What's New in the Shop

Just a peek at the project for a Hampton Inn. I can't wait to post some pictures of it all finished.

Changes

I haven't posted in so long the whole blogging format has changed. I will have to play around and get used to this again. What can I say, I break a camera and next thing I know over a year has past. WOW!

At nearly seven months, here is the newest addition to the family. How precious she is to us!

You wouldn't know from this picture, but she's our beautiful blue-eyed girl.

Another change is having my parents living a few miles away from us. We could not be happier to be spending more time with them. What a blessing they are to our family!

Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

Vacation Pics

Be Careful What You Wish For....

Once upon a time there was a married couple that raised three children. During that time they consented to many and varied pets offering much happiness to the family. Time passed, the children grew up and now the faithful pets are but fond memories. Although, longings come and go for the beloved animals, no one misses buying petfood, cleaning up messes or hair, or being responsible when you just want to get away. The couple was revelling in their newfound freedom, even turning down offers to care for other's precious felines and canines so as to keep their time all to themselves. They would enjoy their children's pets and return to their carefree home. Or so they thought.

She arrived out of nowhere a few days ago and has not left their porch since. Poor skinny kitty starving for food and affection. What's the couple to do? Of course, they must feed her and pet her until she purrs contentedly. Will she find her way into their hearts? Will she ultimately receive a name of her own and a safehaven INSIDE the house? Or will they find where she came from and take her to her real home? Such a dilemma...be careful what you wish for, you just might NOT get it.

Graduation Time

Five sweet, intelligent, and beautiful young ladies are graduating this year.  Our family is blessed to be a part of their lives and watch them grow into the wonderful people they are today.  We congratulate you on your accomplishments and may the Lord bless each of you as you seek His guidance for your future plans.

Proverbs 3:5&6 and keep smiling!

                                                    The Classy of 2011

Blueberry News

The blueberries are ripening fast now and I think we have enough action to warrant an update and some pictures. We have picked 5 days and brought in 888 lbs. so far. Last year our first 5 days picking yielded 242 lbs. so we are definitely pleased with the increase we've seen so far. Of course, last year was not normal and we didn't even start picking until April 26th, but I'll make the comparison anyway.  

  

This shows about how many are ripe at a time. All the azul is picked and then we wait a day and pick again. No rojos allowed. There's your Spanish lesson for today.
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Five of our pickers hard at work in 89 degrees. Some of them speak broken English and can interpret pretty well, while some only speak Spanish. It's been interesting communicating and some of my Spanish learning is coming back to me now that I need it. They are hard working and cheerful about it. One man picked 19 buckets himself. I called him rapido Romero! On the weekend we have up to 12 pickers in which case they finish the field in 3 1/2 hrs. What a blessing!!

When a bucket of 6 lbs. is picked 2 of them go into a lug. Here are some lugs in the office staying cool at 60 degrees. Feels like a freezer compared to 89 degrees! The most lugs picked in a day last year was 21. Yesterday they picked 35 so again we are thankful to the Lord for the increase in fruit.

Well, that's the update for now.

Adios, mi amigos and familia!