On Wallin Pond

Last weekend was really busy. I made a cake on Saturday so we could take it with us on Sunday when we celebrated Andy's mom's birthday. His brother, Dan, had a party for her at his house in PA, so we drove over there after church on Sunday and spent some time there.

When we got home, there was enough daylight left so we thought we'd better mow the lawn before we got more rain. And because of all the rain we've had this summer, the grass is growing like crazy. It was so high that it looks like we could have made hay with all that was cut.

I only worked 4 hours on Monday, then spent the afternoon grocery shopping and making cookies. Andy had a meeting at church that evening, and so did I - separate meetings. I took the cookies along to my meeting - a hit! I had brought them to the last meeting we had and then was nominated to bring them again to this one.

We thought it was going to take all day Tuesday for Andy to finish his sidewalk project. But he received a nice surprise when a couple who like to bike with him brought over their 16 year old son to help him. He had done other brickwork with his dad and was actually very good at making the cuts on the wet saw. So he and Andy were able to finish by 10:30 Tuesday morning.

Zach making cuts

Working together

filling the cracks with sand

Mr. Strong Man

The finished product

After finishing the work in such good time, we decided to spend the rest of the day having fun. So we drove up to see Amy and her family, and took her birthday present with us. I also took the remainder of the cookies along, then left them for Ricky. Mothers-in-law have to make points anyway they can.

Last week when Amy and her kids were down, Joanna seemed to be afraid of Andy and wouldn't go to him and hardly even looked at him. But this time (only a week later), she went to him as soon as she saw him and let him hold her and play with her the whole time.
We went out to eat together before coming back home.

Our solar power installation is progressing. They say they'll have us hooked up tomorrow. I'll post pictures when the panels are up. I'm excited to watch the electric meter run backwards!

Lots coming up:
1. Dawn coming down again on Saturday with Kira?
2. Dinner at church on Sunday
3. Small group at our house Sunday evening
4. Bike ride to the shore on Tuesday? (Andy - not me, I'll need to drive the car down to bring him back)

One last picture: our tomatoes are very prolific. It's amazing how much you can get from one tiny seed. We are enjoying fresh ripe red tomatoes on our salad, and also had a cucumber from our garden tonight, as well.