August 21, Catch Up

Wow! It doesn't take long for me to get behind in my blogging. Since the last post the pictures are as follows. About two weeks ago workers started moving dirt for a pond at the farm. Maybe eventually I will be able to kayak at the pond! Does this mean I need a lot of snow this winter to help fill it? Grandson Payton had his 7th birthday on August 10. He'll be in 1st grade at Greenwood Elementary in Des Moines. He keeps us all on our toes with his knowledge of various topics, currently capitals of countries around the world. His birthday cake was a map of the world. This past weekend Jim and I took all 5 of our kids and grandkids to the Omaha Zoo. The weather was very nice. I wanted a group picture but it was hard to keep and get everyone together at one time (15 of us!) Caleb had his first merry-go-round ride and my favorite animal is a tie between the penguins and the giraffes. The monkeys provided much inappropriate entertaiment from picking their noses and eating it to proudly displaying their private parts. UGH the things we will remember. The one event I don't have pictures of is Jim and my trips to the state fair. Ran into relatives in the bus waiting line which was nice. Some of them we don't get to see very often. Jim and I bought a new termperpedic mattress at the fair which will hopefully get delivered this coming week. The salemen (who was very nice and from Texas) gave us 6 tickets to the Ronnie Dunn concert (formerly Brooks and Dunn). David, Alicia and I went with a couple of David's co-workers. It rained but our seats were awesome and we were dry. I assunmed since the tickets were free they would be horrible seats but couldn't have asked for anything nicer. The concert was delayed 90 minutes after the opening act because of lightning so it was a late night but we had a good time. Back to work and another school year tomorrow. I'm not ready and since we were in Omaha this weekend, I now have to go into work and that means struggling to find a parking place close to my building since SE Polk lets fair traffic park there. Tomorrow I won't have to fight that anymore.