Quincy Garage and Yard

We rehauled the garage door, siding, backyard, fence, gates, and all the garden beds at the Quincy house.  Lotta work!

And the service door. I also picked up the pavers in the patio, filled and leveled the depression, and replaced them.

 

This garden bed had grown completely over the sidewalk, blocking the gate.

Dug up hostas at home, removed all the weeds here, and planted all the hostas here.

Louie removed a window, rebuilt the door and sill, and redid the garage siding.

 And although we didn't take pics of everything, Louie also rebuilt both gates, and rehung the big automatic garage door.

Deer in the Yard

We often see deer in the yard, but I usually can't sneak out quick enough to snap a picture.

And then just like that he flashed a warning and ran away.

Birthday Video From the Kids

The kids made me a video for my birthday.  Here it is:

We Love You Grandma Kim

My Birthday 2018

On my birthday I received these darling videos the kids made for me. 

            

            

Mixed Up Chicken Mamas

MIXED UP MOMMAS  The mother banty wasn't too consistent with sitting on her eggs. She walked away and abandoned it; then the TINY baby hatched out and was alone, so Louie gave it to the old cluck. It's about the size of a baby sparrow. TINY!

Then in this heat, another egg randomly hatched out with nobody sitting on it. The banty adopted it. So she is going to have a GIANT baby pretty soon!  So funny to see.

 

Bradley and Ali

Jolie sent this darling picture of the kids at the Fourth of July celebration in Fort Collins.

Winona Visit With Darla and Lynn

Darla and I met in Winona and got together with Lynn too. We drove up to Wabasha to the Eagle Center.

We browsed several antique shops.

Lunch in Wabasha

We paddled on the lake in Darla's kayak.

We went bar-hopping.

And out to eat at the Hillside.

And we came out to Lynn's farm one of the evenings and she made dinner for us and took us for a ride.

And we did a photo shoot of the back side of Sugarloaf, the view from Darla's childhood home, so I could make a canvas to send to her for the redecoration of her home.

Here's a old picture of (left to right) Darla, Lynn, and Lee at Teen Corps in High School, and a couple buttons from back then.

Here are a couple pictures from an earlier trip we took, in August of 2012.

Bar hopping!

Mary's Retirement Party

Mary retired and had a big party at Preservation Hall.  The old Third Grade Team from Fratt got together.  Front row, left-to-right, Emily Veit, Louise Schymanski, and Mary Miller.  Back row, me and Jean Wheeler.

Shelly's Masters Degree

Shelly graduated today with her Master's Degree in Psychology.  We are all so proud!

Black Bird Attacks

This blackbird had made a nest nearby and got very upset every time Louie or anybody came too close.  It happened over and over, so we finally filmed it!

Leaky Sink Pipe

John's bathroom sink was leaking, and when Louie opened up the wall, part of the pipe had rotted away.

Easter Egg Hunt 2018

Pretty cold out, but we had fun.

Tony and OBUUC

Tony was a big part of my life.  He was my minister from 1991 onward.  He married us, he christened my children, and eventually he buried my mom (who was also a member at OBUUC.  Here is a very familiar sight: Tony singing and playing his guitar, this time at the Revival in 2017.

Here he is YEARS AGO at OBUUC Summer Family Camp.

Here are Tony and Craig getting married at City Hall when it became legal.  We were all so thrilled for them.

This video was around Christmastime at church (Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church in Racine, Wisconsin) in 2017.  Tony and the choir sang this lovely song.  So moving!

Aiden's 11th Birthday

Aiden loves his birthdays, and Candice does such a nice job of helping him with his anxieties, making the birthdays calm and consistent from one year to the next,