working hard for the money

Fair is just around the corner... and that means it's get down to business and make sure your prepared. Our biggest concern is making sure the pigs make weight so they can be sold for the going price. Katie is going every day to every other day to make sure they have food, takes them treats and has started mixing their grain with whole milk to add some extra calories. Kyle is being the nice brother and helping out. We unloaded ten - 50 pound bags of food that day, that should get them through!
I know it looks like they are big but according to our measurements and some formula they are a little on the small side still.

Enjoying their mud bath! Even pigs needs a few pleasures :)

Bob had to dig out Katie's shoe in the mud. It got stuck when she was chasing them around trying to get the measuring tape around the middle of the pig. Pretty sure those shoes will be in the trash in another week or two. Actually I'm sure of it.

Dark Horse

Summer fun is coming to an end, but before it's officially over (I consider summer over when school starts) we went to the Nickelback concert at the Gorge. As you can see in the pictures the Gorge is a big outdoor amphitheatre, there is no reserved seating. It's first come, first serve, reserving your spot with blankets. There were about 22,000 people there (I'm pretty sure about 21,900 were consuming some sort of substance haha.) We enjoyed ourselves sober however! Katie and Rodger showing their t-shirts (that only cost $255 dollars for t-shirts for everyone and one poster that ended up getting stepped on by the very obnoxious people behind us.
Kyle and Vanessa waiting for the concert to start.

Bob enjoying his $4 cup of water (no ice) and bag of kettle corn.

Before Nickelback played there was 3 other bands that opened for them: Saving Abel, Papa Roach and Hinder. As you can see the setting is gorgeous. It was in the high 80's and by the time Nickelback played is was dark and had cooled off but was perfect, no coats needed. We got home about 1:30am. Let's just say we drug ourselves out of bed Sunday AM but we all took a nap Sunday afternoon to catch up!

What did you do to enjoy the last week-end before school starts? (I know some of you have started)
P.S. Dark Horse is the name of their latest album and the name of their concer tour. I am a fan of their older stuff!

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words (in other words the pictures tell the story)

David & Tiffany Richardson

August 9th, 2009

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words...(part two)

Goodbye Odie

Odie is now at his new home. (sniff, sniff, little tear). He was such a sweet little guy and we had fun with him the last 6 1/2 weeks but his new family is super excited to get him and so I have to be happy for them. I couldn't go with Bob to take him there however. Part of me wanted to so I could see the excitement in their little kid's eyes but I was a little too teary eyed so I said good-bye at our house and off he went. Sigh. It is kind of quiet at our house now. Kyle and Katie left yesterday to spend a couple days with Kinley before the wedding. This will actually be my life in a couple years. Better not go there right now! Don't worry, be happy right?!

Mmmmm!

it's Capivara for dinner for Brian! Yup for dinner last night he ate the world's largest rodent, a river rat that's name is Capivara. It is found in Central America, really! They grow to be about 4 feet long and weigh about a 100 pounds. He didn't say whether he liked it or not, just that he ate it. Kind of makes me not want dinner tonight!They're huge!

July Happenings...

Happy Birthday to me! Thank you everyone for the gifts, cards and the good 'ol green stuff! I saved it up so I could go to the Nordstroms sale. So much good stuff...

My husband surprised me with these flowers at work on my b-day.

Fun with the Eberle's and Toolson's. I am way behind and so you have seen these pictures already on Shannon and Shareen's blog, but their visit was a part of our July activities. They wanted to ride the jet skis so it was a perfect excuse to push Bob to get them ready to ride for the summer.


I went to Spokane for a two day conference for work. It was lovely, I stayed by myself at the Doubletree Hilton right next to the convention center in downtown Spokane. It was within walking distance to downtown. I enjoyed walking down through town in the evening and enjoying the sights. As you can see it was quite warm even late until evening.
My big accomplishment (besides of course attending the seminar- heehee) was finding a dress to wear to David's wedding. Have to wait to see it...



everyone, including dogs, tried to find a way to stay cool!

The day after I got home from my work conference Katie and I left for Seattle. We went on Friday AM so we could have time to "play" before Katie and Ashleigh got on a plane Sunday AM for a week at EFY! We got our nails done, shopped, ate, watched movies, stayed up late, shopped some more! I was exhausted by the time I got home Sunday afternoon but it was worth it!

The girls ready to go through security before boarding their plane! Elena and I couldn't resist these matching sunglasses for them! The girls picked out the shirts. In case you can't tell it says "one fish, two fish, three fish" from Dr. Seuss of course.

and last but not least, the little troublemaker! He is running, jumping, chewing, biting, growing, pooping, peeing, eating puppy food and growing like crazy! He's adorable and his name is Odie. We have him for about two more weeks :(

August is just around the corner, the summer is flying by!

All work and no play :(

As you can see from the pictures we were busy working the 4th of July week-end! Not a lot of fun but we did get a lot done!Kyle was put to work and boy did he work! He even had a smile on his face (at least part of the time)
Bob cut down a couple small trees that had actually fallen over in the yard as well as one that was completely dead.

All of the yard debris was loaded up into Bob's dump trailer and hauled away!

Next we pulled out the carpet in most of the downstairs. All that is left is our bedroom which will happen shortly. This is in preparation to put in travertine tile! WOO-HOO! It will be installed in the entire downstairs, except for the laundry room. I also had the great idea that since we are getting new floors, the walls should get a fresh coat of paint! Guess what I'll be doing in my spare time?

Bob sitting down to work in the carpet-less living room. You can see in the left side of the room the two pieces of tile there. Not very well, but those are the sample pieces.

And just in case your wondering why Katie and I aren't in any of the pictures, well that would be because I was taking the pictures, and I was working too of course! Very hard I might add and it was 100 degrees + all week-end so it was just loads of fun. Katie had to work all week-end, she worked Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening.