I ran into some more good deals this summer so I’m in a little deep with projects happening all at the same time. This is the driveway. We actually parked cars here at one time. The brown Porsche 914 is the parts rig. Any parts that I need for the cool sexy mid-life crises black 914 I’m restoring for myself comes from that one. Then of course there’s the 1972 beetle convertible. All the boys made fun of that until they learned that girls dig convertibles. Now they are looking forward to that being completed too. Especially Zach.
None of these fun cars will be found at my Brother Chris’s house. He was bagging on me the other day saying I’m getting old and boring. I think he’s driving a station wagon or maybe a Dodge Aries K or something now.
In the forground you can see our fun Honda 100 and a Honda Cr80 I’m fixing for the boys.

Here is just a sample of firewood that is getting split by or log splitter. This will continue until it snows. We don’t pay heating bills at our house.

Some wood you don’t want to just cut up for firewood if it’s big enough. This log is an example. It is apricot. I may have it milled into sheets of very hard to purchase one-inch sheets. Lot’s of grain and nearly impossible to find at any lumbar supply store.

As you know I like to get good deals on things. But I don't just randomly buy stuff I don't need or wont be able to sell for a major profit. Well, wood logging season has approached and I've always wanted a dump truck because I'm so lazy. Imagine how much wood I can load and then dump with this bad boy. That's an 1988 Chevy one ton with a dump bed for five hundred dollars. Runs perfect.

Poor, poor Jay!

Jay is allergic to our town. It's sad, really. He's from LA and has never suffered through allergies before. Since moving to Nephi, he suffers every year. Severly. We decided to do something about it finally. Jay would like some relief from the suffering. I'm ready for the nature blows to end.

Here are a couple shots of the allergy testing:

they put dots on his back with letters to identify weeds, trees, mold, grasses, and animals

In this picture you can see the welts after the nurse measured them. He is allergic to ALL native grasses in Utah, some trees, and weeds. NO allergy to animals (phew, the cats are safe...) or mold (thank goodness because we'd have to move!)

It was $500 for the test and each shot is $125. Thank goodness for insurance! $30 for the test and $25 each shot. The doc says one shot every other week for 3 years. Here we go!

Summer Fun

David's Birthday:

Birthday dinner @ Quiznos

When he first saw what his present was....

Dad did a good job picking something he'd love!

New School Year:

They're all getting so old!

4th of July:

On the roof watching the jets... it's become a tradition! Jay's a trendsetter.

Rebekah's visit:

Fun dinner with the girls!

Front yard remodel:

Thanks to our good friend, Will for volunteering his time and equipment to rid us of the giant eye-sore out front!

Jay's brother, Rick at the 4th of July gathering: Jay and Rick re-connected during Rick's visit to help their parents. It was so great!

Hill Air Force Base Air Show:

Thank goodness for good friends. I love you, Wendy!

Four of my five boys set up at the air show... Jay tries really hard to make sure we're all comforatable and having a good time. Thanks for that!