It goes for about 150' onto the the property so there is plenty of room to park the motor home.

Duane weed whacking

Before being mowed, and the big pile of debris waiting to be burned.

Mowed and unmowed sections

Joanne mowing. Picture isn't fuzzy, that's the dust and grass blowing around.

Duane showing me how to use the mower.

Joanne getting the hang of mowing.

Ditch drain pipe under our new driveway.

The road approach to the new driveway.

The motor home on the property the last few days we were in Washington.

Duane changing the belts on the lawnmower.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Julia's 8th Birthday

I missed Julia's actual birthday while I was in California, so we celebrated it a few days late. Duane and I went up to Sarah's for a few days leaving the motorhome at the Chehalis campground. The birthday celebration was fun. Julia choose to go to Denny's for her birthday dinner. As the pictures show she got a new bicycle, art supplies and Richard built for her the bunkbed/art center setup. It is totally cool. We brought Julia back with us to the motorhome for the weekend. She had been looking forward to another time with us for awhile.






Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Pictures

I have such a cute family that this blog is for all the pictures that weren't used in the previous blog. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!










Time Flies By

The first part of August found me going down to California, and I stayed for 5 weeks. Poor Duane, left all alone. While in CA, I was not idle. Besides helping Karen out, I found time to go to an Angels game with Shannon and Brandon, take Brandon to Knotts Berry Farm, and all of us went to Disneyland courtesy of Shannon. I also was able to go to lunch with friends. The boys did keep me busy with walks, going to the park and McDonalds to play. I was able to still be there for Brandon's first day of Kindergarten. I did need to get back to Duane, so back to Washington on Sept. 6. The 5 weeks flew by for me but not so much for Duane

Karen and Brandon
In class, time for us to leave
In line to go into class

Brandon all ready to go, first day of Kindergarten

Shannon, Karen, Brandon and Shane waiting in line for the ride "Toy Mania" in California Adventure
Brandon at Knotts Berry Farm
Shannon and Brandon at an Angels game
Brandon and Shane moved the toys from the shelves in a bookcase to pretend that the bookcase were bunkbeds.